DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Indian Institute Of Technology Madras
team

Samya Sen

Assistant Professor

Fluid Systems Lab (TTML), room 204A

Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022)

+91 44 2257 4683

samya@iitm.ac.in

Personal Homepage
Scopus ID
Google Scholar

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, joining IIT Madras in August 2025.
  • B.Tech. degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017.
  • Doctoral degree as Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2022.
  • Worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University in materials science and engineering till 2025.

  • Mechanics of non-Newtonian fluids and soft materials
  • Understand how to test, characterize, and model the complex and non-trivial flow behavior and rheology of soft materials
  • Applications involving droplet impacts and sprays, and novel direct ink writing and manufacturing processes

  1. Prime Minister's Early Career Research Grant | ANRF (2026-29)
  2. Young Faculty Fellowship | IIT Madras (2025-28)
  3. PPG-MRL Research Assistantship Award | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2018-19)

    Current Courses

  • ME3101: Heat Transfer, IIT Madras, ME | Autumn (Jul-Nov) | Undergraduate (BTech) | 2026

    Previous Courses

  • ME5015: Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers, IIT Madras, ME | Spring (Jan-May) | Graduate (MS and PhD) | 2026
  • TAM598: Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Rheology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MechSE | Spring (Jan-May) | Graduate (MS and PhD)
  • TAM435: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MechSE | Fall (Aug-Dec) | Open (BS, MS, and PhD) | 2018, 2019
  • ME270: Design for Manufacturability, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MechSE | Fall (Aug-Dec) | Undergraduate (BS) | 2017

  1. C. Saengow, S. Sen, J. Yus, E. E. Lovrich, A. G. Hoika, K. M. Chang, A. A. Pfeil, N. Haug, A. J. Wagoner Johnson, R. H. Ewoldt, “Stretching the printability metric in direct-ink writing with highly extensible yield-stress fluids,” Advanced Functional Materials (online), e04474, 2026.
  2. S. Sen*, C. Dong*, C. K. Jons, A. Alakesh, Y. E. Song, A. N. Prossnitz, W. Reineking, N. Eckman, and E. A.
  3. Appel, “Evolving transport properties of dynamic hydrogels enable self-tuning of short-and long-term cargo delivery,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 114(4), e70074, 2026.
  4. A. I. d’Aquino, C. Dong, L. T. Nguyen, J. Yan, C. K. Jons, O. M. Saouaf, Y. E. Song, N. Eckman, S. Kapasi, C. M. Williams, V. M. Doulames, S. Sen, M. K. Manna, A. Alakesh, K. Lu, I. A. Hall, and E. A. Appel, “Long-acting hydrogel-based depot formulations of tirzepatide and semaglutide for the management of type 2 diabetes and weight,” Advanced Therapeutics 9(2), e00329, 2026.
  5. P. Ganesh, A. N. Prossnitz, C. K. Jons, N. Eckman, A. Alakesh, Y. E. Song, S. Sen, and E. A. Appel, “Enabling global access to potent subunit vaccines with a simple and scalable injectable hydrogel platform,” Biomaterials Science 14(1), 173–185, 2025.
  6. C. K. Jons, C. M. Kasse, B. T. Mayer, O. Hyrien, S. Sen, E. L. Meany, A. I. d’Aquino, P. Ganesh, N. Eckman, C. Dong, J. Yan, L. T. Nguyen, V. M. Doulames, Y. E. Song, O. M. Saouaf, C. M. Williams, S. C. Williams, J. Paredes, R. Raghavan, M. Palomares, M. Alpert, N. L. Yates, G. D. Tomaras, M. S. Seaman, M. Farzan, and E. A. Appel, “Hydrogel formulations for sustained-release of broadly neutralizing antibodies,” Journal of Controlled Release 388(2), 114349, 2025.
  7. C. Dong*, S. Sen*, A. Kolli, S. G. Wilson, and E. A. Appel, “Advancing wildfire-retardant materials: engineering strategies for direct and indirect suppression,” Advanced Engineering Materials 27(21), e202500331, 2025.
  8. C. Dong, S. Sen, Z. Ru, A. Kolli, P. S. Appel, J. A. Fan, and E. A. Appel, “Hydrogel-to-Aerogel Transitions in Polymer–Particle Hydrogels Expand the Wildfire Defense Window,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17(29), 42245-42255, 2025.
  9. Y. E. Song, N. Eckman, S. Sen, C. K. Jons, O. M. Saouaf, and E. A. Appel, “Highly Extensible Physically Crosslinked Hydrogels for High-Speed 3D Bioprinting,” Advanced Healthcare Materials 14(10), 2404988, 2025.
  10. S. J. Bailey, N. Eckman, E. S. Brunel, C. K. Jons, S. Sen, and E. A. Appel, “A thiol–ene click-based strategy to customize injectable polymer–nanoparticle hydrogel properties for therapeutic delivery,” Biomaterials Science 13(5), 1323–1334 (2025).
  11. C. Dong, A. I. D’Aquino, S. Sen, I. A. Hall, A. C. Yu, G. B. Crane, J. D. Acosta, and E. A. Appel, “Water-enhancing gels exhibiting heat-activated formation of silica aerogels for protection of critical infrastructure during catastrophic wildfire,” Advanced Materials 36(40), 2407375 (2024).
  12. S. Sen, C. Dong, A. I. D’Aquino, A. C. Yu, and E. A. Appel, “Biomimetic non-ergodic aging by dynamic-to-covalent transitions in physical hydrogels,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(25), 32599–32610 (2024).
  13. S. Sen, R. R. Fernandes, and R. H. Ewoldt, “Soft glassy materials with tunable extensibility,” Soft Matter 20, 212–223 (2024).
  14. S. Sen, and R. H. Ewoldt, “Thixotropic spectra and Ashby-style charts for thixotropy,” Journal of Rheology 66(5), 1041–1053 (2022).
  15. S. Sen, A. G. Morales and R. H. Ewoldt, “Thixotropy in viscoplastic drop impact on thin films,” Physical Review Fluids 6, 043301 (2021).
  16. S. Sen, A. G. Morales and R. H. Ewoldt, “Viscoplastic drop impact on thin films,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 891, A27 (2020).
  17. Y. Xu, S. Sen, Q. Wu, X. Zhong, R. H. Ewoldt, and S. C. Zimmerman, “Base-triggered self-amplifying degradable polyurethanes with the ability to translate local stimulation to continuous long-range degradation,” Chemical Science 11, 3326–3331 (2020).
  18. A. Faghani, S. Sen, M. Vaezi, and A. Kumar, “Rheology of fibre suspension flows in the pipeline hydro-transport of biomass feedstock,” Biosystems Engineering 200, 284–297 (2020).
  19. K. A. Miller, E. G. Morado, S. R. Samanta, B. A. Walker, A. Z. Nelson, S. Sen, D. T. Tran, D. J. Whitaker, R. H. Ewoldt, P. V. Braun, and S. C. Zimmerman,“Acid-triggered, acid-generating, and self-amplifying degradable polymers,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 141(7), 838–2842 (2019).