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Team

4 PhD ongoing 1 PhD graduated · Outstanding Thesis 20 M.Tech graduated · 7 ongoing 18 B.Tech projects 1 postdoc

PhD Students

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Prashant Kumar

PhD Student · Since 2022

LOTUS Fellow (JST, Japan)

Compressible flow prediction in turbine blades using physics-based ML

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Digpriya

PhD Student · Since 2022

With Prof. Pradeep Moise

Unsteady separated shear flows under adverse pressure gradient

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Smrutiranjan Nayak

PhD Student · Since 2023

Machine learning for low-pressure turbine wake prediction

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Yesuf Hussien Yimer

PhD Student · Since 2026

M.Tech, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Turbomachinery flows

Master's Students

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Aditya Aanand

M.Tech Student

PINN / DeepONet for aerodynamic flow prediction

Best Poster Award, IIT Gandhinagar 2026

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Lovesh Dua

M.Tech Student

Turbulent inflow generation for LES of supersonic ramps

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Sunil G.

M.Tech Student

Cost-effective simulation framework for UAVs

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Vishal U Choudhari

M.Tech Student

Computational analysis of supersonic compression ramp with compliant surfaces

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Gourab Koley

M.Tech Student

Computational analysis of complex flows using the immersed-boundary method

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Richards Mariserla

M.Tech Student

Physics-informed machine learning for cardiovascular hemodynamics

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Harish Raghavendhar

M.Tech Student

With Prof. Pradeep Moise

Stability analysis for flows with low-frequency unsteadiness

Research & Project Staff

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Abhishek Kumar

Junior Research Fellow · Since 2022

M.Tech (Aero), IIT Madras

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Sanu Chakrabortty

Project Engineer

M.Tech (Aero), IIT Guwahati

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Ambeth K.

Project Engineer

M.Tech (Aero), IIT Kanpur

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Gagan Wadhwa

NPTEL Predoctoral Fellow

Alumni & Past Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Pawan Kumar 2025 · Now Faculty at UPES Dehradun

    Design and simulations of cargo hyperloop

PhD (Graduated)

  • Harshit Tiwari 2026 · Outstanding PhD Thesis Award

    Supersonic turbulence (with Prof. Mahendra Verma)

Master's / MSR / BT-MT (Graduated)

  • Aayushi Baliyan M.Tech, 2025

    CFD-DEM simulations of granular flows (with Prof. Anurag Tripathi)

  • Mohan K. Medisetti M.Tech, 2025

    Dynamics and simulation of impinging jets (with Prof. Tushar Sikroria)

  • Nagendra Kumar M.Tech, 2025

    Dual-jet simulations using OpenFOAM (with Prof. Tushar Sikroria)

  • Vishw Patel M.Tech, 2025

    Linking transonic buffet with low-frequency oscillations at high Reynolds number (with Prof. Pradeep Moise)

  • Prakash Raj M.Tech, 2025

    Unsteady simulations of flow in transonic high-pressure turbine cascades

  • Raghav Gupta M.Tech, 2025

    Numerical study of high-speed low-pressure turbine cascade flow with shocks

  • K. Srichaitanya M.Tech, 2025

    Wing-propeller simulation framework for modern turboprops

  • Yash Bajpai M.Tech, 2025

    ML-assisted simulations for aerodynamic flows at high angles of attack

  • Pavan K. Pasupuleti M.Tech, 2025

    Simulation and optimization of turboprop wings in tractor configuration

  • Sevitha V. M.Tech, 2025

    Cavity-assisted control of shock-boundary layer interaction in scramjet intakes

  • Yash Phirke M.Tech, 2025

    GPU acceleration and benchmarking of high-order CFD codes

  • Abhinav Aggrawal BT-MT, 2024

    Mean-flow perturbations for linearized analysis of wing buffet (with Prof. Abhijit Kushari)

  • Jaimini Chauhan MSR, 2025

    Influence of throttling on the scramjet intake flow field

  • Suchintika Chanda M.Tech, 2024

    Continuum modeling of granular flows (with Prof. Anurag Tripathi)

  • Anil Kumar Jat M.Tech, 2023 · Now at Tata Technologies

    Assessment of turbulence models for natural, bypass and separation-induced transition

  • Kavan Prabtani M.Tech, 2023 · Now at Ansys, Pune

    Modelling turbulence inside scramjet inlets (SWTBLI, separation, relaminarization)

  • Kshitij Sharma M.Tech, 2023 · Now at MTAR, Hyderabad

    Prediction and control of largely separated flows in highly loaded LP turbine blades

  • Bhavin Patel M.Tech, 2023 · Now at MTAR, Hyderabad

    Numerical investigation of flowfield modification with an upstream propeller

Undergraduate (B.Tech) Projects

  • S. Ashwin 2025

    Fourier Neural Operators for Turbulence Inflow Generation

  • Aakarsh Mishra 2025

    Physics-Informed Neural Networks for the Reynolds-averaged Turbulent Flowfield

  • Mayankit 2025

    Implementation of High-Order TENO Scheme for High-Speed Flows

  • Misbahur Rahman 2025

    Predicting extreme heat events using ML based model

  • Harshit Bhushan 2025

    Physics-Informed Neural Operator for Modeling Flow Around a 2D Square Cylinder at Low Reynolds Numbers

  • Himanshu Mittal 2025

    Physics-based Deep Operator Networks Machine Learning models for Incompressible Flows

  • Om Kothawade 2025

    Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Solving Incompressible Navier–Stokes Equations

  • Nandan Madhuj 2024

    Use of Machine Learning for Improving Turbulence Models

  • Shubham Kumar 2024

    Machine Learning for Calibration of Turbulence Models in Complex Flows

  • Siddesh Bharat Hazare 2024

    Use of Physics-informed Neural Network for Simulation of 2D Aerofoils

  • Arihant Jha 2024

    Physics-based Machine Learning Approaches for Compressible Flow Problems

  • S. Ashwin 2024

    Using quantum neural networks to solve differential equations and fluid flow problems

  • Nandan Madhuj 2023

    Stability Analysis of Buffeting Wings

  • Tanya Arya 2023

    Fast Aerodynamic Predictions using Machine Learning

  • Som V. Tambe 2023

    Accelerated SVD computation using GPUs in Julia Language

  • Atharva Umbarkar 2023

    Comparative Study of Various Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) Variants in Extraction of Key Flow Features

  • Adarsh Baderia 2023

    GPU Implementation of a Python-based RANS solver

  • Adarsh Baderia 2022

    Development of a Python-based RANS solver

  • Anwesh Kumar Yadav 2021

    Steady Turbulent Transonic Flow over an Airfoil

  • Ashwani 2021

    Field Inversion and Machine Learning (FIML) Approaches for Improvement of Turbulence Models

Research Interns

  • Artem Avdieiev University of Nottingham, 2022–

    Effect of Wall Temperature on Hypersonic Double Ramp Flow Dynamics

  • Suhaan Sabhlok University of Bristol, 2024–

    Machine Learning Based Turbulence Inflow Generator

  • Himanshu Mittal IIT Kanpur, 2025

    Physics-Informed Deep Operator Networks for Surrogate Modeling of Incompressible Flows

  • Priyanshu Rao IIT Ropar, 2025

    Sedimentation of a sphere in a pure fluid under gravity

  • Priyanshu Singh IIT Ropar, 2025

    Sedimentation of a Sphere in Viscous Fluid

  • Malavika Nair IIT Kanpur, 2025

    Prediction of Transient Flow over a Cylinder Using Physics Informed Neural Networks

  • Satvik Jaiswal IIT Kharagpur, 2025

    CFD Analysis of Vortex Dynamics on Ogive-Cylinder Missile Configurations

  • Md. Umair Ansari Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, 2023

    Computational Study of flow in overexpanded nozzles

  • Aishna Jain IIT Bhilai, 2024

    Computations and analysis of flow over a high-speed low-pressure turbine blade

  • Tejas Menon Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, 2023

    Wake-Blade Interaction On A High-Speed Transonic LPT Cascade

  • Geetam Saha Jadhavpur University, 2022

    Computational Study of transitional flows in turbomachines

  • Shruti Rajpara IIEST Shibpur, 2022

    RANS prediction of the effects of varying Reynolds number and pitch distances on flow past a low-pressure turbine cascade

  • M V Nitya BMS College of Engg., 2022

    Assessment of low-cost CFD methodologies for two computationally challenging problem

  • Pranjal Anand BITS Pilani, 2021

    Prediction of Aerothermal Properties of High Pressure Turbine Guide Vane Using RANS Methods

  • Pratyush Purohit NIT Karnataka, 2022

    Design and Analysis of Wingtip vortex turbine

  • Aryan Sharma IIT Kanpur, 2020

    COVID-19 Data Analysis

  • Pratyush Kumar Mohanty IIT Kanpur, 2024

    Simulation of blood flow in healthy and diseased arteries

  • Yogenraj Patil IIT (BHU) Varanasi, 2023

    Conical shock-wave / turbulent boundary-layer interactions