About me

Ananth Sridharan, PhD

Welcome! 

I am an Aerospace Engineer with a background in design, flight dynamics and aeromechanics of vertical-lift air vehicles. 

My interests include physics-based modeling (aerodynamics, aero-elasticity, flight dynamics), multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) and vehicle design. I also dipped my toes briefly in scientific computing and real-time high-fidelity piloted simulation. By applying code optimization to the implementation of aero-flight-mechanics models of vertical-lift aircraft, I developed a real-time physics engine for a flight simulator.  A large part of my work has been on simulation modeling and design using numerical computing. I developed analysis and design tools using combinations of MATLAB, Fortran 90, Python, CUDA-C/CUDA-Fortran, C, OPENMP and MPI for various tasks. For more, please explore the research section.

All my work ties back to my education in Aerospace Engineering (B.Tech at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 2008, M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2014). My previous roles include Aircraft Design Engineer at project Vahana (A3/Airbus), Aerospace Engineer for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Center (contractor) at NASA Ames and part-time consultant on elements of vertical-lift and electric aircraft design for eVTOL OEMs. Currently, I am a Conceptual Design Engineer for Archer Aviation.