Sankara's research focuses on the design, fabrication, and experimentation of bio-inspired membranes for membrane distillation (MD) and surfaces for frictional drag reduction.
Selected Publications
Superhydrophobicity and size reduction enabled Halobates (Insecta: Heteroptera, Gerridae) to colonize the open ocea... G.A. Mahadik, J.F. Hernandez-Sanchez, S. Arunachalam, A. Gallo Jr., L. Cheng, A.S. Farinha... Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Article 7785, (2020)
Mitigating cavitation erosion using biomimetic gas-entrapping microtextured surfaces (GEMS) S.R. Gonzalez-Avila, D.M. Nguyen, S. Arunachalam, E.M. Domingues, H. Mishra, C.-D. Ohl Science Advances, Vol. 6, no. 13, eaax6192, (2020)
Proof-of-Concept for Gas-Entrapping Membranes Derived from Water-Loving SiO2/Si/SiO2 Wafers for Green Desalination R. Das, S. Arunachalam, Z. Ahmad, E. Manalastas, A. Syed, U. Buttner, H. Mishra Journal of Visualized Experiments, Issue e60583, (2020)
Rendering SiO2/Si Surfaces Omniphobic by Carving Gas-Entrapping Microtextures Comprising Reentrant and Doubly Reent... S. Arunachalam, E.M. Domingues, R. Das, J. Nauruzbayeva, U. Buttner, A. Syed, H. Mishra Journal of Visualized Experiments, Issue e60403, (2020)
Bio-inspired gas-entrapping membranes (GEMs) derived from common water-wet materials for green desalination R. Das, S. Arunachalam, Z. Ahmad, E. Manalastas, H. Mishra Journal of Membrane Science, (2019)
Spray in cross flow S. Prakash, B N Raghunandan, Hrishikash, Sankara poster at Frontiers of Liquid Atomization :An Indo-US workshop, (2011)
Education
M.E., Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2011
B.E., Aeronautical Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2009
Professional Profile
2015-2020: Research Specialist, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
