Research Interest

• Development of CFD code for laminar flows/turbulent flows.
• RANS / LES
• Using commercial CFD softwares with some augmentation for various practical / industrial / academic problems.
• Applications to Fluid Structure interaction, Heat transfer studies, Multiphase Flow, bio-fluid, unsteady Aerodynamics.

Education

• Ph.D
  2002 Kobe University, Japan Graduate School of Science & Technology
• M.S ( by Research)
  1992 IIT Madras Applied Mechanics

Professional Experience

• July '13 - Present : Professor, Dept.of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036
• Mar.'09 - July '13: Associate Professor, Dept.of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.
• Mar.'03 - Mar.'09: Assistant Professor, Dept.of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.
• Apr.'02 - Mar.'03 : Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Amrita Viswavidyapeetam, Coimbatore, India.
• Mar.'99 - Feb.'02 : Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science & Technology, Kobe University, Japan.
• Jan.'95 - Jan.'99 : Faculty, Dept.of Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA , Thanjavur, India.
• Jan.'93 - Nov.'94 : Research Assistant, College of Engineering, West Virginia University (WVU), USA
• Jan.'92 - Dec.'92 : Monbusho supported Research Student, Graduate School of Science & Technology, Kobe University, Japan.
• Dec.'90 - Jan.'92: Project Associate, Dept.of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras.The project was supported by C-DAC, Pune.
• June.'87 - Nov.'88 : TVS-Suzuki Ltd., Hosur. India.