Encuesta e estudiantes de bachillerato

1. Dr. K.V. Nagendra Gopal has been included as an Expert Member of the Working Group of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), MNRE, Government of India to support the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in preparing Indian standards on wind turbines and other standards-related activities.

2. Dr. S. Santhakumar inaugurated the student chapter of AeSi at Abdul Rahman University on 3 August 2012. 3. Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy co-ordinated the SERC School on Combustion Fundamentals for Aerospace Propulsion

at DRDL, Hyderabad during 19–21 July 2012.

4. Dr. Job Kurian participated as an invited expert in the inaugural blow down of the 1 m hypersonic wind tunnel and 1 m hypersonic shock tunnel at VSSC, Trivandrum on 17 December 2012.

5. Dr. P.A. Ramakrishna chaired a session at the 26th National Convention of Aerospace Engineers 2012 during 24–25 November 2012.

6. Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy co-ordinated the National Propulsion Conference during 21 – 23 February 2013 at IIT Madras.

7. Dr. T.M. Muruganandam co-ordinated the meeting on “Futuristic Research on Supersonic Combustion” on 21st

Feb. 2013. Participants included distinguished Scientists from ISRO, NAL and DRDO and faculty members from IITM and IISc.

Faculty and their areas of specialisation

Name and Qualifi cations Major Areas of Specialization (Only 3 Areas)

Professors

Job Kurian, Ph.D., IIT Madras Gas dynamics, combustion, shock tube fl ows and measurements Santhakumar S., Ph.D., IIT Madras Aerodynamics, fl ight mechanics, instrumentation

Ramakrishna M., Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Fluid mechanics, numerical methods, computer solutions Sriram P., Ph.D., Georgia Institute Of Technology Structural mechanics, fatigue and fracture, parallel computing Bhaskar K., Ph.D., IIT Madras Structural mechanics, plants and shells, composite structures Sujith R.I., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Acoustics and combustion instability, optical fl ow diagnostics Chakravarthy S.R., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of

Technology

Propulsion, combustion, fl uid mechanics

Velmurugan R., Ph.D., IIT Delhi Composite structure analysis and design, impact mechanics, 3-D composites

Luoyi Tao, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Continuum mechanics and its applications (fl uids, solids, multiphase

fl ows, etc.)

Associate Professors

Panchapakesan N.R., Ph.D., Cornell University, USA Fluid mechanics, stability and transition of fl uid fl ows, turbulence Murthy H.S.N., Ph.D., Purdue University Fatigue and fracture, non-destructive evaluation, tribology Amit Kumar, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University Combustion, propulsion, fi re research

Ramakrishna P.A., Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science Combustion, propulsion, fuel cells

Nandan Kumar Sinha, Ph.D., IIT Bombay Nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation theory and continuation methods,

fl ight dynamics and controls

Sunetra Sarkar, Ph.D. ,Indian Institute of Science Insect aerodynamics, fl uid structure interaction, uncertainty quantifi cation Rajesh G., Ph.D., Andong National University, South

Korea Shock wave dynamics, high speed fl ows, experimental aerodynamics

Assistant Professors

Nagendra Gopal K.V., Ph.D. (Aero), Indian Institute of Science

Computational mechanics and multi-scale modelling, fracture mechanics, structural dynamics and aero-elasticity

Muruganandam T.M., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Combustion, blowout dynamics, optical diagnostics

Sameen A., Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science Stability, transition and turbulence, computational fl uid dynamics Ranjith Mohan, Ph.D. Helicopters, rotocraft MAVs, spectral methods in fl uid dynamics Santanu Ghosh, Ph.D., North Carolina University Computational fl uid dynamics, turbulent fl ows, boundary layer

interactionmethods

Manikandan Mathur, Ph.D. Geophysical fl uid dynamics, Lagrangian coherent structures Shankar Ghosh, Ph.D. Hypersonic fl ow simulation, non-equilibrium effects, computational

fl uid dynamics

Shyam M. Keralavarma, Ph.D. Plasticity, ductile fracture, computational materials modelling

Short-term courses/workshops/seminars/symposia/conferences organised by faculty members

Sl. No. Coordinator(s) Title Period

1 S.R. Chakravarthy,

T.M. Muruganandam Short-term course on Industry Academic Workshop on Combustion at IIT Madras 7–8 July 2012

Short-term courses/workshops/seminars/symposia/conferences/training programmes attended by faculty members in academic institutions and public sector undertakings

Sl. No. Name of Faculty Member(s) Title Period and Venue

Workshops

1 S.R. Chakravarthy, T.M. Muruganandam

Organised an Indo-US workshop, Flame Stabilisation and Combustion Stability

6–8 August 2012 2 R.I. Sujith Organised the DST-sponsored SERC school, Combustion

Dynamics 3–7 December 2012, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Conferences

1 Job Kurian National Propulsion Conference 21–23 February 2013, IIT Madras

Meetings

1 Dr. P.A. Ramakrishna attended the review meeting at DRDL on 16 May 2012. 2 Dr. A. Sameen attended the AR&DB Annual Meeting at IIT Bombay in May 2012. 3 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy visited MEPCO as examiner on 16 July 2012.

4 Dr. S. Santhakumar attended a Faculty Selection Committee meeting at DIAT, Pune, on 24 July 2012 5 Dr. R.I. Sujith conducted a Ph.D. viva voce at IISC on 17 August 2012.

6 Dr. Job Kurian attended an AR&DB Propulsion Panel meeting at Delhi on 31 August 2012. 7 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy attended an AR&DB Propulsion Panel meeting at Delhi on 31 August 2012. 8 Dr. A. Sameen attended a DST project meeting at MNIT, Jaipur, on 10 and 11 September 2012. 9 Dr. M. Ramakrishna attended an integral technical review meeting at ISRO on 4 October 2012. 10 Dr. M. Ramakrishna attended the GSLV MKII Aerodynamics Sub. Com. meeting on 19 October 2012. 11 Dr. N.R. Panchapakesan conducted a Ph.D. viva voce at IIT Delhi on 2 November 2012.

12 Dr. K.V. Nagendra Gopal inspected the R&D facilities of Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt. Ltd. on 7 November 2012 for M.S. and Ph.D. admissions.

13 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy had discussions with TVS scientists/engineers on optical engine development on 9 January 2013. 14 Dr. S.R.Chakravarthy reviewed the preliminary design of the stage-1 propulsion system of the A6 confi guration at

ASL, DSPSC on 11 January 2013.

15 Dr. K.V. Nagendra Gopal visited DRDL, Hyderabad, for discussions regarding collaborative research projects on 15 January 2013.

17 Dr. K.V. Nagendra Gopal visited ADA, Bangalore, for collaborative research on 1 February 2013.

18 Dr. R.I. Sujith attended a review meeting at GTRE regarding experiments on the Kaveri Engine on 13 February 2013. 19 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy attended a review meeting at GTRE regarding experiments on the Kaveri Engine on 13

February 2013.

20 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy attended an SERC School Planning Committee meeting at IISc, Bangalore, on 27 February 2013. 21 Dr. Job Kurian attended the BoG meeting of TEQIP-II of Government Engineering College, Wayanad, on 12 March

2013.

22 Dr. Job Kurian attended a Research Board meeting at IIST, Trivandrum, on 27 March 2013.

Special lectures delivered by faculty in other institutions

Sl. No. Name of Faculty Member Topic of Lecture Institution Date

1 Job Kurian Nilakantan Memorial Lecture ACSI, Trivandrum 2 June 2012 2 S. Santhakumar Interaction between Train and Aircraft SRM University 17 July 2012 3 T.M. Muruganandam Two invited lectures as part of the SERC

school on combustion as a part of NCCRD DRDL, Hyderabad 19–21 July 2012 4 P.A. Ramakrishna Solid Propellant Combustion DRDL, Hyderabad 21 July 2012 5 T.M. Muruganandam Advanced Gas Dynamics VSSC, Trivandrum 24 July 2012 6 R. Velmurugan Recent Trends in Manufacturing Processes Tagore Engineering

College

7 August 2012 7 P.A. Ramakrishna Hybrid Rocket DRDL, Hyderabad 9 August 2012 8 R. Velmurugan Impact on Large Deformation ISA, New Delhi 30 September

2012

9 R. Velmurugan New Materials for Windmill Blades IIT, Delhi 9 October 2012 10 S.R. Chakravarthy Combustion Dynamics Jadhavpur

University, Kolkata 3–4 December 2012 11 T.M. Muruganandam Combustion Dynamics Jadhavpur

University, Kolkata 3–7 December 2012 12 R.I. Sujith Combustion Instability and Measurement

Techniques GTRE, Bangalore 11–12 December 2012 13 Job Kurian Glimpses of Hypersonic Research at IIT

Madras IISc, Bangalore 12 December 2012 14 S.R. Chakravarthy Advanced Trends in Propellant Processing DRDO, Jagdalpur 31 January 13 – 1

February 2013 15 P.A. Ramakrishna Numerical Simulation of Composite Solid

Propellant Combustion

VSSC, Trivandrum 5 March 2013 16 Amit Kumar Numerical Simulation of Electrical

Propulsion

VSSC, Trivandrum 6 March 2013 17 R.I. Sujith Liquid Ramjet Combustion Instability 12 March 2013

Visits abroad by faculty Sl.

No. Name of Faculty Member Country Visited Date Purpose of Visit Funding From

1 R.I. Sujith Munich, Germany 1 June 2012 To deliver an invited talk, Nonlinear Self-Excited Thermoacoustic Oscillations: Intermittency and Flame Blowout

Germany

2 Sunetra Sarkar USA June 2012 To present two papers IIT Madras 3 S.R. Chakravarthy The Netherlands 25 July 2012 Part of project Optimizing

Gassifi cation of High-Ash Coals for Electricity Generation

European Commission Orleans, France 26 July 2012 Part of project Optimizing

Gassifi cation of High-Ash Coals for Electricity Generation

European Commission Warsaw, Poland 29 July–3

August 2012

To present paper, Experimental Data and Model Predictions of Aluminium Agglomeration in Composite Propellants including Plateau-Burning Formulations

IIT Madras

4 R. Velmurugan Durban Tech. University, South Africa

8 July 2012 Discussions regarding Indo-South Africa collaborative project, Nano Composites for Space Applications

Durban Tech. University

5 P.A. Ramakrishna Sendai, Japan 19–21 September 12

To present three papers: (1) Improving the Mechanical Properties of Para_n Based Hybrid Fuels, (2) Enhancement of Regression Rate using Blu Body in Hybrid Fuels and (3) Enhancement of Regression Rate in Hybrid Rockets using Recrystallised AP and Pyral

IIT Madras

6 Job Kurian Maryland, USA 7–16 September 12

Joint collaboration project 7 N.R. Panchapakesan USA November

2012 To attend Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting, APS, and visit Johns Hopkins University

Books, monographs authored/co-authored

Sl. No. Name of Author Title Publisher Co-author

1 K. Bhaskar Plates: Theories and Applications Ane Books T.K. Varadan

4.1.4. Design and Development Activities