Akshay L. Patil
Affiliations.Delft University of Technology

BK West 550
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
Delft, NL
I studied Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Pune in India to obtain my Bachelors of Engineering [B.E.]. I then moved to the Delft University of Technology [TUD] at the CiTG faculty to study Environmental Fluid Mechanics, where I worked mainly on developing and applying Computational Fluid Dynamics [CFD] for tsunami interactions with sea walls and wave overtopping predictions in shallow coastal environments. While at TUD, I briefly visited the University of Western Australia [UWA] as part of my MSc. thesis research.
Inspired by the viability of CFD in environmental flows, I then moved to Stanford University in the United States to study the interaction of surface gravity waves, turbulence, and tidal currents over naturally rough walls. Here I developed a highly efficient parallel code to enable direct simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations for such complex flow environments to better understand the turbulence physics.
I am passionate about environmental flows, turbulence physics, and CFD. Outside my scientific interests, I enjoy music and travelling. Within the 3D Geoinformation research group, I will focus on applying CFD techniques to study flows within urban environments and quantify the uncertainties in these predictions.
news
Mar 1, 2023 | Excited to begin my post-doctral research with Prof. Clara Garcia-Sanchez |
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Jan 20, 2023 | Defended my Ph.D. thesis work and enjoying a wonderful break with my wife in CA |
Sep 16, 2019 | Moved to Stanford University in sunny CA for a Ph.D. with Prof. Oliver Fringer |
Aug 31, 2019 |
Graduated with an MSc. ![]() |
Feb 1, 2019 |
Started working on my MSc. thesis ![]() |
Dec 1, 2018 | Started as a Graduate intern at Arcadis B.V., Zwolle, NL |
Aug 21, 2018 | First publication [here] |
Jun 21, 2016 | Graduated with a B.E. |
selected publications
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Characterising the roughness in channel flows using direct numerical simulationsJournal of Hydraulic Engineering, Tbd 2023
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Drag enhancement by the addition of weak waves to a wave-current boundary layer over bumpy wallsJournal of Fluid Mechanics, Aug 2022