Gopal R. Shevare

 

Education:

B. Tech., (Aerospace Engineering),IIT Bombay 1972

M. Tech., (Aerodynamics), IIT Bombay 1974

Ph. D., (Aerodynamics),IIT Bombay 1979

Working experience:

 

Research Associate: Dept of Aerospace Engg., IIT Bombay 1974 1976

Lecturer: Dept of Aerospace Engg., IIT Bombay 1976 1979

Assistant Professor: Dept of Aerospace Engg., IIT Bombay 1979 1984

Associate Professor: Dept of Aerospace Engg., IIT Bombay 1984 1986

Professor: Dept of Aerospace Engg., IIT Bombay 1986 Present

 

Courses Taught:

 

•         Fluid mechanics
•         Aerodynamics
•         Gas dynamics
•         Computational Fluid Dynamics
•         Mesh Generation

• Numerical Method to Conservation Laws

•         Experimental Fluid Dynamics and Wind Tunnel Techniques

 

Professional membership:

• Fellow of Institute of Engineers (India)
• Fellow Aeronautical Society of India (India)
• Life member Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power

 

Experimental Fluid Mechanics

•         Established Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) facility
•         Designed and Developed Water Tunnel for Flow Visualisation
•         Developed Particle Image Velocimetry Package (PIV)
•         Built a Closed Circuit Low Speed Wind Tunnel

 

Facility Building:

Established first phase of (AR&DB) funded Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics

 

CFD Software Development

Developed Surface Modeler-cum-Grid Generator

Participated in an Industry Standard Code based on Panel Methods

 

Entrepreneurship Activity

An informal group with a goal to make indigenous mesh generation software with capabilities in geometric modeling was started in 1992. The software was to be dovetailed in geometric Modeller Zeus being developed by National Centre for Software Technology (now renamed as Centre for Development in Advanced Computing (C-DAC)). After some initial struggle, Aeronautics and Research and Development Board (AR&DB), Ministry of Defense and later on Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) funded the project partly. IIT Bombay through its Dean (R&D)s office also funded the group during very critical years. Close to 100 UG / PG / Ph. D. students and project staff contributed to this activity spanning about 10 years or so. The group succeeded in developing the software entitled IITZeus indicating its affiliation to Zeus.

The group took a new avater as Zeus Numerix Pvt. Ltd. in Aug., 2005 and got incubated by Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) IIT Bombay with IITZeus as its IP.

 

Distinctions:

Excellence in Teaching Award from IIT Bombay

Best Alumns Award from Aeronautical Society of India