Gupta resaarch group, Laboratory of Interfaces, Flow and Electrokinetics (LIFE), focuses on fundamental and applied questions in interfacial transport phenomena, with particular emphasis on electrokinetics, diffusiophoresis, and active matter. LIFE ntegrates theory, computation, and experiment to uncover universal mechanisms governing transport in soft and complex systems, including porous electrodes, microfluidic devices, colloidal suspensions, and biological interfaces. This work has produced foundational advances in gradient driven transport, reaction diffusion pattern formation, active particle dynamics, and electrolyte transport in confined and heterogeneous media, with implications for energy storage, sensing, autonomous materials, and bioinspired design. Gupta’s research has appeared in leading journals such as Science Advances, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Review Fluids, and Soft Matter, and has been recognized with multiple early career honors for both research and education. His work has received extensive international attention and has been featured in over one hundred fifty media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, Chemical and Engineering News, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and other major news platforms.
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Soft Matter, Electrokinetics, Nanoemulsions, Energy Storage, Environmental Technologies, Material Design
CHEN 3200 - Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Introduces fluid mechanics and momentum transfer, emphasizing the application of these principles to chemical engineering systems. Same as CVEN 3313 and MCEN 3021.
CHEN 5210 - Transport Phenomena
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Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
Considers continuum mechanics, emphasizing fundamental relationships for fluid mechanics and heat and mass transfer and their applications to engineering problems. Department enforced prerequisites: undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and differential equations.
