Rishabh Datta is a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a research assistant at MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Rishabh works on high-energy-density pulsed-power driven plasmas. His areas of focus are magnetized shocks and radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection.
Rishabh Datta is a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a research assistant at MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Rishabh works on high-energy-density pulsed-power driven plasmas. His areas of focus are magnetized shocks and radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection.
A experimental and computational study of the 3D anisotropic structure of bow shocks generated in a pulsed-power-driven collisional plasma. Read more
A new diagnostic technique which combines bow shock imaging with magnetic field measurments to estimate the sound and Alfvén speeds in a magnetized high-energy-density plasma. Read more
I presented a new diagnostic technique which combines laser interferometry and b-dot measurements to estimate velocity and temperature. Read more
I presented my research on 3D collisional magnetized bow shocks in radiatively-cooled plasmas. Read more
A review of of how electro-magnetic fields can be measured in plasmas using proton radiography. Read more
A derivation of EM waves in plasmas and an introduction to laser interferometry and Farday polarimetry. Read more
A summary of ELMs in magnetically-confined fusion plasmas Read more
CFD / FEA modeling of a microfluidic biosensor using COMSOL. Read more
This project explores how Delaunay triangulation can be used to compute cell face apertures, interface areas and cell volume for finite element analysis in CFD. Read more
This project explores interface velocity and pressures can be determined for compressible inviscid flow involving two phases. Read more
This project explores how CAM-28 particles behave as they flow down rough inclined surfaces. Read more
This project uses a RANSAC algorithm to fit a second order curve to approximate a laser beam projected onto a surface during granular flow. The displacement of the laser beam is used to determine height of granular flow. Read more
This project explores how height of granular flow down rough inclined surfaces can be determined optically from images of the flow. Read more