Dr. Vinay Arya
Talks & Outreach

Sharing the science

Conference presentations, my PhD seminars and defence, teaching beyond IIT Kharagpur, and coverage of our work with Prof. Chirodeep Bakli in the media.

In the media

The Times of India front-page article: IIT-Kgp team develops graphene tech for greener, cleaner way to mop up oil spills
The Times of India · Kolkata · front page · 2025

“IIT-Kgp team develops ‘graphene tech’ for greener, cleaner way to mop up oil spills”

Front-page coverage of our graphene-based oil–water separation work, led by Prof. Chirodeep Bakli at the School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Research behind it: Passive fractionating mechanism for oil spill using shear-wettability modulation, Nanoscale 2024.

Journal covers

Conference presentations

YearContributionType
2025Mathematical modeling and drying kinetics in thermal energy storage-assisted greenhouse solar dryer2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power … · V Saxena, KS Dubey, V Arya, A Goyal, C BakliPaper
2022Optimization of building façade for passive thermal management: a machine learning based simulation study for Kolkata, IndiaACM BuildSys 2022 · S Chakraborty, V Arya, SS Siva Shankar, C Bakli · DOIPaper
2021Coupled effect of variable wettability and body force on fluid flow through nanochannels: a multiscale approach26th National & 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), IIT Madras · A Chaudhuri, V Arya, C Bakli · DOIPaper
2021Decoding the alteration of thermal conductivity of nanofluids from molecular perspectiveIHMTC 2021, IIT Madras · A Kumar, V Arya, C Bakli · DOIPoster
2021Optimising effectiveness of double pipe heat exchanger using nanofluid and different porous fins arrangementASME Power Conference 2021 · A Kumar, V Arya, C Bakli · DOIPaper
2021Effect of steric inclusions in ion concentration polarization (ICP) based preconcentration2nd International Conference on Fluids Under ConfinementPoster

PhD seminars

Slide from the PhD viva: Unified Multiscale Research Framework, from nanoscale physics to physics-informed ML to applications
14 June 2026 · IIT Kharagpur

PhD viva-voce (thesis defence)

Defended the thesis Transport control under confinement: molecular mechanisms, soft matter effects, and multiscale integration. Supervisor: Prof. Chirodeep Bakli.

Slide from the synopsis seminar: Engineering the Pathways, four control knobs (wettability, slip length, confinement, grafting)
December 2025 · IIT Kharagpur

PhD synopsis seminar

Presented the synopsis of the thesis at the School of Energy Science and Engineering. Supervisor: Prof. Chirodeep Bakli.

Teaching outreach

PMRF teaching · 2022 – 2024

Hijli College, Kharagpur

As part of the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, I taught undergraduates in the Department of Geography, which also helped me see the ground reality my research aims to serve.

  • Applications of GIS; Research Methodology Workshop · B.Sc. Honours, May 2023 – Apr 2024
  • Research Methods; Research Methodology Lab · B.Sc. Honours, May 2022 – Apr 2023
Teaching assistant · IIT Kharagpur

Renewable-energy labs & modelling

Lab and tutorial support for postgraduate courses in the School of Energy Science and Engineering.

  • Renewable Energy Design Lab (ES69202)
  • Renewable Energy Systems Lab (ES69201)
  • Energy Systems Modelling (ES61008)
Tutorials & resources · Coming soon

Hands-on tutorials

Tutorials and teaching resources on molecular simulation, physics-informed machine learning and thermal engineering will be shared here.

Invite me to speakI'm happy to talk about nanofluidics, physics-informed machine learning and passive cooling at seminars, schools and outreach events.

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