Indranil Sinha

I am currently a PhD student advised by Prof. Taylor (Microsystems and Mechanobiology Lab) at Carnegie Mellon University in the Mechanical Engineering Department. I graduated from Texas Tech university in May 2020 with Master of Science in Mechanical and Bioengineering with a focus in microfluidics and microrheology. My previous research experience ranges from characterizing elastic flow instabilities, flow of Pickering emulsion to viscoelasticity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. After graduating, I worked as Research Associate at Beyond Meat where I foccused on lipid-based concepts to enhance current product development.

Current Projects

My current research focuses on structural and functional characterization of micro and nanorobots

Previous Projects

  • Improving texture, juiciness and mouthfeel perception of plant-based meat products I investigated fractionation method, emulsion stability, fiber spinning, oil structuring and oil encapsulation method which can potentially improve the cooking dynamics from available benchmark and solve customer-orientated perception towards plant-based meat.

  • Effect of collagen on viscoelasticity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm I fabricated PDMS-PDMS microfluidic device and screened different strains of bacteria and collagen amount to demonstrate the change viscoelastic behavior of biofilm over time. Particle tracking microrheology was used to characterize mechanical development of biofilms over two days.

  • Pickering emulsion I designed and fabricated microfluidic devices to produce monodisperse Pickering drops for analyzing droplet dynamics and deformation various surface coverage of Polystyrene/Silica particle and CTAB surfactant. I examined how interfacial viscoelasticity is linked to the bulk flow of Pickering Emulsion using interfacial rheology, bulk rheology and microfluidics

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery It was often believed increased viscosity was the mechanism of enhancement of oil recovery. I demonstrated oil displacement by polymer flooding is improved in comparison to Newtonian fluid (of same viscosity) due to flow patterns caused by elastic instabilities at critical Mach numbers, and not due to increased excess pressure drops

Certifications and Awards

  • Mechanical Engineering designated scholarship, Texas Tech University, 2020
  • Graduate Dean’s Scholarship, Texas Tech University, 2017-2019
  • Departmental Scholarship of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2015-2017
  • Diploma in Project Management, Alison, 2016

Publication

  • Rahman, M., Fleming,D., Sinha,I., Rumbaugh, K., Gordon,V., Christopher, G. "Effect of collagen and EPS components on the viscoelasticity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms", Soft Matter, 2021.
Conference Presentations
  • Sinha, I., Christopher, G. "Role of interfacial rheology on flow of Pickering emulsion through constriction", 90th annual meeting of society of rheology, Houston Texas.
  • Sinha,I., Narayan,S., Shi,X., Dutcher,C., Christopher, G., "Effect of Flow Instabilities on Oil Displacement in Porous Network", 89th annual meeting of society of rheology, Denver, Colorado.
Poster Presentations
  • Rahman, S., Sinha, I., Christopher,G. ‘Effect of Surfactant and salt on oil displacement through microfluidic porous network’; 89th annual meeting of society of rheology, Denver, Colorado
  • Sinha, I., Christopher, G. ‘Mechanism of oil displacement in porous media and role of Different geometry’; , Texas Tech University, 2017

Contact Information

  • Please contact me by email: indranis@andrew.cmu.edu