Professor Muruganandam TM

Advanced Propulsion Technologies Laboratory


Lab Website:   https://home.iitm.ac.in/murgi


Office Address:   Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, 600036

Phone:   +91-44-2257-4022 (Office)
+91-44-2257-6022 (Residence)
Email Address(es):   murgi"AT"ae"DOT"iitm"DOT"ac"DOT"in

 
  Education:
 
  • B.Tech, Aerospace Engg., IITMadras (1997)
  • M.S., Aerospace Engg., IITMadras (2000)
  • M.S., Mechanical Engg., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (2001)
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engg., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (2006)
 
  Areas of expertise:
 
  • Combustion, Stabilisation, Blowout dynamics
  • Optical diagnostics, Spectroscopic methods
  • Fluid mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Unsteady flow phenomena, High speed Propulsion
 
  Courses:
   
  Awards:
  Young Faculty Recognition Award 2015
 
  Research Interests:
 
  • Combustion, Gas turbine Combustors, Hydrogen Blended GT combustion, Dynamics of stabilisation switching
  • Optical diagnostics, Optical sensors
  • Supersonic Combustion, Scramjets, Dual mode Ramjets, Detonation Engines
  • Unsteady Shock dynamics, Unsteady Shock boundary layer interactions, Shock interactions
 
  Publications:
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  Other interests:
 
  • Black Belt (3rd Dan) in Hapkido - A Self Defense Based Korean Martial Arts
  • Trekking, Long drives
  • Psychology, Human behavior