Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Richard B. Couch Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Director Center for Naval Research and Education
Email: [email protected]
Degrees
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (1996), Stanford University
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (1990), Stanford University
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering (1989), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Research Interests
High-fidelity simulation of complex, multi-physics, turbulent flows relevant to several applications including: marine propulsors, multiphase flows, cavitation, hydroacoustics, superhydrophobic surfaces, biofouling, fluid/structure interaction, flow stability, and moving-body flows.
Research Areas
Fluids, Multi-scale Computation
Honors & Awards
- Best Paper award, 2021 AIAA Hampton Roads Section (HRS) Laurence Bement Young Professional Paper Competition, for J. Fluid Mech., 790: 275-307 (2021)
- Fulbright Scholar, Host: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2018)
- Best paper Award, Fifth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (2017)
- Fellow, American Physical Society (2011)
- Taylor Award for Distinguished Research, University of Minnesota (2010)
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (2009)
- Fellow, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (2005)
- McKnight Presidential Fellowship Award, University of Minnesota (2005)
- Guillermo Borja Award, University of Minnesota (2005)
- McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota (2003)
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2002)
- Francois N Frenkiel Award, American Physical Society (1997)
- Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1989)
Faculty Type
Joint