s Dr. Shankar Ghosh - Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras
 
Name:   Dr. Shankar Ghosh

Designation:   Assistant Professor

Office Address:   ASE 106
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, 600036

Office Hours:  

Phone Number:   +91-44-2257 4023 (Office)

Email Address(es):   gshankar@ae.iitm.ac.in

Personal Home Page:   http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~gshankar


  
  Education:
 
  • B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, India (2003)

  • M. S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (2006)
  • Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (2008)


  
  Professional Experience:
 
  • Assistiant Professor, IIT Madras, India (July 2013 onwards)
  • Assistant Professor On Contract, IIT Madras, India (October 2012 to July 2013)
  • Contract Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, U.S.A (Fall 2011 and Summer 2012)
  • Research Associate, University of Minnesota, U.S.A (October 2011 to September 2012)
  • Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota, U.S.A (October 2008 to September 2011)
  • Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, U.S.A (January 2004 to September 2008)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, U.S.A (September 2003 to December 2003)

 
  Areas of expertise:
 
  • Hypersonic Flow Simulation
  • Turbulence
  • Nonequilibrium Effects
  Most recently taught courses at IIT Madras and elsewhere:
 

 
 



 
  Research Interests:
 
  • Hypersonic Flows
  • Turbulence
  • Nonequilibrium effects

  
  Most recently published papers:
 
Journals
  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, "Numerical simulation of the fluid dynamic effects of laser energy deposition in air", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 605, 329-354 (2008).

  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, "Direct numerical simulation of the thermal effects of laser energy deposition on isotropic turbulence", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 654, 387-416 (2010).

  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, "A novel numerical method for high enthalpy turbulent flows", under preparation for submission to the Journal of Computational Physics.

Papers at Conferences
  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, " Direct Numerical Simulation of the thermal effects of plasmas on turbulent flows", Proceedings of the 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhib, Reno, U.S.A., AIAA paper 2005-0407, 2005.

  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, " Direct Numerical Simulation of the thermal effects of plasma/turbulence interaction", Proceedings of the 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, U.S.A., AIAA paper 2007-0993, 2007.

  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, " Numerical simulation of strong blast waves in high temperature turbulent flows", Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Paper AFMC00316, 2007.

  • S. Ghosh and K. Mahesh, " Numerical simulation of laser induced breakdown in air", Proceedings of the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, U.S.A., AIAA paper 2008-1069, 2008.

 
 
  Current M.S. thesis guidance:
 
  • Jerry Samuel




  
  Current Undergraduate project guidance:
 
  • Vishal T. Vijay