Makrand Khanwale

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 in development of 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 Bachelors in Chemical Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.  

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

Outside of research Makrand is interested in classic cars, classical music, Scotch whisky, playing tennis, playing snooker, intricacies of Formula 1, and cooking.