(A) Organisation and Delivery of Short Professional Courses to Industry
1. September-October 1991: Conducted a high level short course on Basic Aerodynamics and Flight Performance to engineers from SEEL (Singapore Electronics Engineering Ltd) involved in the design and development of flight simulator. Course was conducted through the Centre for Continuing Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. (Consultancy)2. August 1993: Organised and Presented a lecture on the "VAX VMS Operating System" to First Year Engineering Students on special request.3. Feb-April 2004: Developed course notes and slides and tests in Aerodynamics, Aircraft Performance, Flight Manual of fixed wing aircraft and Aircraft Modification Project for the 9th RSAF Common Air Platform Engineering (CAPE) Course. (Consultancy)4. Feb-April 2005: Developed course notes and slides and tests in Aerodynamics, Aircraft Performance, Flight Manual of fixed wing aircraft and UAV Design Project for the 10th RSAF Common Air Platform Engineering (CAPE) Course. (Consultancy)5. November 2005: Developed course notes and slides for a 36 hr- short course entitled Fundamentals of Fixed Wing Aeronautics for Software Engineers from Singapore Technologies Flight Simulation Centre, Singapore involved in the design and development of Flight Simulators. (Consultancy)6. Jan-April 2006: Developed course notes and slides and tests in Aerodynamics, Aircraft Performance, Flight Manual of fixed wing aircraft and Design Project involving Modification of a Transport Aircraft to an Aerial re-fuelling Aircraft for the 11th RSAF Common Air Platform Engineering (CAPE) Course. (Consultancy)7. Mar-May 2007 : Developed course notes and slides and tests in Aerodynamics, Aircraft Performance, Flight Manual of fixed wing aircraft and Design Project involving Design and Development of a Light UAV for the 12th RSAF Common Air Platform Engineering (CAPE) Course. (Consultancy).
(B) Organisation of Seminars/Conferences
1. September 1992: Technical Chairman of the Organising Committee for the one day Computer Graphics '92Seminar organised by the NTU Computer Graphics Centre. Arranged for paper review and in-charge of design and publication of seminar proceedings.2. October 1993-August 1994 : Technical Chairman of the Special One Day Session on Computer Graphics and Applications organised by the Centre for Graphics and Imaging Technology, NTU and to be held within the IEEE TENCON'94 (IEEE Region 10's 9th Annual International Conference on Frontiers of Computer Technology) Conference held in Singapore during 22-26 August 1994.3. February 1994 : Member of the Publications Committee of the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) and Member of the Editorial Board of SCS's International Journal of Information Technology. Managing Editor of the International Journal of Information Technology, a journal of the Singapore Computer Society since January 1995.4. July 1994- May 1996: Member of the Aviation Exhibits Committee of the Singapore Science Centre.5. August 1993-May 1995: Member of the Organising Committee for the 6th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics held in Singapore in May 1995. Member of the Technical Committee and Editorial Committee in charge of developing the technical programme and editing the conference proceedings.6. November 1995-July 1995, co-Guest Editor in charge of preparing and editing a special technical section consisting of technical papers and software reviews reflecting on the theme - Computer Graphics in Singapore which is to be published in “Computers and Graphics Journal- An International Journal of Systems & Applications in Computer Graphics”.7. 1996-1996: Peer reviewed papers for the IEEE 2nd International Conference on Algorithms for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP-96).8. July 1997-September 1998: Member of the Program Committee for HPC-ASIA’98 Conference to be held in Singapore during September 19989. October 2001: Committee Member of the 1st Exco of SingTAM- Singapore Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Society, affiliated with the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Designed the logo for the SingTAM chapter in Singapore.10. 2003: Technical Reviewer for Adaptive Enterprise@Singapore (Joint iDA, Hewlett Packard and National Grid Office) research projects.11. 2003/2004:Reviewed Technical papers for CyberWorlds@Singapore in Dec 2003, CyberWorlds 2004 @Japan in Dec 2004, and Parallel and Distributed Computing Applications and Technologies PDCAT 2004 at Singapore in Dec 200412. Jan –July 2007: Organised the 1st Joint NTU-IIT Kanpur Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering held at NTU Executive Centre, Singapore, 10-11 July 2007.13. Aug 2007-Apr 2008: Collated the NTU Component for the 2nd Joint NTU-IIT Kanpur Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering held at IIT- Kanpur, India, 4-7 April 2008.14. June-July 2009: Reviewed technical papers for Asia-Pacific Defence and Security Technology Conference (DSTC-2009) held in Kuala Lumpur during 6-7 October 2009. 15. June 2010: Appointed as member of the Conference Editorial Board of the 2nd International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, Grid and Cloud Computing for Engineering. (PARENG 2011)16. June 2012: Appointed as member of the Conference Editorial Board of the 3rd International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, Grid and Cloud Computing for Engineering. (PARENG 2013) 17. 2013-2014: Member of the National Advisory Committee for the 2nd National Conference on Thermal, Fluid and Manufacturing Science, 24-25 Jan 2014, C. K. Pithawala College of Engineering and Technology under the auspices of Institution of Engineers, India, Gujarat State Centre, Ahmedabad.18. Oct-Nov 2013: Reviewer of conference papers submitted to 1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM-2013), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, Dec 18-20 2013.19. April 2014: Reviewer of Conference papers for 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control to be held in Los Angeles, California, USA, during December 15-17, 2014.20. August 2014: Appointed as member of the Conference Editorial Board of the 4th International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, Grid and Cloud Computing for Engineering. (PARENG 2015), Dubrovnik, Croatia 24-27 March 201521. Reviewer of Technical Papers submitted to the 23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IHMTC2015, 17-20 December, 2015, Thiruvananthapuram, India, Jun-July 2015.
(C) External Examiner of PhD Theses from Other Universities
1. 2003/2004: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on Computational Design of MEMS Jet Using Computational Fluid Dynamics from University of New South Wales, Australia2. 2005/2006: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on A Level Set-Boundary Element Method for the Simulation of Underwater Bubble Dynamics from Singapore-MIT Alliance @ National University of Singapore.3. 2006/2007: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on Subcell Shock Capturing and Conservative Front Tracking With High Order Accurate Discontinuous Galerkin Methods from Singapore-MIT Alliance @ National University of Singapore4. 2008/2009: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on Parameter Estimation from Flight Data Using Feed Forward Neural Networks from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India5. 2008/2009: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on A Numerical Study of H2/O2 Detonation Waves and their Interaction with Diverging/Converging Chambers from National University of Singapore, Singapore.6. 2012: External Examiner for MS Thesis on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Over an Elliptic Cylinder Using Immersed Boundary Method from Dept. of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.7. 2012: External Examiner for MTech Thesis on Numerical and Experimental Studies on Optimization of Flow Passages in a Centrifugal Fan, from SVNIT, Surat, GJ, India.8. 2012: External Examiner for MTech Thesis on A Study of High Pressure Ratio Airfoils for Axial Flow Compressors from SVNIT, Surat, GJ, India.9. 2012: External Examiner for MTech Thesis on Evolution of a High Lift Airfoil Section as a Fuselage for a Mid-sized Aircraft from SVN IT, Surat, GJ, India.10. 2012/2013: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on Studies on a Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fan from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, GJ, India.11. 2014: External Examiner for MS Thesis on CFD-FEA Coupled Aeroelastic Modeling of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Rotor from Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.12. 2014: External Examiner and Member of Viva-Voce Panel for PhD Thesis on A Methodology for Aircraft Maneuver Using Bifurcation Analysis Technique and Sliding Mode Control from Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India13. 2014: External Examiner for PhD Thesis on Development of a Novel Compact Finite Difference Scheme for Incompressible Flows from Dept. of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India14. 16 July 2018-30 Aug 2018: External Examiner of PhD Thesis on Manipulation of Aerodynamic Forces on an Aerofoil using Synthetic Jet Circulation Control and on 15 November 2018 appointed Oral Examiner of the PhD Examination Panel from from Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand.15. 16 Jan 2020-24 Feb 2020: External Examiner of PhD Thesis -"Augmentation of Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes Method using Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Closure" from Dept. of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India16. 24 Mar 2021-31 Mar 2021: External Examiner of PhD Thesis -"A Study of Wingtip Devices for a Typical Transport Wing" from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgavi, Karnataka, India17. 28 Dec 2021-1 Feb 2022: External Examiner of PhD Thesis titled Implicit Gradient Reconstruction for Unstructured Mesh Finite Volume Method, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.18. 13 May 2022-14 Jun 2022: External Examiner for PhD Thesis “Towards a Generic Framework for Aerial Vehicle Autonomy”, from Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
(D) Review Panel and Consultation Appointments
1. From Oct 2010: Member of Research Review Panel for National Innovation Foundation (NIF) and Grassroots Innovation and Augmentation Network (GIAN), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.2. From Oct 2011: External Expert Panel Member for Review of Thermofluids related course and laboratory curriculum at undergraduate/postgraduate levels at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.3. From November 2011: Peer-Reviewer of assigned funded projects in Engineering and Technology Related areas as assigned for review by Qatar National Research Fund Organisation, Qatar.4. From March 2012 : Appointed Registration Authority at IIT Gandhinagar for the Indian Grid (Garuda) Certification Authority (IGCA) by C-DAC Bangalore.5. From June-July 2012: Member of the Evaluation and Mentoring Panel of the Power of Ideas 2012 Initiative by The Economic Times in association with the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology and IIM Ahmedabad's CIIE to develop a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem in India.6. November 2012: Invited to a brain-storming session on starting an Undergraduate program in Computational Science at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.7. Dec 2012: External Reviewer of Faculty Tenure Extension at NCBS-TIFR-Bangalore.8. March 2013-March 2016:Nominated Member of the Nirma University (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) Academic Body of the Faculty of Technology and Engineering from 12.03.2013 to 11.03.20169. November 2014: Member of Ahmedabad University Mechanical Engineering Faculty Selection Committee.10. May 2015: Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for “Development of Multi Level Parking - 2 in GIFT City on Design – Build Contract Basis (Package - 2: Mechanical & Electrical Works)”, Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) City, Gandhinagar, GJ, India.11. Member of the Board of Studies for Aeronautical Engineering at Parul University, Limda, Waghodia, Vadodara, GJ,India.
(E) Peer Reviewer of Technical Publications and Books1. Regular Peer-Reviewer of technical papers for the following journals: AIAA JournalAIAA Journal of AircraftAIAA Journal of Propulsion and PowerJournal of Aerospace Science and TechnologyInternational Journal of Fluids and StructuresInternational Journal of Numerical Methods in FluidsInternational Journal of Computational Fluid DynamicsComputers and FluidsNonlinear Analysis: Modelling and ControlProceedings of the Royal Society: A- Mathematics, Physical and Engineering SciencesInstitution of Engineers Singapore (IES) JournalInternational Journal of Information Technology, Singapore Computer SocietyPhysical Review- American Physical SocietyProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE-UK), Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering ScienceEngineering OptimizationSADHANA-Academy Proceedings in Engineering SciencesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Section A: Physical SciencesJournal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM)Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management (JATM)MDPI/EnergiesMathematics Bio-Sciences and Engineering JournalPhysical Review Fluids-APSMeasurement Science and TechnologyMDPI/Aerospace
2. May-June 2009: Reviewed a Book Proposal on Thermal Engineering with EES for John Wiley Publishers.3. Nov-Dec 2012: Reviewed a Book Proposal on Introduction to Engineering Aerodynamics with Civil, Mechanical and Aeronautical Applications for John Wiley Publishers.4. Feb-Mar 2014 : Reviewed a Book Proposal on Introduction to Aerospace Engineering with a Flight Test Perspective for John Wiley Publishers.5. June-July 2014 : Reviewed a Book Proposal on Principles of Aeroelasticty for CRC Publishers, Taylor and Francis.6. Nov 2013: Volunteer Judge for 2013 AIAA Asia-Australia Student Conference held from 27th-29th November at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.