Sankara Arunachalam Water Desalination and Reuse Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Sankara Arunachalam Sankara Arunachalam is working as a Research Specialist at Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Anna University and a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.Sankara started his carrier as a Research Engineer at BEML Ltd, India, and moved to KAUST to work with Prof. Mishra’s interfacial laboratory. His current research work focuses on the design, fabrication, and experimentation of bio-inspired microtextures for drag reduction, membrane distillation, and mitigating cavitation erosion. Articles based on his work have appeared in Nature Communications, Science Advances, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and Journal of Membrane Science. Publications Superhydrophobicity and size reduction enabled Halobates (Insecta: Heteroptera, Gerridae) to colonize the open oceanScientific Reports. ,2020 | Pubmed ID: Mitigating cavitation erosion using biomimetic gas-entrapping microtextured surfaces (GEMS)Science Advances. ,2020 | Pubmed ID: Proof-of-Concept for Gas-Entrapping Membranes Derived from Water-Loving SiO 2/Si/SiO 2 Wafers for Greener DesalinationJ. Vis. Exp. ,2020 | Pubmed ID: Rendering SiO2/Si Surfaces Omniphobic by Carving Gas-Entrapping Microtextures Comprising Reentrant and Doubly Reentrant Cavities or PillarsJoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments). ,2020 | Pubmed ID: Bio-inspired gas-entrapping membranes (GEMs) derived from common water-wet materials for green desalinationJournal of Membrane Science. ,2019 | Pubmed ID: Assessing omniphobicity by immersionJournal of Colloid and Interface Science. ,2019 | Pubmed ID: Evaluating the potential of superhydrophobic nanoporous alumina membranes for direct contact membrane distillationJournal of Colloid and Interface Science. ,2019 | Pubmed ID: Biomimetic coating-free surfaces for long-term entrapment of air under wetting liquids Nature Communications. ,2018 | Pubmed ID: Doubly Reentrant Cavities Prevent Catastrophic Wetting Transitions on Intrinsically Wetting SurfacesACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. ,2017 | Pubmed ID: Proof-of-Concept for Gas-Omsnøring membraner stammer fra vand-elskende SiO2/ Si / SiO2 Wafers for Grøn afsaltning Ratul Das1, Sankara Arunachalam1, Zain Ahmad1, Edelberto Manalastas1, Ahad Syed2, Ulrich Buttner2, Himanshu Mishra1 1Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) JoVE 60583 Engineering Rendering SiO2/Si Surfaces Omniphobic by Carving Gas-Entrapping Microtextures Comprising Reentrant og Dobbelt reentrant Kavities eller Søjler Sankara Arunachalam1, Eddy M. Domingues1, Ratul Das1, Jamilya Nauruzbayeva1, Ulrich Buttner2, Ahad Syed2, Himanshu Mishra1 1Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) JoVE 60403 Engineering
Proof-of-Concept for Gas-Omsnøring membraner stammer fra vand-elskende SiO2/ Si / SiO2 Wafers for Grøn afsaltning Ratul Das1, Sankara Arunachalam1, Zain Ahmad1, Edelberto Manalastas1, Ahad Syed2, Ulrich Buttner2, Himanshu Mishra1 1Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) JoVE 60583 Engineering
Rendering SiO2/Si Surfaces Omniphobic by Carving Gas-Entrapping Microtextures Comprising Reentrant og Dobbelt reentrant Kavities eller Søjler Sankara Arunachalam1, Eddy M. Domingues1, Ratul Das1, Jamilya Nauruzbayeva1, Ulrich Buttner2, Ahad Syed2, Himanshu Mishra1 1Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) JoVE 60403 Engineering
