Abhishek(U of Maryland, College Park)

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Rotary wing aeromechanics, hover capable micro air vehicles,  multibody dynamics, inverse flight dynamics simulation, CFD/CSD  coupled analysis.
Email: abhish[AT]iitk.ac.in
Ph: +91-512-259-7515 (O)
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~abhish
We at Autonomous Mini Helicopter Lab are interested in comprehensive rotorcraft analysis, prediction of helicopter blade loads in severe maneuvers, inverse flight dynamics simulation, which involves the estimation of control angles to simulate a particular maneuver. Further we are involved in design and analysis of hover capable rotary wing Micro Air Vehicles and UAVs. We are also fascinated with Unconventional VTOL/STOL systems, variable speed helicopters and wind turbines.

Ashoke De (Louisiana State)

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: CFD, Turbulent combustion, Turbulent flows in Gas turbines, Hydrogen  combustion, Stochastic PDF based combustion modeling, High speed aerodynamics, High performance computing.
Email: ashoke[AT]iitk.ac.in
Ph:  +91-512-259-7863 (O) / +91-512-2598301 (R)
Website:  http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ashoke
I am interested in numerical research related to the field of Combustion and Gas turbines with an emphasis on modeling of turbulent premixed and non-premixed combustion, Simulation of turbulent flows using RANS, LES and DNS, high pressure combustion , hydrogen combustion,monte Carlo Probability Density Function(PDF) based modeling, High speed aerodynamics, Combustion model development, High performance computing.

C. Venkatesan, PhD (IISc Bangalore)

Professor & Former Head

Research Interests: Helicopter Dynamics and Aeroelasticity.
Email: cven[AT]iitk.ac.in
Ph: +91-512-2597284 (O) / +91-512-2598466 (R)
Website :http://home.iitk.ac.in/~cven
The broad areas of my research are Aeroelasticity, Aircraft Structures, Aircraft Design - II (Structural Design), Dynamics and Vibration, Helicopter Theory - Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Introduction to the Theory of Smart Structures and Theory of Vibration.

C.S. Upadhyay, PhD (Texas A&M)

Professor

Research Interests: Solid Mechanics, Adaptive Finite Element Methods, Structural Optimization
Email: shekhar[AT]iitk.ac.in
Ph: +91-512-2597936 (O)
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shekhar
The broad areas of my research are Advanced Finite Element Analysis, Hierarchical modeling approaches, Multi-scale continuum damage modeling for laminated composites, Non linear electro-thermo-mechanical modeling of piezo-electric materials, Stochastic analysis.

Debopam Das, PhD (IISc Bangalore)

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Theoretical and Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Aeroacoustics, Instability & transition, Vortex Dynamics. Unsteady Aerodynamics, Birds’s and Insect’s Flight.
Email: das[AT]iitk.ac.in
Ph: +91-512-259-7227 (O)
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~das

I work on Aeroacoustics of supersonic vortices during evolution and interaction, Flapping wing aerodynamics, Fire propagation in confined spaces,  Analytical and experimental studies of unsteady pipe flow, Impinging jet flow studies for GSLV MK-III. Flow and acoustic field during initial startup, interaction with the reflected shock and interaction with the deflector and  Compressible vortex rings.