Welcome to the group of Prof Sudarshan Kumar

Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai, INDIA 400 076

Curriculum Vitae of Sudarshan Kumar

IIT Bombay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Sudarshan Kumar

Assistant Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Powai Mumbai, India - 400 076

Phone:+91-22-2576-7124

Fax:+91-22-2572-2602

E-mail:sudar[At]aero.iitb.ac.in

 

► Academic Qualifications

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

► Research Interests

Research interests include experimental and computational investigations on the flameless combustion of gaseous fuels, advanced aerothermochemistry, high temperature air combustion, flameless/mild combustion, turbulent combustion, modeling of combustion systems, Reduction of pollutant emissions from combustion systems, combustion in micro-channels, flame instabilities, pattern formation of flames and catalytic combustion in micro-channels, high speed flows, supersonic combustion. Development of micro rockets based on solid propellants.

 

► Awards and Recognitions and memberships

 

1. Selected for Marquis Who's Who in the World for 27th Edition (2009).

2. First prize winner of SAFRAN-French Embassy awards (2007) for PhD thesis in Aerospace Engineering field.

3. Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

4. Member, Aeronautical Society of India

5. Dr. Bernard Lewis Fellowship (2002). This award is conferred to selected bright young combustion scientists by The Combustion Institute, USA biennially.

6. Member, The Combustion Institute.

7. University 2^nd Rank in B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Aurangabad University (1998).

8. National Merit Scholarship holder (1992).

 

 

► Positions held

 

1. Nov. 2006 - onwards: Assistant Professor, Aerospace engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.

2. Nov. 2004 - Sept. 2006: Post doctoral researcher, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan.

3. Jul. 2004 - Oct. 2004: Research associate, Combustion Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.

 

► List of Publications in Journals and Conferences

 

 

Refereed journal papers in international journals

1. Aiwu Fan, Sergey Minaev, E. Sereshchenko, R. Fursenko, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and Kaoru Maruta, ''Experimental and numerical investigations of flame pattern formations in a radial microchannel,'' Proceedings of Combustion Institute. Vol. 32, 3059-3066 (2009).

2. Aiwu Fan, Sergey Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and Kaoru Maruta, ''Regime diagrams and characteristics of flame patterns in radial microchannels with temperature gradients,'' Combustion and Flame Vol. 153(3) 479-489 (2008) .

3. Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta, S. Minaev and R. Fursenko, ''Appearance of target and quasi-steady-spiral flame patterns in radial microchannels with rich methane-air mixtures,'' Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, 024101 (2008).

4. Aiwu Fan, S Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and K Maruta, ''Experimental study on flame pattern formation and combustion completeness in a radial microchannel,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17 2398-2406 (2007) ''PDF-file'' .

5. Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Prediction of flame liftoff height of diffusion/partially premixed jet flames  and modeling of flameless combustion burners,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 179(10), 2219-2253 (2007).

6. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta, S. Minaev, ''Experimental investigations on the combustion behavior of methane-air mixtures in a new micro-scale radial combustor configuration,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, 900 - 908 (2007) ''PDF-file''.

7. Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta and S. Minaev, ''Pattern formation of flames in radial microchannels with lean methane-air mixture,'' Physical Review-E 75, 016208 (2007).

8. Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta, S. Minaev, ''On the formation of multiple rotating pelton-like flame structures in radial microchannels with lean methane-air mixtures,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 3261-3268 (2007).

9. S. G. Kim, T. Yokomori, N. I. Kim, S. Kumar, S. Maruyama, K. Maruta, ''Flame behavior in heated porous sand bed,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2117-2124 (2007).

10. Menezes V, S. Kumar, K. Maruta, Reddy K. P. J. and Takayama K., ''Hypersonic flow over a multi-step afterbody,'' Shock Waves, Vol. 14(5-6), 421-424(2005).

11. Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Investigations of the Scaling Criteria for a Mild Combustion Burner,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30/2, 2613-2621 (2005).

12. Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''Studies on a new High Intensity-Low emission burner,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, 1131-1137 (2002).

 

 

► Articles in international and national conferences and other general articles

 

1. Sudarshan Kumar, A. Fan, S. Minaev, K, Maruta, ''Effect of wall temperature gradient on the stability of cylindrical flames,'' Proceedings of Combustion Institute, WiPP 12-19 (2008), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

2. Karan Govil, and Sudarshan Kumar, ''Analysis of non-recoverable stall and other instabilities using Moore Greitzer model,'' 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 20 - 23 July (2008).

3. S. Rajkumar, A. Dudi, Sudarshan Kumar, I N Namboothiri, ''Synthesis and evaluation of polycyclic high energy density fuels,'' The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

4. A. Fan, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W. Liu, K. Maruta, ''Pattern transitions from traveling flames to rotating Pelton like flames in a radial microchannel,'' Seventh International symposium on Advanced Fluid Information and Fourth International symposium on Transdisciplinery Fluid Integration, Sendai, Japan, December 14-16, 2007.

5. Sudarshan Kumar, A. Fan, S. Minaev, K. Maruta, ''Numerical analysis of heat transfer for an externally heated radial microchannel,'' The fourth International conference on Flow dynamics, Sendai Japan, September 26-28, 2007.

6. A. Fan, S. Minaev, S. Kumar, W. Liu, K. Maruta, ''On the transition from a circular flame to a traveling flame in a radial microchannel,'' Fourth International conference on Flow dynamics, Sendai Japan, September 26-28, 2007.

7. S. Minaev, R. Fursenko, N. Bakirova, S. Kumar and K. Maruta, ''Modeling of traveling structures in radial microchannels with a wall temperature gradient,'' Proceedings of 6^th Asia Pacific conference on Combustion, Nagoya, Japan, 20-23 May 2007.

8. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta and S. Minaev, ''Formation of spiral and radial flame propagation modes in radial microchannels with premixed methane-air mixtures,'' 44th Japanese combustion symposium, Hiroshima Japan Dec. 2006.

9. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta, and S. Minaev, ''Appearance of spiral flame patterns in radial microchannels with premixed methane-air mixtures,'' Eighth National Conference on Air-Breathing Engines and Aerospace Propulsion, Pune, India, Dec. 2006.

10. Minaev S., Fursenko R., Maruta K., and Kumar S., ''Modeling of spiral wave patterns in radial microchannels,'' Fifth International colloquium on pulsed and continuous detonations, Moscow, Russia, July 3-7, 2006.

11. Sudarshan Kumar, S. Hasegawa, A. Mukhopadhyay, S. S. Minaev and Kaoru Maruta, ''Combustion characteristics of methane/air mixtures in radial microchannels,'' (2005) 43^rd Japanese combustion symposium, Tokyo Japan, Dec. 2005.

12. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta and S. S. Minaev, ''Pattern formation of flames in radial microchannels,'' Second International Conference on Flow Dynamics, 16- 18^th Nov. (2005) Sendai, Japan (pp 3-30).

13. K. Maruta, Sudarshan Kumar, S. Aizumi, N. I. Kim, T. Yokomori, S. Minaev, ''Fundamental and applicational studies on Micro-combustion,'' Fifth International Symposium on Advanced Fluid Information (AFI-2005) - IFS-JAXA Joint Symposium - Dec 8-9, 2005, Sendai, Japan.

14. S. G. Kim, T. Yokomori, S. Kumar, A. Mukhopadhyay, N. I. Kim, S. Maruyama and  Kaoru Maruta, ''Unsteady flame behavior in a packed bed,'' 43^rd Japanese Combustion Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Dec 2005.

15. S. G. Kim, S. Kumar, T. Yokomori, N. I. Kim, S. Maruyama and Kaoru Maruta, ''Unsteady behavior and flame response in a packed bed,'' The Second International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai Japan, Nov. 2005..

16. Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Low Emission Combustion: Role of Computations and Experiments,'' First Indian CFX Users Conference, 4^th- 5^th Dec. 2002 Bangalore, India.

17. Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''High Intensity-Low emission Burners, Insights through Experiments and Computations,'' International Workshop on Modern Advances in Combustion, IIT Madras 31^st Aug.-1^st Sept. 2001.

18. Sudarshan Kumar, ''Reducing the NOx Emissions from Gas fired Furnaces,'' CFX-Update, Vol. 21, AEA Technology UK.

19. Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''Studies on a Valve-less Pulsejet Engine,'' Proceedings of 5^th National Conference on Air-Breathing Engines, 375-385, Interline Publishing Bangalore, 2000.

 

 

► Conferences, Workshops and Scientific Meetings Attended

 

1. 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, August 3 - 8, 2008.

2. 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Exhibit, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 20-23 July 2008.

3. 4^th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai International Center (Organized by IFS, Tohoku University) Sendai Japan, 26 - 28^th Sept 2007.

4. 8^th National Conference on Air-breathing Engines and Aerospace Propulsion, DIAT Pune, India, Dec. 2006.  

5. 31^st International Symposium on Combustion, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 2006.

6. Fifth International Symposium on Advanced Fluid Information (AFI-2005) - IFS-JAXA Joint Symposium - Dec 8-9, 2005, Sendai, Japan.

7. 43^rd Japanese Combustion Symposium, Tokyo Japan, Dec. 2005.

8. Second International Conference on Flow dynamics, Sendai, Japan, Nov 2005.

9. First International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2004.

10. 30^th International Symposium on Combustion, UIC Chicago, USA, July 2004.

11. 6^th National Conference on Air-Breathing Engines, IISc Bangalore, India, Jan 2003.

12. International Workshop on Turbulent Reacting Flows, IIT Madras, India, Dec 2002.

13. First CFX-India Users` Conference, Bangalore India, Dec 2002.

14. 29^th International Symposium on Combustion, Sapporo Japan, July 2002.

15. Joint Symposium on Energy Research and Applications, IISc Bangalore and Technische Universitat, Munchen, March 2002.

16. XV International Symposium on Air-Breathing Engines, (ISOABE) Bangalore, India, Sept. 2001.

17. International workshop on Modern Advances in Combustion, IIT Madras, India, Aug-Sept 2001.

18. 5^th National Conference on Air-breathing Engines, DRDL   Hyderabad, India, Dec 2000.