Makrand Khanwale

Makrand Khanwale is a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His work in the PSAAP III project focuses on the modelling and simulation of compressible multiphase flows and multiscale analysis of liquid atomization.  Makrand received his PhD from Iowa State University, co-majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. He was co-advised by Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian and Dr. James Rossmanith. For his dissertation, he worked on developing and analysing numerical schemes for high-fidelity simulations of multiphase flows. Specifically, he developed energy-stable numerical methods to simulate two-phase flows using Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes equations. He also has experience developing tools to analyse and understand complex physical processes like multi-phase flows and turbulence. Before joining Iowa State for his graduate work, he had a brief stint as a research associate in Dr. Krishnaswamy Nandakumar‘s group at Louisiana State University (LSU). At LSU, he worked on developing closure models for energy cascades in multi-phase flows.  He received his bachelor's in chemical technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. 

Makrand’s research interests include Multiphase Flows, Finite Element Methods, Numerical Analysis, and Multi-phase Turbulence.