Dr Chandan Bose is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering and leads the Bio-Inspired Fluid-Structure Interaction Laboratory at the University of Birmingham. His research is focussed on investigating a variety of complex multi-physics problems involving coupled nonlinear interactions, among which unsteady aerodynamics, nonlinear aeroelasticity, and bio-inspired fluid-structure interaction problems will be of primary interest.

Before joining the University of Birmingham, Dr. Bose played a pivotal role as a senior postdoctoral research associate contributing to an ERC project “Dandidrone” at the Vortex Interaction Laboratory, University of Edinburgh. His work revolved around deciphering the intricate fluid-structure interaction dynamics inherent in dandelion seed propulsion, culminating in its application to the development of microdrones. Additionally, he also served as an adjunct lecturer at the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Bose embarked on a postdoctoral endeavor at at the Fluid-Structure Interactions and Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory and the Multi-physics and Turbulent Flow Computation Laboratory, Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Liège, Belgium, during which he was bestowed with the Wallonie Bruxelles International Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship and FNRS Postdoctoral Fellowship. This tenure was dedicated to unraveling the complexities of nonlinear aeroelasticity.

His academic journey commenced at The Uncertainty Laboratory, Department of Applied Mechanics and The Biomimetics Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, where he earned both his master's and Ph.D. degrees in 2019. His Ph.D. research was on the dynamical analysis of the unsteady flow phenomena around a flapping wing. Noteworthy accolades, including the Institute Research Award and V. Ramamurthy Best Thesis Award (both from IIT Madras), as well as the esteemed Indian National Academy of Engineering Innovative Project Award, underscored the significance of his contributions to doctoral research.

His educational voyage began with a degree in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, where he achieved the distinction of university gold medalist, ranking first in his class.

Experience:


University of Edinburgh

Institute for Energy System, School of Engineering

September 2021 - Present: Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate

Project: ERC CoG Project "Dandidrone".

Advisor: Dr. Ignazio M. Viola

University of Liege

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

January 2020 - September 2021: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Project: Numerical and experimental investigation of the non-linear fluid-structure interaction dynamics.

Recipient of Wallonie Bruxelles International Excellence Fellowship and FNRS Post-Doctoral Fellowship.

Advisors: Prof. Grigorios Dimitriadis and Prof. Vincent Terrapon

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Dept. of Applied Mechanics

October 2019 - December 2019: Research Associate

July, 2014 - September, 2019: Graduate Research Assistant

Advisors: Prof. Sayan Gupta and Prof. Sunetra Sarkar

Dastur and Company Pvt. Ltd.

August, 2013 - June, 2014: Design Engineer - Civil


Education:


Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Department of Applied Mechanics

2019: M.S. + Ph.D.

Thesis: Dynamical Analysis of the Unsteady Flow Phenomena around a Flapping Wing

Recipient of Institute Research Award, V. Ramamurthy Best Thesis Award and INAE Innovative Project Award

Advisors: Prof. Sayan Gupta and Prof. Sunetra Sarkar

Examiners: Prof. Bernd Noack , LIMSI, France and Prof. Amit Agarawal , IIT Bombay, India

Jadavpur University

Department of Civil Engineering

2013: B.E. (First Class First with Honours)

(Recipient of University Gold Medal)

B.E. Project: Design of structures subjected to wind and earthquake loads

Awards and Honors


  • 2021: Chandan's research proposal with Prof. Grigorios DImitriadis and Prof. Vincent Terrapon has been awarded the prestigious "FNRS Postdoctoral Fellowship" (Link1, Link2).
  • 2021: Chandan has been chosen as one of the "Reviewers of the Year 2020" by the ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics.
  • 2021: Chandan's Ph.D. research has been selected to be featured in the "Cover Page" of the OpenFOAM Journal.
  • 2020: Innovative Thesis Project Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering.
  • 2020: V. Ramamurthy Best Thesis Award in Applied Mechanics Department, IIT Madras.
  • 2020: Aly-Kaufman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Technion , Israel (not availed)
  • 2019-2021: Wallonie Bruxelles International Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship , University of Liege , Belgium
  • 2019: Institute Research Award, IIT Madras.
  • 2018: Outstanding reviewer recognition by International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics.
  • 2018: Innovative Research Project Grant (2018-19) as PI from IC&SR, IIT Madras.
  • 2018: DST - SERB International Travel Support Grant for attending IUTAM Symposium 2018.
  • 2018: American Physical Society FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.
  • 2018: Most Read Article in International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (March, 2018): ‘Transition to chaos in the flow-induced vibration of a pitching-plunging airfoil at low Reynolds numbers : Ruelle-Takens-Newhouse scenario’.
  • 2018: Editor’s Pick in Physics of Fluids: ‘Investigating chaotic wake dynamics past a flapping airfoil and the role of vortex interactions behind the chaotic transition’.
  • 2018: ‘Top Reviewer Status’ in SciPy 2018, 2020.
  • 2017: Boeing Travel Grant for attending AIAA Aviation, 2017.
  • 2015: Excellent Poster Award by European Physical Society in XVII IUPAP Conference of Computational Physics, 2015.
  • 2013: Jadavpur University Gold Medal for standing First in order of merit in B.E. Civil Final Examination, 2013.
  • 2013: Prof. Santimoy Niyogi Memorial Gold Medal by Society of Civil Engineers, J.U. for standing first in Civil Engineering Department, J.U. 2013 Batch.
  • 2013: Swapan Chandra Memorial Bronze Medal for securing the highest marks in 'Design of Concrete Structures II' and 'Design of Metal Structures II'.
  • 2013: Parthasarathi Ghosh Memorial Award for securing highest aggregate of marks at the Bachelor of Civil Engineering Final Examination.
  • 2013: Sunit Kundu Memorial Gold Centered Silver Medal.
  • 2012: Meera Rani Mitra Memorial Award, awarded a gold plated silver medal for being topper in 3rd year in the department of Civil Engg., J.U.
  • 2011: Indu Bhusan Putatunda and Santi Sudha Putatundu Memorial Award, awarded a gold plated silver medal for being topper in 2nd year in the department of Civil Engg., J.U.
  • 2009: West Bengal Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship by West Bengal Government for commendable result in XII standard.
  • 2009: National Scholarship by Government of India for commendable result in XII standard.
  • 2007: Medha Puraskar by West Bengal Government for commendable result in X standard.
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