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Version 2.0.0 - July 20, 2020

Below are the following changes that could be breaking changes for your site. For more details on any change, please refer to PR #154.

The major breaking change is:

  1. Users that have front matter that utilize images (backwards compatibility for featured and associated parameters still remains) will need to adjust from [images]="SRC" to the new format.
[[images]]
    src = "" // Link to image
    alt = "" // Alt text for image
    stretch = // Optional: See screenshots for referenced values and outcomes

If you utilize any of the following, there might be a breaking:

  1. User custom templates may require adjustment.
  2. User custom i18n languages, or custom templates referencing i18n translations may require adjustment.
  3. User custom template for comments will require adjustment if it uses the theme’s CSS and/or JS.
  4. User custom CSS may need to adjust due to a variety of class name changes and specificity changes.

While I realize this is inconvenient, I hope that it is worth it to you in the long run. Thanks for using the theme, and feel free to submit issues as needed.

Hugo Future Imperfect Slim

Makrand A. Khanwale

Assistant Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics (starting May 2026),
Technische Universität München

Brief biography

On May 1st, 2026, I will join the Technical University of Munich as Assistant Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics in the School of Engineering and Design. My research focuses on developing computational and mathematical tools for understanding multiscale multiphysics fluid dynamical systems, with applications in energy technologies, aerospace flows, sustainable transport, hydrogen production, and environmental processes.

Building on foundations in numerical analysis, multiphysics modeling, and high-performance computing, our research group will develop predictive simulation tools for multiphase and turbulent flows across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.

I am currently a Physical Science Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, where I work with Prof. Ali Mani and Prof. Gianluca Iaccarino. My work focuses on high-fidelity simulation of turbulence and multiphase flows, including the development of reduced-order turbulence models and computational frameworks for multiphase electrochemical and energy systems. I am also involved in modeling compressible multiphase flows for the INSIEME project under the PSAAP III program.

I received my PhD from Iowa State University, with a co-major in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, under the supervision of Prof. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian and Prof. James Rossmanith. My doctoral research focused on developing energy-stable numerical methods for multiphase flows governed by the Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes equations, and scalable computational tools for simulating complex interfacial dynamics.

Education

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics [Aug 2016 – Aug 2021]

    Dissertation: Energy-stable numerical methods for interface-resolved simulations of two-phase flows using the Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes equations
    Graduate advisors: Prof. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian and Prof. James Rossmanith

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India

  • Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Technology [2011 – 2015]

Research Interests

  • Multiphase flows
  • Numerical analysis
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Turbulence
  • Multi-scale computational modeling
  • High-performance scientific computing

Awards and Achievements