Research Interests:

Combustion Instability, Optical diagnostics in fuel cells, Plasma processing of nano-ceramics, flame-vortex interactions, heat transfer in multiphase systems

Degrees:

• Ph.D [Doctor of Philosophy] in Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 08/2004- 08/2007. GPA 4.07/4.00
• M.S [Master of Science] in Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 02/2003- 11/2004. GPA 4.00/4.00.
• B.E [Bachelor of Engineering] in Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 06/1996-06/2000. First Class Honors

Recent Publications:

• Basu, S., Xu, H., Renfro, M. W., and Cetegen, B. M. (2004). In-situ optical diagnostics for measurements of water vapor concentration and temperature in PEM fuel cell. ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol 3 February 2006, pp 1- 7
• Basu, S., H. Gorgun, Renfro, M. W., and Cetegen, B. M. (2005). Insitu
  Simultaneous Measurements of Temperature and Water Partial Pressure in a PEM Fuel Cell under Steady State and Dynamic Cycling. Journal of Power Sources, 159 (2006), pp 987-994
• Basu, S. and Cetegen, B. M. (2005). Analysis of hydrodynamics and
  heat transfer in a thin liquid film flowing over a rotating disk by integral method. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol 128, March 2006, pp 1-9
• Cetegen, B. M. and Basu, S. (2006). Soot Topography in a planar diffusion flame wrapped by a line vortex, Combustion and Flame, 146 (2006), pp 687-697
• Basu, S. and Cetegen, B. M. (2005), Effect of Hydraulic jump on the hydrodynamics and heat transfer in a thin liquid film flowing over a rotating disk, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129, May 2007
• Basu, S., Barber, T and Cetegen, B. M. (2006), Computational Study of Scalar Mixing in the Field of a Gaseous Laminar Line Vortex, Physics of fluids, Vol 19, Issue 5, May 2007
• Basu, S. and Cetegen, B. M. (2007), Modeling of thermo-physical processes in liquid ceramic precursor droplets heated by monochromatic irradiation, Accepted in Journal of Heat Transfer, August 2007
• Basu, S. and Cetegen, B. M., “Processing of liquid ceramic precursor
  droplets in a High Velocity Oxy-fuel (HVOF) flame jet,” Accepted in Acta Materialia, December 2007
  

Scientific and Professional Societies:

• Member American Society of Mechanical engineers
• Member Combustion Institute
• Reviewer [Technical]: ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Journal of Power Sources
• Reviewer [Technical and Panel]: National Science Foundation

Honors and Awards:

• Recipient Graduate Research Fellowship [First Position] from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut for Outstanding Academic Performance, Spring 2007
• Recipient Graduate Summer Fellowship from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut for Outstanding Academic Performance, Spring 2004
• Nominated for Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut for Outstanding Academic Performance, Spring 2006
• Honoria & Travel Award from Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Fall 2003 & Fall 2005
• Travel Award from Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Spring 2007