Dr Shantanu Bhat
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Shantanu Bhat

UNSW Canberra
School of Engineering & IT

Expert in fluid mechanics, vortex dynamics, insect flight aerodynamics and boundary-layer flows.

EMPLOYMENT

Research experience

  • Research Associate (Jan 2022 - Current) - School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, Australia
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Jan 2020  - Dec 2021) - School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  • Research Officer (Jun 2018 - Dec 2019) - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

 

Teaching experience

  • Teaching Associate (Jun 2022 - Current): Fluid Mechanics, Thermofluids, Aerodynamics - School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra, Australia
  • Course instructor (Jun 2021 - Dec 2021): Space Vehicle Design - School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  • Teaching Associate (Aug 2016 - Dec 2019): Aerodynamics, Advanced Dynamics, Orbital Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Transport Phenomena and Numerical Methods, and Professional Practices - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

 

Professional experience

  • Lead Engineer (Dec 2011 - Aug 2014) - General Electric (Aviation), GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore, India
  • Executive E1 (Jul 2007 - Jul 2009) - Oil and gas special projects, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai, India

 

EDUCATION

  • PhD (Oct 2014 - Aug 2018) - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Master of Science (Engineering) (Jul 2009 - Dec 2011) - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  • Bachelor of Technology (Jul 2003 - May 2007) - Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Pune, India

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Insect-wing aerodynamics
  • Fluid mechanics of bio-locomotion
  • Bluff-body flows and vortex dynamics
  • Boundary-layer flows
  • Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Effect of leading-edge curvature on the aerodynamics of insect wings', International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 93, pp. 108898 - 108898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2021.108898
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bhat SS; Silvestri A; Cazzolato BS; Arjomandi M, 2021, 'Mechanism of control of the near-wall turbulence using a micro-cavity array', Physics of Fluids, 33, pp. 075114 - 075114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0051375
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bhat SS; Zhao J; Sheridan J; Hourigan K; Thompson MC, 2019, 'Aspect ratio studies on insect wings', Physics of Fluids, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5129191
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bhat SS; Zhao J; Sheridan J; Hourigan K; Thompson MC, 2019, 'Effects of flapping-motion profiles on insect-wing aerodynamics', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.929
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bhat SS; Zhao J; Sheridan J; Hourigan K; Thompson MC, 2019, 'Evolutionary shape optimisation enhances the lift coefficient of rotating wing geometries', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 868, pp. 369 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.183
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bhat SS; Zhao J; Sheridan J; Hourigan K; Thompson MC, 2019, 'Uncoupling the effects of aspect ratio, Reynolds number and Rossby number on a rotating insect-wing planform', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 859, pp. 921 - 948, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.833
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bhat SS; Zhao J; Sheridan J; Hourigan K; Thompson MC, 2018, 'The leading-edge vortex on a rotating wing changes markedly beyond a certain central body size', Royal Society Open Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172197
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'The leading-edge vortex on a rotating wing changes markedly beyond a certa central body size', ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172197;172197
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bhat SS; Govardhan RN, 2013, 'Stall flutter of NACA 0012 airfoil at low Reynolds numbers', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 41, pp. 166 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2013.04.001
  • Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, 'Curved leading edges and wing tips help enhance the lift on insect wings', in Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), The University of Queensland, presented at 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/e2eec39
    Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, 'Reduction in the Turbulent Instabilities in a Boundary Layer using Micro-cavities', in Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), The University of Queensland, presented at 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/bb0925e
    Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, 'The Control of a turbulent boundary layer by the application of a micro-cavity array', in Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), The University of Queensland, presented at 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/3d3e559

  • Outreach and community engagement grant (2023) by UNSW Canberra: $1800
  • Postdoctoral fellowship by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS-2019): ¥ 8,888,000
  • International travel grant (2016) by Monash University
  • Monash Graduate Scholarship and Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2014-2018)

  • Fresh Science SA (2021) Finalist
  • Allocation of high-performance computational resources from the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS), project rt14 (2021)
  • Allocation of high-performance computational resources by Pawsey, Australia, under the director's share, project director2168 (2020)
  • Allocation of high-performance computational resources by NCI Australia under the startup scheme, project bm04 (2020)
  • GE's Engineering Excellence Award (2013) for the contribution to the innovative LEAP Engine fuel-nozzle design
  • Best Outgoing Student Award (2007) at the College of Engineering Pune

  • Research Associate at UNSW Canberra (Jan 2022 - Current) - Investigating dynamics stall and flow-perturbation effects on wings, the feasibility of outdoor blimps in performing source localisation
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide (Jan 2020 - Dec 2021) - Studied the turbulent boundary-layer flows on flat surfaces and applied micro-cavity arrays to control the flow instabilities to reduce drag
  • Research Officer at Monash University (Jun 2018 - Dec 2019) - Explored novel techniques of optimising wing shapes and motion kinematics for flapping wings of insect-size micro-air vehicles
  • Doctoral Researcher at Monash University (Oct 2014 - Aug 2018) - Studied the aerodynamics of rotating and flapping wings of insects with particular attention to their aspect ratio, Reynolds number and area distribution
  • Masters Researcher at IISc Bangalore (Jul 2009 - Dec 2011) - Investigated the propensity of an isolated turbomachine blade to undergo self-excited oscillations under certain flow conditions   

My Teaching

  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Advanced Dynamics
  • Thermofluids
  • Astrodynamics