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Dr. Kausik Sarkar

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
310 Spencer Lab.
Newark, DE 19716
E-mail: sarkar@udel.edu

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DEGREES
1994 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
1990 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
1988 B.Tech. Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, INDIA


SERVICE
2001-to date Assistant Professor


OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
1997-2001 Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1994-1997 Research Scientist, Dynaflow Inc., Laurel, MD


CONSULTING
NONE


STATE REGISTERED
NONE


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles & Proceedings

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. Li X, Sarkar K 2005 “Rheology of a viscous emulsion in an oscillating extensional flow at finite inertia,” Physics of Fluids, in review.
  2. Cao Q, Sarkar K, Prasad A K 2005 “Direct numerical simulation of three-layer viscosity-stratified flow,” The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, in review.
  3. Li X, Sarkar K 2005 “Drop deformation and breakup in a potential vortex,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, accepted.
  4. Li X, Sarkar K 2005 “Negative normal stress elasticity of emulsion of viscous drops at finite inertia,” Physical Review Letters, in press.
  5. Li X, Sarkar K 2005 “Effects of inertia on the rheology of a dilute emulsion of viscous drops in steady shear,” Journal of Rheology, 49,1377-1394.
  6. Chatterjee D, Sarkar K, Jain P 2005 “Ultrasound mediated destruction of contrast microbubbles used for medical imaging and drug delivery,” Physics of Fluids, 17,100603.
  7. Sarkar K, Shi WT, Chatterjee D, Forsberg F 2005 “Characterization of ultrasound contrast microbubbles using in vitro experiments and viscoelastic models for encapsulation,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 118, 539-550.
  8. Li X, Sarkar K 2005 “Numerical investigation of the rheology of a dilute emulsion of drops in an oscillating extensional flow,” Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 128, 71-82.
  9. Chatterjee D, Sarkar K, Jain P, Schreppler N 2005 “On the suitability of broadband attenuation measurement for characterizing contrast microbubbles,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 31,781-786.
  10. Li X, Sarkar K 2005 “Drop dynamics in an oscillating extensional flow at finite Reynolds numbers,” Physics of Fluids, 17, 027103.
  11. Cao Q, Sarkar K, Prasad AK 2004 “Direct numerical simulation of two-layer viscosity-stratified flow,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 30, 1484-1508.
  12. Chatterjee D, Sarkar K 2003 “A Newtonian rheological model for the interface of microbubble contrast agents,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 29, 1749-1757.
  13. Sarkar K, Schowalter WR 2002 “Computation of a viscous jet with embedded drops,” Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 102, 263-280.
  14. Sarkar K, Schowalter WR 2001 “Deformation of a two-dimensional drop at non-zero Reynolds number in time-periodic extensional flows: numerical simulation,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 436, 177-206.
  15. Sarkar K, Schowalter WR 2001 “Deformation of a two-dimensional drop in time-periodic extensional flows: analytic treatment,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 436, 207-230.
  16. Sarkar K, Schowalter WR 2000 “Deformation of a viscoelastic drop in time-periodic extensional flows at non-zero Reynolds number,” Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 95, 315-342.
  17. Duraiswami R, Sarkar K, Chahine GL 1998 “Efficient dual reciprocity boundary element techniques for electrical impedance tomography,” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 22, 13-31.
  18. Duraiswami R, Sarkar K, Chahine GL 1996 “Boundary element techniques for efficient 2D and 3D elctrical impedance tomography,” Chemical Engineering Science, 52, 2185-2196.
  19. Sarkar K, Prosperetti A 1996 “Effective boundary conditions for Laplace Equation with a Rough Boundary,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 316, 223-240.
  20. Sarkar K, Prosperetti A 1995 “Effective boundary conditions for Stokes flow over a rough surface,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 451, 425-453.
  21. Sarkar K, Prosperetti A 1994 “Coherent and incoherent scattering by oceanic bubbles.” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96, 332-341.
  22. Sarkar K, Prosperetti A 1993 “Backscattering of underwater noise by bubble clouds,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93, 3128-3138.
  23. Sarkar K, Meneveau C 1993 “Gradients of potential fields on rough surface: perturbative calculation of the singularity distribution function f( a ) for small surface,” Physical Review E, 47, 957-966.

Peer-reviewed conference proceeding

  1. Sarkar K, Jain P, Chatterjee, D 2005 “Characterization and ultrasound-pulse mediated destruction of ultrasound contrast microbubbles,” Proceeding of the17 th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics.
  2. Sarkar K, Jain P, Chatterjee D 2004 “Modeling thin-walled microbubbles for medical ultrasound,” Proceedings of ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo .
  3. Sarkar K, Jain P, Chatterjee D 2004 “Destruction of Definity® microbubbles used for ultrasound contrast imaging,” Proceedings of ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo .
  4. Sarkar K, Li X 2004 “Finite Reynolds number two-phase flow with drops,” Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on “Computational Approaches to Disperse Multi-phase Flow”.
  5. Sarkar K, Li X 2004 “Oscillating extensional rheology of emulsion of drops at finite Reynolds number,” Proceedings of 2004 ASME Heat Transfer-Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, HT-FED04-56648.
  6. Sarkar K, Duraiswami R, Chahine GL 1996 “Numerical Simulation of Separated Cavitation Behind a Sphere,” ASME Cavitation Multiphase Flow Forum, FED-236, 479-484.
  7. Sarkar K, Duraiswami R, Chahine GL 1995 “Three-dimensional numerical simulation of bubble-vortical flow interaction,” ASME Cavitation Multiphase Flow Forum, FED-210, 135-143.
  8. Ohearn TJO, Torczynski J, Ceccio SL, Tassin AL, Chahine GL, Duraiswami R, Sarkar K 1995 “Development of an Electrical Impedance Tomography, System for an Air-Water Vertical Bubble Column,” Proceedings of the Forum on Measurement Techniques in Multiphase Flows the Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.
SOCIETIES
American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of America
Society of Rheology
American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics


HONORS & AWARDS


COURSES TAUGHT
Spring 2002 MEEG640 Intermediate Heat Transfer
Fall 2002 MEEG630 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
Spring 2003 MEEG640 Intermediate Heat Transfer
Fall 2003 MEEG331 Fluid Mechanics I
Spring 2004 MEEG640 Intermediate Heat Transfer
Spring 2004 MEEG667 Microscale Flows
Fall 2004 MEEG331 Fluid Mechanics I
Spring 2005 MEEG640 Intermediate Heat Transfer
Spring 2005 MEEG667 Microscale Flows with Biological Applications
Fall 2005 MEEG331 Fluid Mechanics I

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