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Prof. Sanjay MITTAL

Present Designation:

Professor, IIT Kanpur

Areas of Interest:

Aerospace Engineering.
Unsteady Aerodynamics.
Bluff Body Flows.
Experimental Aerodynamics: low speed wind-tunnel testing.
Wind Engineering.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
High Performance Computing.
Design of accurate and robust numerical methods.
Flows in supersonic wind-tunnels and diffusers.
Flows in mixed-compression supersonic intakes, including the buzz instability.
Unsteady transonic flows past wings and airfoils.
Turbulent flows past single and multi-element airfoils
Flow past Ram-Air parachutes.
Flow induced oscillations of bluff bodies.
Flow control.
Wake instabilities in bluff body flows.
Aerodynamic shape optimization.
Design of high performance airfoils.
Laminar Separation Bubble (LSB): on airfoils and bluff bodies.
Linear Stability Analysis of flows.
Aerodynamics of sports balls.
Aerodynamics of high speed trains.
Aerodynamics ofAerospace Engineering.
Unsteady Aerodynamics.
Bluff Body Flows.
Experimental Aerodynamics: low speed wind-tunnel testing.
Wind Engineering.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
High Performance Computing.
Design of accurate and robust numerical methods.
Flows in supersonic wind-tunnels and diffusers.
Flows in mixed-compression supersonic intakes, including the buzz instability.
Unsteady transonic flows past wings and airfoils.
Turbulent flows past single and multi-element airfoils
Flow past Ram-Air parachutes.
Flow induced oscillations of bluff bodies.
Flow control.
Wake instabilities in bluff body flows.
Aerodynamic shape optimization.
Design of high performance airfoils.
Laminar Separation Bubble (LSB) on airfoils and bluff bodies.
Linear Stability Analysis of flows.
Aerodynamics of sports balls.
Aerodynamics of high speed trains.
Aerodynamics ofAerospace Engineering.
Unsteady Aerodynamics.
Bluff Body Flows.
Experimental Aerodynamics: low speed wind-tunnel testing.
Wind Engineering.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
High Performance Computing.
Design of accurate and robust numerical methods.
Flows in supersonic wind-tunnels and diffusers.
Flows in mixed-compression supersonic intakes, including the buzz instability.
Unsteady transonic flows past wings and airfoils.
Turbulent flows past single and multi-element airfoils
Flow past Ram-Air parachutes.
Flow induced oscillations of bluff bodies.
Flow control.
Wake instabilities in bluff body flows.
Aerodynamic shape optimization.
Design of high performance airfoils.
Laminar Separation Bubble (LSB): on airfoils and bluff bodies.
Linear Stability Analysis of flows.
Aerodynamics of sports balls.
Aerodynamics of high speed trains.
Aerodynamics of Badminton Shuttle Cock.
Modeling of traffic flow.
Fluid-Structure Interactions.
Aeroelasticity.
Graphics and visulization.
Badminton Shuttle Cock.
Modeling of traffic flow.
Fluid-Structure Interactions.
Aeroelasticity.
Graphics and visulization.
Badminton Shuttle Cock.
Modeling of traffic flow.
Fluid-Structure Interactions.
Aeroelasticity.
Graphics and visulization.

Specialisation:

Unsteady Aerodynamics; Computational Fluid Mechanics; Experimental Aerodynamics; Sports Aerodynamics; Parachutes; Traffic Modeling; Shape Optimization; Fluid-Structure Interactions

Major Professional Contributions:

Please visit:
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~smittal/

Consultancy Areas:

CFD, Wind Tunnel Testing, Fluid-Structure Interactions, Sports Aerodynamics.

Sector Associated With:

Academia

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Educational / Academic institutions, Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations, Government (including funding agencies), Entrepreneurs

Professional Experience

Professor, IIT Kanpur since 1994.

Keywords

CFD, Wind Tunnel Testing, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Fluid-Structure Interactions, Traffic Modeling, Shape Optimization, Sports Aerodynamics, Bluff Body Flows.

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Education

Ph.D.(Univ. of Minnesota,USA)

Awards and Recognitions

Best Aero Professor Award [India] of the year, Society of Aeronautical Engineers, 2019

Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam HPC (High Performance Computing) Award, Cray, 2017

G D Birla Prize for Scientific Research for the year 2015, selected in 2016

Arun Kumar Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, 2015-2018

ICCES Distinguished Achievement Medal, for "Contributions to Computational Fluid Dynamics", Awards Committees of ICCES (International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences), USA, 2015

Editoral Board, Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics published by the University of Miskolc, Hungary, since 2014

Editoral Board, Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy, India, since 2015

Editoral Board, INAE Letters, India, since 2014

Rajib Goyal prize for Young Scientist, Kurukshetra University -- 2014

JC Bose Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology -- 2013

Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad, since 2012

Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), since 2011

Corresponding Editor, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (CMES), Tech Science Press, since 2011

Champa Devi Gangwal Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, 2012-15

Sanjay Mittal Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, 2008-2011

Scopus Young Scientist in Engineering, Elsevier, 2007

Member, Board of Editors, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (CMES), Tech Science Press, since 2007

Associate Editor, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2007-2009

Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, since 2007

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences, CSIR, 2006

Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), since 2006

Member, Advisory Board of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, John Wiley & Sons -- since 2005

Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology -- 2003

AK Bose Memorial Award, Indian National Science Academy -- October, 2002

INAE Young Engineer Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering -- December, 2000

INSA Medal for Young Scientist, Indian National Science Academy -- October, 1999

Best individual effort award for "Scientific graphics and Visualization", AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, USA -- July 1994.

Best team effort (with M. Behr, D. Hastreiter and A. Johnson) award for "Scientific graphics and Visualization", AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, USA -- July 1992.

Best team effort (with M. Behr and A. Ratner) award for "Scientific graphics and Visualization", AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, USA -- July 1991.

Best B. Tech. student award in the batch of outgoing students of Aeronautical Engineering IIT Kanpur -- June 1988.

Best B. Tech. Project in the batch of outgoing students of Aeronautical Engineering IIT Kanpur -- June 1988.

General Profficieny award, 3rd Year, B. Tech., IIT Kanpur --June 1987

Link to Website

INAE Section Affiliated

VII: Aerospace Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2006

Year of Birth

1968

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