SPECIALIZATION : Computational Fluid Dynamics

AWARDS : Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, JRD Tata Fellow(IISc Bangalore, India), Aerospace Engineering Division Medal(I.E.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1991 - till date: Faculty Member, Aerospace Engg Dept, IIT Bombay, India
2000 & 2001: Visiting Faculty/Scientist, Mechanics Dept, RWTH Aachen, Germany
2002-2003: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
* Expert Member of the Divisional Scientific Committee of CTFD Division, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India (2005-07).
* Expert member of review committee for Aerodynamic Configuration Design Review of Cannon Launched Guided Missile (CLGM), Armament R&D Establishment (ARDE) Pune.
* Expert Member of University Grant Commission, Government of India.
* Expert Member of National Board of Accreditation, AICTE, India.
* Expert Member of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai.
* Expert Member of selection committee for professor position in Mechanical Engineering Department, Aligarh Muslim University.
* Expert Member of selection committee for associate professor position in Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
* Expert Member of selection committee for scientist positions at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai.
* Evaluator for faculty promotion in Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
* Evaluator for faculty candidate for the post of Institute Chair Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
* Expert Member of selection committee for CFD Engineers at CDAC Pune.
* Member of International Scientific Committee for the 2nd African Conference on Computational Mechanics, 5-8 Jan. 2011, Cape Town, South Africa.
* Member of National Advisory Committee of International Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment, 24-25 March 2011 (INCOTEE 2011).
* Member of International Advisory Committee for 2nd Inter. Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems, Dalian, China, Sept 5-7,2011.
* Member of International Advisory Committee for First International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems, Naples, Italy, September 8-10, 2009.
* Organizing Committee Members for International Conference for Computational Partial Differential Equations, IIT Bombay, India, 10-13 December, 2008.
* Reviewed papers for the following journals:
AIAA journal
Computers & Fluids
Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems: An International Journal for Theory and Application
International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
International Journal for Heat and Fluid Flow
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids
International Journal of Hypersonics
Numerical Heat Transfer - An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Journal Aeronautical Society of India
* Reviewed paper for International conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics, Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics conferences

COURSES TAUGHT:
Computational Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Continuum Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Basic Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws, Numerical Methods for Engineers, Matrix Computation.

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
* Computations of Flows Through . . Compressor Cascades (AR&DB)(1995- 1999)
* Computation of viscous incompressible flows inside calandria of a Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR)(1996-2000)
* Upgradation of Associate CFD Center of Excellence(2004-2009)
* Flow Computations on Unstructured Grids with Improved Accuracy: An Investigation (AR&DB) (2006-2008)
* Steady/Unsteady Low Speed Viscous Flow Computations on Static/Moving Grids (AR&DB) (2009-2011)
* Upgradation of Associate CFD Center of Excellence(Ongoing 2009-2011)
* Development of High Resolution Schemes for Flow Computations on Space Vehicle Configurations using Unstructured Grids (ISRO) (Ongoing 2009-2012)
* Unsteady Incompressible Turbulent Flow Computations on Static/Moving Grids (AR&DB) (Ongoing 2011-2013)

RECENT INVITED/ PLENARY TALKS IN CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS:
* "Development of Riemann Solver for Incompressible Flow Computations and Its Applications", Invited Talk, International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Applications to Industrial Problms (MMIP 2011), March 28-31, Mathematics Department, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India 2011.
* "A Novel Upwind Method for Incompressible Flow Computations using Pseudo-Compressibility Approach", Plenary Talk, Third International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-09), 1-5 December 2009, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
* "High Resolution Finite Volume Method Using Solution Dependent Weighted Least-Squares (SDWLS) Gradient", Indo-German Conference on PDE, Scientific Computing and Optimization in Application'', 7-9 October 2009, IIT Kanpur, India.
* "Development of Riemann Solvers for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws", Indo-German Workshop-cum-Lecture Series on "Computaional Models and Methods Driven by Industrial Problems (CMMDIP0809)", January 5-16, 2009, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai.
* "Numerical Computations of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations: Issues and Challenges", Plenary Talk at National Symposium on Recent Advances in Computational Techniques (RACT09), January 9-10, 2009, Department of Mathematics, Stella Maris College, Chennai.
* "Development of High Resolution Schemes for Hyperbolic PDEs" at the International Conference on Computational Partial Differential Equations, 10-13 December 2008, Mathematics Department, IIT Bombay.
* "Fundamentals of Upwind Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws" at the Instructional School on PDEs and National Symposium on Hyperbolic PDEs, 14-17 July 2008, Mathematics Department, IIT Bombay.
* "A Novel Approach for High Resolution Finite Volume Method", Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 26-30 Nov 2007, Bangalore, India.
* "Challenges in Developing Higher Order Accurate Schemes for Simulation of Flows with Discontinuities: Issues and Alternatives", Second International Conference on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), IIT Guwahati, India, 8-10 December 2006.
* "Overview of Computations of Incompressible and Low Speed Flows", 16th February 2006, Aerodynamics R&D Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS :

2011
* "Simulation of Flow Inside Differentially Heated Rotating Cavity", (with Sonawane, C R), Second International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems, THERMACOMP2011, September 5-7, 2011, Dalian, China.
* "Incompressible flow computations over moving boundary using a novel upwind method", (with Sonawane, C R, Iyer, A and GosaviInamdar J A), Computers and Fluids, Volume 46, Issue 1, 2011, 348-352. (Abstract).
* "An Upwind Method for Incompressible Flows With Heat Transfer", (with Iyer, A) In ternational Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, Volume 21, Issue 5, pp. 518 - 534, 2011 . (Abstract).
* "Simulation of Moderator Flow and Temperature Inside Calandria of CANDU Reactor using Artificial Compressibility Method" (with C. R. Sonawane), International Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment (INCOTEE 2011), 24-26 March 2011, Kalasalingam University, India (Communicated to Heat Transfer Engineering).
* "High Resolution Finite Volume Computations on Unstructured Grids using Solution Dependent Weighted Least Squares Gradients" (with S. Rao) Computers and Fluids, Volume 44, Issue 1, May 2011, Pages 23-31 (Abstract).

2010
* "Incompressible flow computations over moving boundary using a novel upwind method", (with Sonawane, C R, Iyer, A and GosaviInamdar J A), Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICFD) Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, 12-25 April 2010, University of Reading, UK.
* "Thermal Hydraulic Characteristics of Air-Water Two-phase flows in Helical Pipes", (with Jayakumar, J. S., Mahajani, S. M., Kannan N Iyer and Vijayan, P. K.), Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 88 (4), pp. 501-512, 2010 (Abstract).
* "CFD analysis of single-phase flows inside helically coiled tubes", (with Jayakumar, J. S., Mahajani, S. M., Kannan N Iyer and Vijayan, P. K.), Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol.34, pp.430-446, 2010 (Abstract).

2009
* "An Upwind Method for Incompressible Flows With Heat Transfer", (with Iyer, A) First International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems" (ThermaComp09), September 8-10, 2009, Naples, Italy.
* "An upwind method for incompressible flow computations using pseudo-compressibility approach" (with Anesh Iyer),AIAA Paper AIAA-2009-3541, 19th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 22–25 June 2009 (Abstract).

2008
* "Numerical analysis of heat transfer to air-water two-phase flows in helical pipes" (with Jayakumar J S, Mahajani S M, Vijayan P K), ICHMT Symposium: CHT-08 Advances in Computational Heat Transfer Marrakech, Morocco 11-16 May 2008.
* "On the Link Between Weighted Least-Squares and Limiters Used in Higher-Order Reconstructions for Finite Volume Computations of Hyperbolic Equations", (with Subramanian J), Applied Numerical Mathematics, 58 (5), pp. 705-725, 2008 (Abstract).
* "High Resolution Finite Volume Computations Using A Novel Weighted Least-Squares Formulation" (with S Rao and J Subramanian) International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol.56, n.8, pp.1425-1431, 2008 (Abstract).
* "Experimental and CFD Estimation of Heat Transfer in Helically Coiled Heat Exchangers", (with Jayakumar J S, Mahajani S M, Vijayan P K, Bhoi R), IChemE's journal, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol.86, pp.221-232, 2008 (Abstract).

2007
* "Three Dimensinal Finite Volume Computation Using A Novel Reconstruction Formulation", (with S Rao), Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 26-30 November 2007, Bangalore, India.
* "High Resolution Finite Volume Computations using A Novel Weighted Least- Squares Formulation", (with Subramanian J, Rao, S), ICFD07, 26-29 March 2007, University of Reading, UK.
* "Energy Relaxation Method for Chemical Non-equilibrium Flow Computations" (with Patil M, Swaminathan S), International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol.54, n.12, pp.1473-1494, 2007 (Abstract).

2006
* "A New Implicit Formulation of KFVS Scheme for Euler Equations" (with Jain K), AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2006-3709, 2006 (Abstract).
* "Hypersonic Viscous Flow Computations Using Energy Relaxation Method" (with Patil M, Swaminathan S), AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2006-0583, 2006 (Abstract).

2004
* "Unsteady Flow Computations over Moving Body using Dynamic Meshes", (with Ballmann J), International Journal of Computational Methods, Vol.1, No.3, pp.507-518, 2004 (Abstract).
* "Three Dimensional Hypersonic Flow Computation Over Reentry Capsule Using Energy Relaxation Method", (with Patil M, Swaminathan S), Volume 41, Number 4, pp.695-698, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 2004 (Abstract).
* "Three dimensional hypersonic real gas flow analysis over a reentry capsule using energy relaxation method", (with Patil M, Swaminathan S), Proc. 10th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 17-21 May 2004, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

2001
* "Computations of Flows Inside Calandria of Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor", (with Agrawal L, Marathe A G), Paper No.FEDSM2001-18061, Proc. ASME Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meetings, May 29- June 1, 2001, New Orleans, USA.
* "Computations of Laminar and Turbulent Mixed Convection in A Driven cavity Using Pseudo Compressibility Approach", (with Agrawal L, Marathe A G), Computers & Fluids, v.30(5), pp.607-620, 2001 (Abstract).

2000
* "Computations of Incompressible Flows with Natural Convection Using Pseudo-Compressibility Approach", (with Agrawal L, Marathe A G), AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, vol.14, No.4, pp.606-609, Oct-Dec 2000 (Abstract).

1999
* "An Improved Multigrid Method for Euler Equations", (with Rajput H) Computational Mechanics, vol.23, no.5/6, pp.397-403, 1999 (Abstract).

1994
* "Kinetic Flux Vector Splitting for Euler Equations", (with Deshpande S M), Computers & Fluids, vol.,No., pp., 1994(Abstract).