Arun Kumar R.

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras [2018]

Thesis: Transient Flow Characteristics in High Speed Confined Jets

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University, South Korea [2013]

Thesis: A Study on the Wave Propagation Characteristics in Micro Shock Tube Flows

• B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerala [2008]

• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

Duration: June 2025 - Present

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

Duration: June 2019 - June 2025

• DST Inspire Faculty, Department of Aerospace Engineering - IISc Bangalore

Duration: October 2018 - May 2019

• Post Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Duration: March 2018 - September 2018

• Executive Engineer, Larsen & Turbo 

Duration: November 2008 - August 2011

1. SERB CRG: A Combined Desalination and Refrigeration System based on Solar Ejector Technology: Fundamental Investigation to System Realization  (2024-2027, 38.06 Lakh) - [Ongoing]

2. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Respond Research Grant: Film cooling in Ejector Diffuser System for High Altitude Testing Facility (2021, 27.3 Lakh) - [Ongoing]

3. DST INSPIRE: Shock wave reflection over air-water interface (2018-2023, 35 Lakh) - [Completed]

4. SEED Grant: Asymmetric Expansion in High-Speed Confined Jets and Novel Control Strategies for Fluidic Actuation and Supersonic Mixing  (IIT Jodhpur, 2019-2022) - [Completed]

5. Aeronautical Research Development Body (ARDB) research grant: Flapping cross flow jets for supersonic mixing enhancement (2020-2023, 24.89 Lakh) - [Completed]

• Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics of Turbulent Jets

• Compressible Fluid Flow

• Incompressible Fluid Flow

• Hydro Power

• Fluid Mechanics

• Thermofluids Engineering

• Engineering Visualization

• Turbomachinery