Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Prabhakar Ranganathan leads the Complex Fluid Systems research group in the Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
He is interested in understanding through modeling, simulations and analysis how micro-scale interactions determine the complex and emergent macroscale behaviour of complex fluid systems.
Systems of interest include active systems consisting of self-propelled particles, as exemplified by cilia and flagella driven collectively by protein motors, and suspensions, swarms and tissues of motile microbes, and also passive systems, such as solutions of flexible polymers.
The group also works on analytical tools and techniques for designing experiments to test theoretical models and for developing innovative applications of complex fluid systems.
Supervision interests
Modeling and simulations of solutions of active polymers
Modeling and simulations of suspensions of self-propelled particles
Modeling and simulations of flagellar propulsion
Modeling and simulations of mechanical stigmergy
Particle-based mesoscale simulations of complex fluids
Monash teaching commitment
Fluid Mechanics II (MEC3451): 2012 - present
Research Practices (MEC6410): 2016 - present
Thermofluids and Power Systems (TRC2200): 2008 - 2014
Computers in Fluids and Energy (MEC4447): 2008 - present
Computational Fluid Mechanics (MAE5406): 2008 - 2011
Biography
Academic appointments
- Senior Lecturer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Monash University (2013 - current)
- Visiting Faculty, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2015)
- Lecturer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Monash University (2007 -2013)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University (2005-2007)
Academic Qualifications
- PhD (2005) - Chemical Engineering, Monash University
- MS (1998) - Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- B. Tech. (1993) - Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Research area keywords
- Modeling And Simulation
- Biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Rheology
- Constitutive modelling
- Brownian Dynamics
- Computational Biology
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Sperm function
- Microfluidics
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Research Output 2002 2019
CRISP2 Is a Regulator of Multiple Aspects of Sperm Function and Male Fertility
Lim, S., Kierzek, M., O'Connor, A. E., Brenker, C., Merriner, D. J., Okuda, H., Volpert, M., Gaikwad, A., Bianco, D., Potter, D., Prabhakar, R., Strünker, T. & O'Bryan, M. K., 1 Apr 2019, In : Endocrinology. 160, 4, p. 915-924 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Linear stability of an active fluid interface
Nagilla, A., Prabhakar, R. & Jadhav, S., 1 Feb 2018, In : Physics of Fluids. 30, 2, 7 p., 022109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Effect of stretching-induced changes in hydrodynamic screening on coil-stretch hysteresis of unentangled polymer solutions
Ranganathan, P., Sasmal, C., Nguyen, D. A., Sridhar, T. & Prakash, J. R., 1 Jan 2017, In : Physical Review Fluids. 2, 1, 8 p., 011301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Influence of stretching induced self-concentration and self-dilution on coil-stretch hysteresis and capillary thinning of unentangled polymer solutions
Prabhakar, R., Gadkari, S., Gopesh, T. & Shaw, M. J., 1 May 2016, In : Journal of Rheology. 60, 3, p. 345-366 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Extensional viscosity of copper nanowire suspensions in an aqueous polymer solution
McDonnell, A. G., Jason, N. N., Yeo, L. Y-M., Friend, J. R., Cheng, W. & Ranganathan, P., 2015, In : Soft Matter. 11, 41, p. 8076 - 8082 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review