Department of Aerospace Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Sumit SunilTambe

Assistant Professor

PhD  Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands (2017-22)

M.Sc.  Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands (2015-17)

B.Tech.  Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (2009-13)

+91-44-2257-0000

sumit.tambe@iitm.ac.in

142, Aerospace Engineering Department

Personal Website

  • Low-cost event-based flow diagnostics
  • Rotating and flat-plate boundary-layer transition,
  • Roughness-induced flows,
  • Turbomachinery flows,
  • Experimental aerodynamics: Particle Image Velocimetry, Infrared Thermography, Schlieren, Modal decomposition techniques (POD, sPOD, DMD, etc).
  • Aircraft design

  • Assistant Professor (Gr I), Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras (Aug 2025 - present).
  • Assistant Professor (Gr II on contract), Mechanical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar (Mar 2025 - Aug 2025).
  • DST INSPIRE Faculty, Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore (Apr 2023 - Mar 2025).
  • IoE Post doctoral fellow, Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore (Jul 2022 - Apr 2023).
  • Scientist/Engineer-SC (permanent), Indian Space Research Organization (Oct 2013- Jul 2015).
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