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Nikhil Desai

Purdue University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN  47907  

desai63@purdue.edu

Project List:

Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Dispersed Oil

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2020

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2020). Biofilms at interfaces: microbial distribution in floating films. Soft Matter, 16(7), 1731–1750.

2019

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic Interaction Enhances Colonization of Sinking Nutrient Sources by Motile Microorganisms. Front. Microbiol., 10(Article 289).

2018

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Combined influence of hydrodynamics and chemotaxis in the distribution of microorganisms around spherical nutrient sources. Physical Review E, 98(1), 012419.
Desai, N., Dabiri, S., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Nutrient uptake by chemotactic microorganisms in presence of rising oil drops. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 108, 156–168.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Hydrodynamics-mediated trapping of micro-swimmers near drops. Soft Matter, 14(2), 264–278.

2017

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Modeling of active swimmer suspensions and their interactions with the environment. Soft Matter, 13(36), 6033–6050.

Conference Presentations - 7

2019

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Influence of hydrodynamic interactions and chemotaxis on accumulation of bacteria near oil drops. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Bioremediation and motility: how fluid flow and nutrient distribution affect bacterial foraging. In 56th Society of Engineering Science Meeting, 2019. St. Louis, MO : 10/13/2019-10/15/19.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic and chemotactic influences in bacterial foraging. In 72nd APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/24/19-11/26/19.

2018

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Hydrodynamic interaction of marine bacteria and oil droplets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Oil-microbe interactions: role of chemotaxis and hydrodynamics. In BIRS Workshop on Complex Fluids in Biological Systems. Banff, Canada : 07/22/18-07/27/18.

2017

Ardekani, A. M., & Desai, N. (2017). Bacterial chemotaxis in multi-phase flows. In 54th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science. Boston, MA : 07/25/17-07/28/17.
Desai, N., Dabiri, S., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Chemotaxis by methanotrophic bacteria in the presence of a rising swarm of oil droplets â?? modeling subsurface methane degradation after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.