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  • Transport in porous medium
  • Science of the Liquid crystal
  • Hydrodynamics of low Reynolds number
  • Chemically reacting flows
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Fluid Structure Interaction
  • Amar Chem Dye Award from IIChE 2021
  • Dr AV Rama Rao Best PhD Thesis
  • Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award 2021
  • Vice-Chancellor Innovation award (Oxford University UK)

The research interests are in studying and exploring the transport processes in physical systems. The scientific work can be broadly classified in three distinct verticals:

(1)Green and sustainable methods of water treatment, which includes use of advanced oxidation process – photocatalysis, adsorption and membrane-based separation techniques.
     a:Developing continuous photocatalytic based systems; solar based photocatalysis; degradation of emerging pollutants – pharmaceutical drugs and pesticides.
     b:Intra and inter-particle adsorption characteristics; removal of arsenic (from ground water) using novel adsorbents; coupled adsorption with membrane filtration; adsorption for air separation.
     c:Connecting membrane morphology with performance; Membrane based filtration processes – micro, ultra, nano and reverse osmosis; use of membranes in water electrolysis for hydrogen production; application of membrane-based systems in biomedical devices.

(2)Fluid structure and interaction problems leading to flow in confined geometries, porous medium flow, viscous instabilities in non-Newtonian flows, liquid crystal hydrodynamics and particle solid flows. 
     a:Design of novel liquid crystal sensing platform; studying about the interface physics with liquid crystal and isotropic layer; colloidal transport in anisotropic medium.
     b:Insights to the enhanced oil recovery and reservoir flooding optimisation; role of viscous fingering and efforts to contain it; mechanism of fracture propagation in hydraulic fracturing.
     c:Particle migration and settling in high solid loading flows; particle-particle interaction and hindered mobility; phase separated flows.
     d:Electrokinetic flow in micro and nano-fluidic systems; low pressure gas hydrodynamics in microfluidic systems.

(3)Process modelling of multiscale problems involving heat, mass and fluid flow (Multiphysics) in the context of industrial process intensification.
     a:Combined fluid flow and heat transfer in heat exchanger and condenses in industrial setting
     b:Heat and mass transfer problems in reactors, cooling towers, multistage separating columns, etc.
     c:Design and process optimisation of multiple units in a network based on pinch analysis, energy recovery and recycle.


Control and suppression of viscous fingering displacing non-Newtonian fluid with time-dependent injection strategies by Singh P., Mondal S. Physics of Fluids 34 - (2022)

Saffman-Taylor instability in a radial Hele-Shaw cell for a shear-dependent rheological fluid by Singh P., Lalitha R. , Mondal S. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 294 104579- (2021)

Impact of the process conditions on polymer pattern morphology during spin coating over topological surfaces by Mondal S. Soft matter 17 1346-1358 (2021)

Continuous photocatalytic reactor: Critical review on the design and performance by Binjhade R., Mondal R., Mondal S. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 - (2022)

Liquid crystal-based label-free low-cost sensing platform: Engineering design based on interfacial interaction and transport phenomena by Lalitha R., Mondal S. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 682 - (2024)

Viscosity correction in convective heat transfer correlation of non-Newtonian fluid pipe flow: Revisited by Nayak S.K., Mondal S. Chemical Engineering Science 235 - (2021)

Viscous fingering to fracturing transition in Hele Shaw flow of shear-thickening fluid by Singh P., Mondal S. Physics of Fluids 35 064116- (2023)

Impact of the induced nematohydrodynamics over the Freedericksz transition limit by Lalitha R., Mondal S. Physics of Fluids 36 - (2024)

Forefronts in structure-performance models of separation membranes by Mondal S., Griffiths I. M., Ramon G. Z. Journal of Membrane Science 588 117166- (2019)

Impact of Nematohydrodynamics on colloidal particle dynamics by Mondal S., Majumdar A. , Griffiths I. M. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 528 431-442 (2018)



Principal Investigator

[EEE] Electrochemical-transport in ion Exchange membrane Electrolyser for green hydrogen production Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Apex Committee of SPARC

Understanding the heterogeneous vapour condensation and diffusion of gas mixtures in semiconductor equipment using molecular level simulation LAM Research Corporation

CFD study of the formation of mid-web anomalies in the solid propellant grain during casting ISRO, IIT KHARAGPUR CELL

Novel Colloidal Interactions in Liquid Crystal under the Influence of External Field Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)


Co-Principal Investigator

Laboratory geochemical reaction kinetics related to CO2 induced mineralization and injectivity analysis of CO2-rock-brine system using igneous core samples provided by OIL OIL INDIA LIMITED

NAMO-PI4: Nexus for Advanced Modeling and Optimization: AI driven modeling in Process Industry 4.0 Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Apex Committee of SPARC

Influence of engineered wall texture on the droplet dynamics in microchannels Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)


Ph.D. Students

Pooja Singh
Area of Research: Viscous fingering and fracturing in porous media

Rahul Binjhade
Area of Research: Design of continuous photocatalytic reactor and applications

Ramisetti Lalitha
Area of Research: Nematohydrodynamics and liquid crystal based thin film sensor

P N R L Sudhishna
Area of Research: Fluid flow based deformation in the context of hydraulic fracturing and evolution of structural geological features

Neha Kumari
Area of Research: High particle loading fluid flow

Rajeev Ranjan
Area of Research: