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47
Citations
14816
World Ranking
1332
National Ranking
531

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the understanding of superhydrophobicity, the development of computational methods for immersed bodies, and the numerical analysis of electroosmotic flows

Overview

Neelesh A. Patankar is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Medicine and Engineering, with a notable focus on Surgery, Computational Mechanics, and Gastroenterology as significant subfields of study.

Their work covers diverse scientific topics including:

  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Patankar's recent scientific contributions include several papers published in recognized venues. Some of the notable publications are:

  • "Frost-free zone on macrotextured surfaces" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Stabilization approaches for the hyperelastic immersed boundary method for problems of large-deformation incompressible elasticity" (2020), Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "The thermo-wetting instability driving Leidenfrost film collapse" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Microbubble dynamics and heat transfer in boiling droplets" (2021), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "Boiling Transitions During Droplet Contact on Superheated Nano/Micro-Structured Surfaces" (2022), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Patankar include:

  • Sourav Halder
  • John E. Pandolfino
  • Peter J. Kahrilas
  • Wenjun Kou
  • Dustin A. Carlson

Publication venues in which Patankar frequently publishes consist of:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Neelesh Patankar received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2012 for contributions to the understanding of superhydrophobicity, the development of computational methods for immersed bodies, and numerical analyses related to electroosmotic flows.

Best Publications

  • On the Modeling of Hydrophobic Contact Angles on Rough Surfaces

    Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Mimicking the lotus effect: influence of double roughness structures and slender pillars.

    Neelesh A Patankar

  • Direct numerical simulations of fluid-solid systems using the arbitrary Langrangian-Eulerian technique

    Howard H. Hu;N. A. Patankar;M. Y. Zhu

  • Transition between superhydrophobic states on rough surfaces.

    Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Multiple Equilibrium Droplet Shapes and Design Criterion for Rough Hydrophobic Surfaces

    Bo He;Neelesh A. Patankar;Junghoon Lee

  • Numerical simulation of electroosmotic flow

    Neelesh A. Patankar;Howard H. Hu

  • Stabilization of Leidenfrost vapour layer by textured superhydrophobic surfaces

    Ivan U. Vakarelski;Neelesh A. Patankar;Jeremy O. Marston;Derek Y. C. Chan;Derek Y. C. Chan

  • A new formulation of the distributed Lagrange multiplier/fictitious domain method for particulate flows

    N.A. Patankar;P. Singh;D.D. Joseph;R. Glowinski

  • Modeling and numerical simulation of particulate flows by the Eulerian–Lagrangian approach

    N.A. Patankar;D.D. Joseph

  • Anisotropy in the wetting of rough surfaces.

    Yong Chen;Bo He;Junghoon Lee;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Immersed finite element method and its applications to biological systems.

    Wing Kam Liu;Yaling Liu;David Farrell;Lucy Zhang

  • Contact angle hysteresis on rough hydrophobic surfaces

    Bo He;Junghoon Lee;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Design of surface hierarchy for extreme hydrophobicity.

    Yongjoo Kwon;Neelesh Patankar;Junkyu Choi;Junghoon Lee

  • Immersed Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction.

    Boyce E. Griffith;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • A fast computation technique for the direct numerical simulation of rigid particulate flows

    Nitin Sharma;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Mechanical properties of a bio-inspired robotic knifefish with an undulatory propulsor

    Oscar M Curet;Neelesh A Patankar;George V Lauder;Malcolm A MacIver

  • A unified mathematical framework and an adaptive numerical method for fluid-structure interaction with rigid, deforming, and elastic bodies

    Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla;Rahul Bale;Boyce E. Griffith;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • A numerical method for fully resolved simulation (FRS) of rigid particle-flow interactions in complex flows

    Sourabh V. Apte;Mathieu Martin;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Rapid Deceleration-Driven Wetting Transition during Pendant Drop Deposition on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Hyuk Min Kwon;Adam T. Paxson;Kripa K. Varanasi;Neelesh A. Patankar

  • Supernucleating surfaces for nucleate boiling and dropwise condensation heat transfer

    Neelesh A. Patankar

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Pandolfino
John E. Pandolfino Northwestern University
Peter J. Kahrilas
Peter J. Kahrilas Northwestern University
Boyce E. Griffith
Boyce E. Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel D. Joseph
Daniel D. Joseph University of Minnesota
Jens Honore Walther
Jens Honore Walther Technical University of Denmark
Wing Kam Liu
Wing Kam Liu Northwestern University
Horacio D. Espinosa
Horacio D. Espinosa Northwestern University
Petros Koumoutsakos
Petros Koumoutsakos Harvard University
Constantine M. Megaridis
Constantine M. Megaridis University of Illinois at Chicago

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