Professor Ramkumar N. Parthasarathy
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Presidential Professor 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering - 1989
The University of Michigan

M.S., Mechanical Engineering - 1985
Pennsylvania State University

B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering - 1984
Indian Institute of Technology
Madras, India

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Turbulent multiphase flows
• Spray and gas-jet break-up
• Hydrodynamic stability
• Rotating flows
  

HONORS AND AWARDS (selected)

• Alumni Teaching Award, University of Oklahoma, 2008
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Presidential Professorship Award, University of Oklahoma, 2008
• Regent's Award for Superior Teaching, University of Oklahoma, 2006
• L.A. Comp Outstanding Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Sigma Gamma Tau, University of Oklahoma, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
• BP-Amoco Good Teaching Award, University of Oklahoma, 1999
• Tom J. Love Outstanding Professor in Mechanical Engineering Award, Pi Tau Sigma, University of Oklahoma, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001
• Outstanding Professor, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1997
• Distinguished Lectureship Award, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1997
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1988
• Listed in the 4th and 5th editions of Who's Who in Science and Engineering
  

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

• Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
• Fluid Dynamics
• Aerodynamics
• Compressible Fluid Flow
• Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
• Wind Tunnel Laboratory
• Aerospace Propulsion Systems

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

• Turbulence
• Fluid Dynamics
• Viscous Fluid Flow
• Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
• Hydrodynamic Stability

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Physical Society
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Sigma Gamma Tau, Aerospace Honor Society