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Prof. Sudarshan Kumar

Present Designation:

Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Areas of Interest:

Research interests include experimental and computational investigations on the flameless combustion of gaseous fuels, advanced aerothermochemistry, high temperature air combustion, flameless/mild combustion, turbulent combustion, modeling of combustion systems, Reduction of pollutant emissions from combustion systems, combustion in micro-channels, flame instabilities, pattern formation of flames and catalytic combustion in micro-channels, high speed flows, supersonic combustion. Development of micro rockets based on solid propellants.

 

Specialisation:

Combustion and Propulsion

Major Professional Contributions:

Consultancy Areas:

Combustion, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics

Sector Associated With:

DRDO, ISRO, Academic institutions

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Professional Experience

Over 25 years of experience in the field of combustion

Keywords

Flameless combustion of gaseous fuels, Advanced aerothermochemistry, high temperature air combustion, flameless/mild combustion, turbulent combustion, modeling of combustion systems, Reduction of pollutant emissions from combustion systems, combustion in micro-channels, flame instabilities, pattern formation of flames and catalytic combustion in micro-channels, high speed flows, supersonic combustion. Development of micro rockets based on solid propellants.

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Education

Ph. D. , Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, 2004

M. E., Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, 2000

B. E., Mechanical Engineering, Dr B A M University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 1998

Awards and Recognitions

The IIT Bombay Research Publication Award (2022)

The IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award for the Year 2011 (2012)

INAE Young Engineer Award (2011).

 First prize winner of SAFRAN-French Embassy awards (2007) for PhD thesis in Aerospace Engineering field.

Dr. Bernard Lewis Fellowship (2002). This award is conferred to selected bright young combustion scientists by The Combustion Institute, USA biennially.

Link to Website

www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~sudar

INAE Section Affiliated

VII: Aerospace Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2022

Year of Birth

1977

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