A R Harikrishnan

About

Dr. A R Harikrishnan currently works as Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus. Broad research interest includes fluid dynamics and thermal science, droplets and interfaces, applied multi-physics, molecular dynamics, nanochannel thermo-hydro dynamics, bio microfluidics and micro nano scale engineering.

Employment

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science Assistant Professor
  2018 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Institute Pre Doctoral Fellow
  2018 - 2018
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Department of Mechanical Engineering Project Associate
  2014 - 2015

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras MS and PhD (Dual Degree)
  2014 - 2018
• NSS College of Engineering, University of Calicut B Tech
  2009 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (23)

• Sessile surface-active droplets: Evaporative thermo-fluidics and deposition
  Physics of Fluids 2026 DOI: 10.1063/5.0343223
  +Save
• Impact dynamics of droplets on inclined superhydrophobic cylindrical surfaces: Maximum spreading in axial and azimuthal directions
  Physics of Fluids 2025 DOI: 10.1063/5.0271449
  +Save
• Comprehensive Analysis of Factors Leveraging Bio-Inspired Conical Designs for Efficient Fog Harvesting
  Langmuir 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c04928
  +Save
• Bouncing–pinning criterion for a drop impacting on a superhydrophobic surface
  Applied Physics Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1063/5.0251444
  +Save
• Solutal Marangoni augmented levitation time of an aqueous surfactant drop over an immiscible oil pool
  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134816
  +Save
• Role of retraction dynamics in bouncing to pinning transition during drop impact on cold superhydrophobic surfaces
  Physics of Fluids 2024 DOI: 10.1063/5.0223699
  +Save
• Post-impact lamella evolution of drop impact on superhydrophobic cylindrical surfaces at high Weber number
  Physics of Fluids 2024 DOI: 10.1063/5.0187001
  +Save
• Scaling analysis for azimuthal spreading and contact time of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic cylindrical surfaces
  Applied Physics Letters 2023 DOI: 10.1063/5.0160278
  +Save
• Confined Evaporation-Mediated Enhanced Residence Time of Levitated Water Drops over Deep Oil Pools
  Langmuir 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02443
  +Save
• Slip hydrodynamics of combined electroosmotic and pressure driven flows of power law fluids through narrow confinements
  European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2021.07.009
  +Save