Faculty at School of Engineering

Ashish Kumar Thokchom

Ashish Kumar Thokchom

Assistant Professor


Contact Information

Fluid dynamics, particle self-assembly, flow visualization, photolithography, photonic crystal structures, piezoelectric materials, flexible electronic devices, inkjet printing, micro- and bio-fluidics, and evaporating drops.

Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 2010

M.Tech., Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal 2006

B.Tech., Department of Chemical Engineering, TKMCE Kollam, Kerala

05/18-06/19 
Microfluidic and Nanomechatronics Lab, Postdoctoral Research, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

07/19-11/19 
Nano-Biofluid System Lab, Postdoctoral Research Professor, Korea University

08/15-04/18 
NIT, Department of Chemical Engineering, Arunachal Pradesh

  • Ashish Kumar Thokchom*, B. J. Medhi, S. K. Majumder and A. Singh. Analysis of circulation reversal and particle transport in evaporating drops. Microgravity Science and Technology 2021, 33, 1-9.
  • A. Tiwari, S. J. Lee, S. Shin and Ashish Kumar Thokchom*. Understanding the formation of particle bands and fingering patterns during evaporation of a colloidal sessile droplet. (Under revision)
  • A. Tiwari, A. Singh and Ashish Kumar Thokchom*. Investigation on instability of Marangoni convection inside the evaporating droplet using Hele – Shaw method. (to be submitted very soon)

  • Ashish Kumar Thokchom and S. Shin. Coffee-ring effect associated with dynamical clustering and band formation of particles in a droplet. Annual European Rheology Conference 2022 (AERC 2022), Spain.
  • A. Tiwari, S. J. Lee, S. Shin and Ashish Kumar Thokchom. Banded µ-Marangoni Vortex inside the Sessile Evaporating Droplet. Droplet 2021, TU Darmstadt, Germany.
  • A. Tiwari, A. Singh and Ashish Kumar Thokchom*. Manipulation of Marangoni convection of a sessile droplet. Droplet 2021, TU Darmstadt, Germany.
  • A. Tiwari, S. Shin, S. J. Lee, Ashish Kumar Thokchom*, Beyond Coffee Ring Pattern. International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF) 2023, Kobe, Japan. (Accepted for Oral Presentation)
  • A. Tiwari, S. Shin, S. J. Lee, Ashish Kumar Thokchom*, Critical Analysis of Dynamics of Particle Clustering and Formation of Fingering Like Pattern. CompFlu 2022, December 19-21, 2022. IIT Kharagpur (Accepted for Oral Presentation)
  • A. Tiwari, A. Singh and Ashish Kumar Thokchom*. Fluid flow and particle transport inside an evaporating droplet: A critical analysis. CompFlu 2022, December 19-21, 2022. IIT Kharagpur (Poster Presentation)

  • Development of Fluidic Manifold. PI - Ashish Kumar Thokchom, HCL. 7.8 Lakhs (Four Months)