Buddakkagari Vasu

Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: bvasu[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532 2271260(O) +91-9455439946(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

B. Vasu, ‘Mathematical Models for Convective Transport in Nanofluids’, Short term course on “Advances and in Applications of Nanofluids (Nanofluids-2018)”, October 23-28, 2018 at Department of Applied Mechanics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

B. Vasu, ‘Mathematical Modeling of Stenosis in an Artery’, National Workshop on Emerging Trends in Mathematical Modelling and Computing (ETMMAC-2017), March 24, 2017 at Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad.

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

J.C. Umavathi, O. Anwar Bég, B. Vasu, Rama S. R. Gorla, Perturbation and MAPLE Quadrature Computation of Thermo-Solutal Dissipative Reactive Convective Flow in a Geothermal Duct with Robin Boundary Conditions, International Conference on Recent Trends in Developments of Thermo-fluids and Renewable Energy, NIT Arunachal Pradesh, Yupia, India November 26 – 28, 2020, (Online Mode) Paper No. TFRE20/ 2.

Jayati Tripathi, B. Vasu, Ankita Dubey, Rama S R Gorla, P. V. S. N. Murthy, O. Anwar Bég and P. Saikrishnan, Progress in Nano-Drug Delivery Systems and Computational Nano-Pharmacodynamics, International Conference on Engineering, Mathematical and Computational Intelligence (ICEMCI-2019), December 21-23, 2019, Jabalpur Engineering college, Jabalpur. Paper Id. 64.

Ashish Khare, B. Reddy Mounika and B.Vasu, On Retrieval of Nearly Identical Video Clips with Query Frame, International Conference on Automation, Computational & Technology Management (ICACTM-2019), Amity University, London Campus, April 24-26, 2019 (Online Mode). Paper ID: 099, Web Presentation.

Ankita Dubey and B. Vasu, One dimensional modeling of blood flow through complaint artery using FEM, 6th China India Japan Korea Mathematical Biology Colloquium cum Conference (CIJKMBCC-2017), August 23-26, 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.

B. Vasu, attended IEEE International conference on Advances in Mechanical, Industrial, Automation and Management Systems (AMIAMS-2017), February 3-5, 2017, at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

B. Vasu, Rama S R Gorla, P V S N Murthy and V. R. Prasad, Free Convection Flow of Non-Newtonian Power-law Liquid Film with Nanoparticles along an Inclined Plate, 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-8 December 2016, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Atul Kumar Ray and B. Vasu, Hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian Spriggs Fluid Flow Past an Impulsively Moving Plate, International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics (ICAFD-2016) during 19-21 December, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

B. Vasu, Atul Kumar Ray and Ankita Dubey, Hydrodynamics Of Non Newtonian Spriggs Fluid Flow Past An Oscillatory Plate, International conference of The Indian Mathematics Consortium (TIMC), December 14-17, 2016 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

B. Vasu, Atul Kumar Ray and S N Pandey, Homotopy Analysis Method for Boundary-Layer Viscous Flow, The first A.P. Science Congress – 2016, 21-23 January, 2016, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

B. Vasu, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla and V. R. Prasad, Effect of Thermophoresis on Transient Free Convection Boundary Layer Flow of a Walters-B Fluid, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering Science and Management (ICRTESM-2015) on 15 March, 2015, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, Convention Center), New Delhi.

H.P. Rani, B.Vasu and Y. Rameshwar, Transient Bio-convective flow of a nanofluid over a vertical cylinder embedded in a non-Darcy porous medium, International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Feb 28-Mar 3rd 2015, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

B. Vasu, Transient Free Convection Boundary Layer Flow of a Viscoelastic Fluid in the Presence of Thermophoresis, National Conference on Applications of Mathematics in Engineering and Sciences (AMES-2014), November, 29-30, 2014 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

B. Vasu, Transient Boundary Layer Laminar Free Convective Flow of a Nanofluid over a Vertical Cone/ Plate, International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics, during 21-23 July 2014 at S V University, Tirupati.

B. Vasu, P V S N Murthy and O. Anwar Bég, Effects of Thermophoresis on the Transient Free Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in a Walters-B Viscoelastic flow past an Impulsively Started Vertical Plate, 58th ISTAM Congress 2013, 18 - 21 December, 2013 at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Kolkata.

B.Vasu, Thermo-Diffusion and Diffusion-Thermo effects on Free Convection Flow past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Plate in The Presence of Suction and Injection, 10th National Conference on Mathematical Science for the Advanced of Science and Technology, February 23-24, 2013, Shyam Keshwari Ashram, at Gorakhpur.

B.Vasu, Thermo-Diffusion and Diffusion-Thermo Effects on MHD Free Convective Heat and Mass Transfer from a Sphere Embedded in a non-Darcian Porous Medium, National Conference on ‘New Vistas in Computational Fluid Dynamics in Engineering’, January 27-29, 2012 at National Institute of Technology, Warangal.

B.Vasu, MHD Free Convection-Radiation Interaction from a Horizontal Cylinder in a non-Darcy Porous Medium in the Presence of Soret/Dufour Effects, National Conference of Advances in Mathematical Sciences, March 28-29, 2011 at S V University, Tirupati.

B.Vasu, Computational Analysis of Free Convection Heat and Mass Transfer from an Isothermal Horizontal Circular Cylinder to a Micropolar Regime with Soret/Dufour Effects, 37th National and 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 16-18, 2010, at IIT Madras

B.Vasu, Chemically Reacting Convective Heat and Mass Transfer along a Moving Vertical Cylinder in non-Darcy Geological Porous Media, International Conference on Frontiers in Fluid Mechanics, Aug 31st to Sep 2, 2009 at Bangalore University, Bangalore.

B. Vasu, Chemical-Reacting Natural Convective Heat and Mass Transfer from an Isothermal Vertical Cylinder in a non-Darcy Porous Medium: Numerical Solutions, National Symposium on ‘Recent Trends on Mathematical Modelling (RTMM – 09), March 20, 2009 at S V University, Tirupati

B.Vasu, Effects of Mass Transfer on the Transient Free Convection Flow of a Dissipative Fluid along a Semi-Infinite Vertical Plate with Uniform Heat and Mass Flux, National Conference on Mathematics and its Applications, December 21-22, 2006 at S V University, Tirupati.

Award and Honors:

The Early Career Research (ECR) Award, by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), 2018-21.

Research Award: 2014-16 by University Grants Commission, India.

Recipient of International Travel Support from SERB-DST, Government of India for presenting research paper in the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-8 December 2016, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Visiting Researcher, TEQIP-II International Travel Grant to visit Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, USA (2014).

Whos Who in Science and Engineering 2016-17 (12th Edition) in May 2015 by Marquis Whos Who Publications, USA.

Whos Who in the World (31st, 30th Pearl Anniversary Edition) in 2013, 2012.

Expert training in Computational Fluid Dynamics using ANSYS CFX/Fluent at Technology Training & Research Centre, Hyderabad, June 25, 2018 to July 10, 2018

Visiting Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Dec 08, 2014 to Dec 26, 2014

Visiting Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India during May 15, 2015 to June 15, 2015.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Organizing Secretary, National Workshop on Emerging Trends in Mathematical Modelling and Computing (ETMMAC-2017), March 23-25, 2017 Sponsored By R&C at MNNIT ALLAHABAD

Co-Coordinator, One Week Short Term Course on ‘Role of Mathematical Sciences In Engineering and Technology’ (RMSET-16), October 19-23, 2016, Sponsored by TEQIP-II at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

Joint Organizing Secretary, National Conference on Applications of Mathematics in Engineering and Sciences (AMES-2014), November 29-30, 2014 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

On-going Projects:

Principal Sole Investigator, Mathematical Simulations of Nanoparticles as Drug Carrier on Blood Flow through a Stenotic Artery, File Number: ECR/2017/001053 dated 12/03/2018, Research Grant Rs. 22,80,520/- funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), 2018-21. Ongoing since March 16, 2018.

Projects Completed:

Principal Sole Investigator, “Hydrodynamics of Falling Film Flow of non-Newtonian Nanofluids”, under Research Award: 2014-16, Sanction order No.F.30-60/2015 (SA-II) dated February 15, 2016 from 12/03/2015 to 11/03/2018, Research Grant Rs. 7,50,000/- by University Grants Commission.

Principal Sole Investigator, "Transient free convection heat and mass transfer with thermophoresis in a Walters-B viscoelastic flow along a vertical porous plate”, Plan Grant # 134/R&C/13-14. Starting 23/08/2013 and ending 22/08/2015, funding from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Research Grant Rs. 1, 69,026/-.

Expert Lectures:

B. Vasu, ‘Numerical Analysis of Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids’, Short term course on ‘Industrial Applications of Heat Transfer Operations (IAHTO-I, 2018)’, October 10-14, 2018 at Department of Chemical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India

B. Vasu, ‘Keller-Box Finite Difference Solution for Boundary Layer Flow due to a Moving Plate’, short term course on ‘Modeling and Optimization of Chemical and Biochemical processes’ (MOCBP-2017), January 20, 2017 at Department of Chemical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

Overseas Assignments:

Visiting Researcher, Cleveland State University, Cleveland USA, May 26, 2014 to June 25, 2014, Heat Transfer of Nanofluids / Research

The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia for presenting research paper in the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-8 December 2016,

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Editorial Board Member, Heat and Mass Transfer Research Journal (HMTRJ). Since 01/07/2016.

Reviewer for Computers in Biology and Medicine (Elsevier)

Reviewer for International Journal Heat and Fluid Flow (Elsevier)

Reviewer for International Journal Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier).

Reviewer for Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - AIAA)

Reviewer for Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer)

Reviewer for International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (IOS Press)

Reviewer for Journal of Porous Media (Begell House)

Reviewer for International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics (Springer)

Reviewer for Scientific Reports (Springer Nature)

Reviewer for Neural Computing and Applications (NCAA)

Reviewer for Indian Journal of Physics (Springer)

Reviewer for Journal of Nanofluids (American Scientific Publishers)

Reviewer for International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research (Begell House)

Reviewer for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences (Springer)

Reviewer for International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow (Emerald)

Reviewer for Ain Shams Engineering Journal (Elsevier)

Reviewer for Journal of Computational Design and Engineering (Elsevier)

Reviewer for Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics. etc...

Other Significant Achievements:

e-Colloquium on Recent Advancements in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, October 19-25, 2020 at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee – 247 667, Uttarakhand.

Ansys Webinar: CFD in Microfluidics and Biomedical Devices, June 19, 2020 by Prof. Suma Chakraborty, IIT Kharagpur. Through WEBEX.

National Workshop on Emerging Trends in Mathematical Modelling and Computing (ETMMAC-2017), March 23-25, 2017 at Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad.

“Springer Author Workshop”, October 29, 2015 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

Workshop on “Digital India”, July 31, 2015 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

Workshop on Multi-physics Simulation Using COMSOL, 8th January, 2014 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

National Workshop on Optimization Techniques and Their Applications, 5th to 11th June, 2013 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

International Workshop on ‘Mathematical and Computational Fluid Dynamics’, 13th - 15th December 2010 at Sathyabama University, Chennai.

International Workshop on ‘Teaching Engineering using MATLAB and Simulink’, as part of Indo-US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute, 12th -14th July, 2010 at JUIT, Waknaghat.

National Workshop on Mathematical Models for Biofluid Flows and Applications, 22nd - 26th January 2010, at S V University, Tirupati.

Faculty Development Programme on “Teaching Methodology”, 20th to 26th May 2013 at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India.