Pratyush Kumar
Post Doctoral Researcher , Seminar for Applied Mathematics (SAM) · ETH Zurich
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence in Science and Engineering, Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Operator Learning, High-Performance Computing
Biography
Dr. Pratyush Kumar is a SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellow at the Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Zürich. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay. His research bridges computational fluid dynamics (CFD), multiphase flows, and Artificial Intelligence, focusing on foundation models and physics-informed neural networks. He is also the founder of iteraSim, an AI-assisted RAG framework for CFD, and is an active digital educator reaching over 1,000 researchers globally.
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Thermal & Fluids): IIT Bombay (2018–2024) M.Tech., Materials Engineering: University of Hyderabad (2016–2018) B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering: LPU Jalandhar (2012–2016)
Recent Google Scholar Publications
- Scaling Law Analysis for Transient Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Packed Bed with Mono-Sized Pebbles
- Numerical study of bouncing Leidenfrost viscoplastic drops
- Explaining Advaitavedānta through Computational Models of Non-Duality
- Pressure Drop and Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficient Formulation for Packed Bed Systems with Cylindrical Capsules
- Development of Scaling Laws for Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis of Packed Beds Filled with Monosized Pebbles
Research Outputs
Developed iteraSim RAG (app.iterasim.in), an agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation framework for OpenFOAM. Developed custom solvers for Leidenfrost droplet dynamics and LTNE porous media modeling.
Grants / Consultancy
SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship (Grant #234158) with CHF 170,000 / INR 1.65 Crores funding (2025–2027); Co-PI on IKS-IITB Project with INR 5 Lakhs funding (2021–2022). None
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4168-6534
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OKoBoBUAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=None
- Personal Weblink https://math.ethz.ch/the-department/people.html?u=kpratyush