RECORD OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER TO DATE:INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR, INDIA (Apr 2023- Now)NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE (Sep 2016 - Now)INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR, INDIA (July 2010- November 2015)NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE (Jan 1989-June 2010) Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, USA (May 1996-Mar 1997) Institute for Design Aerodynamics, DLR, BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY (April-July 1994)NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTRE, CALIFORNIA USA (Oct 1986- Oct 1988)NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY, BANGALORE, INDIA (May-July 1980)SINGAPORE AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE COMPANY, SINGAPORE ( May-July 1979)SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES , SINGAPORE (Dec 1973-June 1976)(A) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR, IndiaKanpur, UP, India, 208016Dept. of Aerospace EngineeringFrom 27 Apr 2023- 26 Apr 2025Appointment: Visiting ProfessorAcademic Activities at IITK: Developed and taught new courses in Scientific Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics, Aeroelasticityand Computational Aeromechanics and Control of UAVs as well as research in these areas. (B) NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS), SingaporeTemasek Laboratories, Centre for Aerodynamics and Propulsion, T-Lab Building, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411From 01 Mar 2023 - 28 Feb 2025Current Appointment: Adjunct Senior Research ScientistFrom 01 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2023Appointment: Senior Research Scientist Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Blk. EA #07-08, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117575From 01 Sep 2016 - 08 Jan 2018Appointment: Educator Track Faculty in Fluid Mechanics/Aerodynamics - Senior LecturerAcademic Work at NUSAcademic Teaching Activities: Involved in teaching Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics II;Engineering Principles and Practice I & II; Mechanical Systems Design; Engineering ProfessionalismCurrent Research Activities: Computational Aeromechanics and Aeroelasticity; Open Source Computational Engineering Tools; Scientific Machine Learning in Applied Aerodynamics.(C) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR (IITGN), India Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, 382355 From 12 July 2010- 30 November 2015 Appointment: Professor of Mechanical EngineeringAcademic Work at IIT GandhinagarAcademic Teaching Activities: Course Information PageInvolved in undergraduate teaching of Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines, Kinematics and Dynamics Laboratory, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Computational Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer and graduate courses from the fall of 2012 in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Aerodynamics and Algorithms on Advanced Computer Architectures. As part of the Kinematics and Dynamics Laboratory I had hosted a Design and Build Mechanism and Gadgetry Open House at the end of the course. The links to the Open Houses showcasing typical student innovations are shown in the following links: 2012 BTech ME Class , 2013 BTech ME Class and 2014 BTech ME Class.Special Teaching Grants at IITGN: Led the effort in establishing a HPC Lab at IIT Gandhinagar and enabling IIT Gandhinagar to be selected and recognised as a NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Centre in the year 2013. Received CUDA Enabled GPU Cards to be installed at HPCLab@IITGN and a Teaching Assistant Grant of USD 2500.Research Interests: Aerospace Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Aerodynamics, Aerodynamic Design Optimization, Flight Mechanics and Control, Integration of CFD, Structural Dynamics and Flight Dynamics and Control for supporting UAV Design, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Low Reynolds number Aerodynamics of rigid and flexible flapping wings, Plasma Aerodynamic drag reduction to enhance aerodynamic performance of high speed flight vehicles, Mathematical Modeling for Multi-physics Engineering problems, Reduced Order Modeling based on High Fidelity Computational Models for Engineering Design, Computational Modeling of Physiological Systems, High Performance Computing, Cluster and Grid Computing, Implementation of Numerical Methods on Multi-core/GPU Computing platforms, Computer Graphics and Animation, Scientific Flow Visualization, Exploring new software platforms and creation of Internet resources for Engineering Education.Technological value addition of grassroots innovation and designs from rural areas in India for the bottom of the pyramid in society with focus on the integration of science, technology and society.Administrative Appointments held during tenure at IITGN:*Member of Academic Senate, IIT Gandhinagar (since July 2010)* Member of the IIT Gandhinagar Senate Library Standing Committee (1 Sep 2012-31 Aug 2013)* Member of Task Force developing a new academic engineering curriculum for BTech programs from the Academic Year 2010 onwards.* Member of Task Force developing new graduate MTech programs in engineering from Academic Year 2010 onwards.* Lead investigator in setting up a joint IITGN-Fujitsu-Nvidia Computational Design Studio at IITGN for promoting the use of GPU/CUDA platforms for high performance computation of engineered systems.* Established a Grassroots Innovation and Design Solutions at IITGN i.e. GRiDS@IITGN to foster collaboration between National Innovation Foundation of India and IITGN in technological value addition to grassroots innovation. Current effort is focused on technological value addition to a low cost windmill for brine water extraction from the ground and also for power generation in rural areas.* Advisor on campus computational resources including web-page.* Advisor and Lead for the Faculty Guide Book Website (since 2010)* Advisor for Unmanned Systems Interest Group and Kite Flying Student Groups at IITGN.Consulting Work for Industry in IndiaFrom April 2012- 2015: Consultant for Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics at Hi-Tech OS- an Engineering Out-Sourcing Company based out of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. (D) NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU), Singapore School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 From 3 January 1989 – 30 June 2010 Appointment: Associate Professor Career History at NTU: Lecturer: 1989-1992; Senior Lecturer; 1993-1998; Granted Academic Tenure to 55 yrs in 1995; Associate Professor (Jan 1999- June 2010) Concurrent Appointments: Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Faculty Fellow in High Performance Computation for Engineered Systems (HPCES) (April 1999-April 2004) and in Computational Engineering (CE), (June 2005-June 2009); Adjunct Associate Professor at A*Star Institute of High Performance Computing (A*Star-IHPC) (2006-2010)Academic Activities at NTU: Involved in teaching Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics and Control, Engineering Mathematics, Computing, Computational Methods in Engineering, Engineers & Society and Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at the undergraduate level. Involved in the supervision of 3rd year undergraduate students on 6-month Industrial attachment at local engineering companies. Involved in final year undergraduate projects in Computational Modeling and Simulation, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, CFD, Computer Graphics and Design Optimization. Involved in the training and supervision of Masters and Doctoral candidates via graduate research and served as examiner for graduate students at the University. NTU Aerodynamics Course Alumni Page; NTU Flight Mechanics and Control Course Alumni PageAcademic Activities at Singapore-MIT Alliance: Involved in the joint design of distance learning graduate courses (between Boston, MA, USA and Singapore for the HPCES program via Internet 2 and teaching graduate level courses with MIT faculty such as High Performance Computing, Numerical Algorithms on Advanced Computer Architectures and in the joint supervision of graduate students (SM and PhD) under the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Programme in High Performance Computing for Engineered Systems (1999-2004) and developed and taught Cluster and Grid Computing for Scientific Computation in SMA Programme in Computational Engineering (2005-2010) (SMA is a joint programme between the two universities (NUS and NTU) in Singapore and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; See website at http://web.mit.edu/sma/).Research Interests while at NTU: Aerospace Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Aerodynamics, Aerodynamic Design Optimization, Flight Mechanics and Control, Integration of CFD, Structural Dynamics and Flight Dynamics and Control for supporting UAV Design, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Low Reynolds number Aerodynamics of rigid and flexible flapping wings, Implementation of Numerical Methods on Parallel Computers, Mathematical Modeling for Multi-physics Engineering problems, Reduced Order Modeling based on High Fidelity Computational Models for Engineering Design, Computational Modeling of Physiological Systems, High Performance Computing, Cluster and Grid Computing, Computer Graphics and Animation, Scientific Flow Visualisation, Exploring new software platforms and creation of Internet resources for Engineering Education.No. of PhD students supervised and graduated to date: 8;No. of M.Eng/MSc students supervised and graduated to date: 11; No. of SMA SM students supervised and graduated to date: 16Academic Exchanges/Industrial Attachments/Sabbaticals during tenure at NTU* Institute for Design Aerodynamics, DLR, Braunschweig, Germany.(1 April 1994 - 30 June 1994) Sponsored by DAAD's German Academic Exchange Programme and partly by NTU. Explored Pre-conditioning of Compressible Flow SolversDepartment of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.(15 May 1996 - 10 March 1997)Sponsored by NTU’s Academic/Industrial Leave Program . Engaged in Aerodynamic Shape Design Optimization using CFDBioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand. (31 May -13 Jun 2002) Sponsored by SMA and NTU. Short Research Attachment on Computational Cardiovascular Flow Modeling Administrative Appointments held during tenure at NTU:* MPE's Representative to the NTU Computer Graphics Centre (1990-1992)* Coordinator of Visualisation Activity Group at NTU-Silicon Graphics Centre for Graphics and Imaging Technology (1992-Now)* Member of the NTU-National Computer Board (NCB) Joint Collaboration Management Committee (Nov 1992 - Now)* Member of the School of MPE Academic Unit System Task Force in charge of deliberating/proposing the transition of the current academic system to the semester system (Nov 1992-Jan 1993).* Assisted in the formulation and development of the syllabus for the Aerospace Engineering Option Undergraduate prescribed elective courses for final year Mechanical and Production Engineering students. (1991-1992)* Deputy Director of Centre for Graphics and Imaging Technology, NTU (Concurrent Appointment 16 May 1994- 15 May 2000)* Member of School of MPE’s Curriculum Committee in charge of Mathematics and Computing (March 1995-May 1996)* Representative of School of MPE in the sub-committee in charge of the First Year Common Engineering course in Engineering Mathematics. (August 1995-May 1996)* Member of the School of MPE’s Final Year Project Proposal Review Committee.(August 1995-May 1996)* Member of School Internet Committee (Dec 1995-Dec 1997)* Assisted in the formulation and development of the syllabus for the Computational Modelling Option Undergraduate prescribed elective courses for final year Mechanical and Production Engineering students. (1991-1992)* Deputy Supervisor of MPE Computing Laboratory (Jan 1998-Dec 1999)* Deputy Director at Centre for Advanced Numerical Engineering Simulations (CANES) (Jan 1999- Dec 2001). Contributed extensively to the establishment of CANES since Oct 1998.* Member of the High Performance Computing and Storage Technical Committee within the Singapore Biomedical Grid (BioGrid) Task Force, a national level organization tasked with the creation of the Biopolis Infrastructure in Singapore to promote research and development in the Life Sciences sector of the Singapore economy. (Since Sept. 2001)* Assisted the school and Singapore-MIT Alliance in overseas student recruitment missions on various occasions.* Member of the Singapore-MIT Alliance Industry-Research Institute Liaison Committee since 2005.* Assisted School of MAE in establishing joint research collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology especially IIT- Kanpur and IIT Madras (June 2006 to 2008).* Organised a Joint MAE-NTU-IIT Kanpur Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial and Management Engineering to be held at NTU Executive Centre from 10-11 July 2007.* Member of the School of MAE Faculty Search Committee in the Area of Fluid Mechanics since 31 August 2007.* Member of NTU delegation to US Air Force Academy to establish research collaboration in Aerospace Engineering areas dealing with Applied Aerodynamics and High Performance Computation, August 2007* Member of the NTU India Strategy Group visiting various CII Technological Centres at Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore, January 2008.* Planned and prepared the groundwork for the signing of the general MOU between President of NTU and Director of IIT Kanpur in Jan 2008 at IIT Mumbai, India.* Organised the 2nd Joint MAE-NTU-IIT Kanpur Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial and Management Engineering held at IIT Kanpur on 5-6 April 2008.* Member of the NTU College of Engineering (CoE) High Performance Computing Team deliberating the creation of the university wide HPC Facility. Compiled a report on all the hardware and software requirements of the various schools in CoE for deliberation. (2007-2008)* Member of the School of MAE, TFE Division Academic Standing Committee (2008- 2009)(E) NASA-AMES RESEARCH CENTER, Moffet Field, California 94305, USA October 1986 - October 1988 National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate in the Applied Aerodynamics Division Developed computational tools to generate 3-dimensional grid, to calculate transonic flow over a wing-body-nacelle wind-tunnel configuration and to model propfan to assess transonic aerodynamic effects of propfan installation on transport aircraft(F) CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA May 1982 - October 1986 Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Research areas included Fluid Dynamics, Boundary Layers, Unsteady Transonic Aerodynamics, Numerical Methods and Computational Fluid Dynamics.(G) NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY, Bangalore, 560035, India May 1980 – July 1980 Summer Trainee with the Aerodynamics Division; Studied the aerodynamics of aircraft-store separation and participated in the experimental program on strake-wing aerodynamics.(H) SINGAPORE AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE COMPANY, Seletar Air Base, Singapore May 1979 - July 1979 Summer Trainee; Engaged in design and troubleshooting work(I) SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES, Singapore December 1973 - June 1976; Mandatory National Military Service for all male Singapore Citizens.