Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1989
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1985
B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1984

Professional Experience

 

 

Research Interests

Turbulent multiphase flows

Spray and gas-jet break-up

Hydrodynamic stability

Rotating flows 

 

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 

 

Honors

• 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 

 

Courses Taught

Graduate courses

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

Undergraduate courses

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