Welcome to the Soft Matter Interfaces and Energy Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, headed by Dr. Siddhartha Das. The main research focus of the group is to devise new theoretical and numerical models to explain different fascinating physical phenomena related to soft matter and interfaces. Our research endeavour range from better understanding the colloidal dynamics in an ubiquitous drying coffee drop and the response of an elastomer to surface tension forces to pinpointing the interplay of rheology and electrohydrodynamics in relevant biophysical and micro-nanofluidic problems. The group is also involved in extensive collaborations in several projects with strong experimental components — the main focus of the group for such problems is to clearly identify and hypothesize the central phenomena dictating the experimental observations.
Cheerios Effect (Photo Credit: David Duprey/Associated Press)
In this paper, we develop a numerical model to study the simultaneous spreading and curing of photopolymerizable polymer drop towards better understanding the on-spot photocuring…
SMIEL PhD student Harnoor Singh Sachar has been selected for A. James Clark School of Engineering Future Faculty Fellow for 2020. Many congratulations and extremely…
In this paper, which is a collaborative effort with Prof. Sushanta Mitra of University of Waterloo, we employ the classical Molecular Dynamics simulations for studying…
Prof. Siddhartha Das has been chosen as one of the Honorees in the UMD’s Maryland Research Excellence Celebration 2020. This award has been bestowed to…
SMIEL PhD student Harnoor Singh Sachar has been chosen as one of the Mechanical Engineering nominees for the UMD Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award…
In this collaborative work, we report the use of thermally conductive hexagonal Boron Nitride coating for developing fire-Resistant structural material.
