Dr. Sayantan Ganguly

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Designation: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 

Department of Civil Engineering

Email: 

sayantan.ganguly@iitrpr.ac.in

sayforall@gmail.com

Biography: 
I am an Assistant Professor in the Water Resources group of the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Ropar since Nov 2018. I completed my Ph.D. in Water Resources from the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 2014. I worked as a Postdoctoral research associate in the Divecha Center for Climate Change, IISc Bangalore during 2015-2016. I carried out my postdoctoral study under the Endeavour Research Fellowship Program in the Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia during Apr-Sep 2016. Later in 2016 I joined the Earth Sciences Department, Utrecht University, the Netherlands as a Postdoctoral fellow and worked till Oct 2018. My research interests include hydrogeology, flow, and transport in porous media and stretches to its application in renewable energy and energy conservation.
Areas of Research: 
1. Hydrogeology
2. Flow and transport through porous media
3. Geothermal Energy
4. Thermal energy storage in subsurface
5. Aquifer Storage and Redcovery of Water
6. Renewable energy
Education: 
PhD in Water Resources Engineering (Civil Engineering): Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, 2015
M.Tech. in Hydraulic Engineering (Civil Engineering): Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2009
B.E. in Civil Engineering: Jadavpur University, 2007
Work Experience: 
Assistant Professor: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (Nov 2018 - present)
Post-Doctoral Fellow: Earth Sciences Department, Utrecht University, the Netherlands (Nov 2016 - Oct 2018)
Endeavour Post-Doctoral Fellow: Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (Apr 2016 - Sept 2016)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India (Oct 2014 - Apr 2016)
Selected Publications/Patents: 

Teaching

  • 1. Groundwater Engineering (CEL461) (UG+PhD)
  • 2. Engineering Drawing (GE105) (UG)
  • 3. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (CE202) (UG)
  • 4. Advanced Fluid Mechanics (CE502) (PG+PhD)
  • 5. Pipe and Open Channel Flow (CE302) (UG)

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Resume: 
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