Advances in Energy and Combustion / Green Energy and Technology (PDF)

multiphase modeling, hybrid RANS/LES model development, supersonic flows and Fluid-Structure interactions (FSI).


Dr. Suresh K. Aggarwal received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. He was a member of the research staff at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA and a Senior Research Engineer at CMU. He then joined the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA and was promoted to Professor in 1995. He served as Director of Graduate Studies, and was also a Visiting Scientist at ANL, Visiting Professor at Ecole Centrale-Paris, France and Guest Professor at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include Combustion, Multiphase Reacting Flows, Emissions, Clean Energy, and Fire Suppression. He has authored over 340 publications and graduated 17 Ph.D. and 46 MS students. He is Fellow of ASME, AAAS and Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Dr. Abhijit Kushari is Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. Dr. Kushari received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, in 2000 and joined IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor in 2001. He became a Professor in 2014. His research interests are Aerospace Propulsion, Gas Turbine engines, Turbo-machinery, Liquid Atomization Flow Control and Combustion Dynamics. He has authored more than 130 technical papers. He has supervised 6 PhD and 50 M.Tech theses in Aerospace Propulsion fields.
Dr. Akshai K. Runchal is an expert in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and numerical simulation of flow, heat and mass transport processes in engineering and environmental sciences. In late 1960's under the guidance of Prof. D.B. Spalding at Imperial College, London, Dr. Runchal, and Dr. Wolfshtein, developed the Finite Volume Method (FVM) for CFD applications. His experience spans a range of problems including those related to design, production, operation and environmental impact of industrial and urban projects. One of his specific areas of expertise has been analysis and management of natural and man-made disaster scenarios. Dr. Runchal received his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London (UK) in 1969 and a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors from Punjab Engineering College (Chandigarh, India) in 1964. He has taught and guided research students at UCLA, Cal Tech, CSU (Northridge), Imperial College (London), and I.I.T. (Kanpur). He is the author or co-author of 6 books and over 200 technical publications. He has delivered keynote and invited talks at more than 100 conferences and seminars in the U.S.A., the U.K., France, Germany, India, Australia, Belgium, Sweden, Croatia, Czechoslovakia and Slovenia.