Astrophysics:
Applied Mathematics:
High-Performance Computing:
High-Energy Astrophysics (Type Ia supernovae, Gamma-ray Bursts), Nucleosynthesis, Stellar Structure and Evolution
Numerical methods for Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) and Partial Differential Equations(PDE)
Large-scale Hydrodynamical Simulations of Astrophysical Systems
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA
Ph.D., Engineering and Applied Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Robert Fisher
Septmber 2024 - present
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA
M.S., Physics
Thesis title: Simulations of highly neutronized ejecta in the supernova remnant 3C 397.
Advisor: Dr. Robert Fisher
January 2021 - Auguest 2023
Indus University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
August 2015 - May 2019
Graduate Research Award
North Dartmouth, MA, USA
April 2023
247 - American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Oral presentation: Hydrodynamical Simulations of Helium-Ignited Binary White Dwarf Merger.
Januray 2026
UConn - Astrophysics seminar - invited talk, Storrs, CT, USA
Oral presentation: Type Ia Supernovae from Helium-Ignited White Dwarf Mergers.
April 2025
American Physical Society (APS) - New England Section meeting, Kingston, RI, USA
Oral presentation: Hydrodynamical Simulations of Highly-Neutronized Ejecta in Near-Chandrasekhar Mass Supernova Remnant 3C 397
October 2023
242 - American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting, Albuquerque, NM, USA
iPoster presentation: Simulations of Neutron-rich Ejecta of Supernova remnant 3C 397.
June 2023
In Progress:
3. Simulations of Oxygen-Neon and Carbon-Oxygen white dwarf mergers in the double-degenerate channel of the type Ia supernovae.
Chackochan Joji, Vrutant Mehta, Miriya Jones, Robert Fisher, and Alexey Bobrick.
2. Hydrodynamical simulations of Helium-ignited binary white dwarf merger.arXiv:2602.23414
Vrutant Mehta, Vishal Tiwari, Rüdiger Pakmor, Divyanshu Singh, and Robert Fisher.
Published: