Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
(2004) Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
(2001) M.S. Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
(1999) B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Grants
(2024-'28) US Department of Energy EERE, Advancing aerodynamic whistle based ultrasonic bat deterrence technology to enable ultra-large wind turbines, $750K, (with Dr. William N. Alexander of VPI)
(2023-'27) NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure - 1, National testing facility for enhancing wind resiliency of infrastructure in tornado-downburst-gust front events, $14M, (with Drs. Partha Sarkar, A. Alipour, G. Yan, and D. Zuo).
(2023-'26) AFOSR - Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows, Data-enhanced hybrid modeling for turbulent aerodynamics, $553K, (with Dr. Paul Durbin).
(2022-'24) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) via OneLight Sensing, MONITOR - Broad- band laser diagnostic probe for detonation environments, $315K, (with Drs. James Michael & Travis Sippel).
(2020-'24) National Science Foundation, MRI - Acquisition of a shared high-performance computing system for cyber-enabled system design, $600K, (with Drs. Somani, Ryan, Lawrence-Dill, & Ganapathysubramanian).
(2019-'23) National Science Foundation, Characterization of onset of dynamic stall for low mach number flows, $373K, (with Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian).
(2019-'22) Department of Energy, Passive ultrasonic deterrents to reduce bat mortality in wind farms, $200K.
(2016-'22) National Science Foundation, CAREER - Ultra quiet aircraft propulsion inspired by the unique plumage of the owl, $500K.
(2015-'19) National Science Foundation, Predicting dynamic response of structural cables and power transmission lines in hurricanes and other windstorms, $338K, (with Dr. Partha Sarkar)
(2014-'18) National Science Foundation, Innovative dual-rotor wind turbine (drwt) designs for improved turbine performance and wind farm efficiency, $330K, (with Dr. Hui Hu).
(2017) Iowa Energy Center, Organizing the 2017 North American Wind Energy Academy symposium at ISU, $15K, (with Dr. Hui Hu).
(2014-'17) Iowa Space Grants Consortium, CAREER - Biomimetic designs to silence next-gen aircraft propulsion systems, $105K.
(2015) Iowa Energy Center, Innovative dual-rotor wind turbine designs for improved wind farm performance, $115K, (with Dr. Hui Hu).
(2013) Iowa-NASA EPSCoR, Open rotor installation & fan broadband noise research, $15K.
(2012) Iowa-NASA EPSCoR, Developing a research community in the area of aeroacoustics at Iowa State University, $15K.
(2022) Enel Group, Experimental testing of a novel passive ultrasonic bat deterrent for wind turbines, $30K USD.
(2018-'19) LAM Research, Computational investigation of aerodynamic noise in air amplifiers, $25K USD.
(2013-'14) GE Global Research Center, Modeling aerodynamic loads in actuated wind turbines, $100K
(2012) GE Global Research Center, Direct computation of fan broadband noise using LES, $30K.
(2021) ISU ERP, Enabling LES-based turbomachinery design via an adaptive space-time framework, 16.6K, with Dr. Ganapathysubramanian.
(2021) ISU ERP, Leveraging large-scale mixing ability of wind turbines to tackle urban air pollution, 16.6K, with Dr. Sarkar.
(2018-'19) Department of Energy ASCR ALCC Award, Analysis and mitigation of dynamic stall in energy machines, 51.5M CPU hrs ~$2.4M USD.
(2017-'18) National Science Foundation, Unraveling silent owl flight to develop ultra-quiet aircraft and wind turbines (contd.), 2M CPU hrs ~$70K.
(2017-'18) Department of Energy INCITE Award, LES to characterize shock boundary layer interaction in a 3D transonic turbofan, 90M CPU hrs ≈ $4.5M, with Dr. Umesh Paliath of GE.
(2015-'16) Department of Energy ASCR ALCC Award, Unraveling silent owl flight to develop ultra- quiet energy conversion machines, 25M CPU hrs ≈ $1.2M USD.
Awards
(2019) Early Achievement in Teaching, College of Engineering, Iowa State University.
(2023, '21, '19) US Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, Characterization of onset of dynamic stall, Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
(2018) Associate Fellow of AIAA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
(2016) NSF Early CAREER Award, Ultra quiet aircraft propulsion inspired by the unique plumage of the owl, NSF/CBET.
(2014) Renewable Energy Impact Award, Innovative dual–rotor wind turbine designs for improved turbine performance and wind–farm efficiency, Iowa Energy Center, (with Dr. Hui Hu).
(2011) Technology Project of the Year Award, Open rotor noise reduction, GE Global Research – Aero, Thermal, & Mechanical Systems.
(2009) Best Publication Award, Numerical prediction of exhaust fan–tone noise from high–bypass aircraft engines, GE Global Research – Energy & Propulsion Technologies.
(2000) Outstanding Research Award, Rotorcraft Dynamics, Vertical Flight Foundation.
(1999) Institute Silver Medal, Graduated cum–laude in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Students and mentoring
Sarasija Sudharsan, Iowa State University (Ph.D., 2024)
Zhangming Zeng, Iowa State University (Ph.D., 2024)
Abhishek Barman, Iowa State University (Ph.D., 2025)
Sudeep Menon, Iowa State University (Ph.D., 2027)
Hannah Blumhoefer, Iowa State University (Ph.D., 2027)
Dylan Sitarski, Iowa State University (M.S., 2024)
