Research Interest
Gas dynamics, aeroacoustics, mixing flows, flow control, hypersonics, aerothermodynamics, aircraft design, vehicle dynamics and stability, shock/wind tunnels, fluidic devices, flow measurement techniques, optical flow diagnostics, fluid-structure interactions, thermo-fluids, high-speed imaging, jets and wakes, fluid turbulence, computational fluid dynamics, data-driven techniques, digital image processing, energy conversion and conservation
Experimental Skills
Rayleigh/Mie Scattering, Particle Image Velocimetry, Laser-Induced Fluorescence (acetone, iodine, NO and OH PLIF), Particle Size Analysis, Stereoscopy, High Speed Imaging, Schlieren and Shadowgraph Imaging, Spectroscopy, Surface pressure measurements (steady/unsteady), Oil flow visualization, Aeroacoustics
Software Skills
Ansys ICEM Meshing (2D, 3D), Ansys Fluent (2D, 3D RANS/URANS, DES, LES), Davis 8.5 (2D PIV, LIF, Stereoscopic PIV), Tecplot (2D, 3D), Matlab (Image Processing Routines, Data Processing), Catia V5 & V6 (Sketching, Part, Surface, Assembly, Drafting), Solid Works (sketching, drafting, assembly, rendering), Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Publisher), Adobe (Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Light Room), and LaTeX
Languages (Read, Write, and Speak)
Tamil, English