Professional Interests

Honors & Awards

Feb 2023 Jacobs Space Exploration Group Apogee Award

Aug 2022 AIAA Public Policy Award

Dec 2021 ERC Chairman's Award 2021

Oct 2021 AIAA Associate Fellow - Class of 2022

Aug 2021 AIAA Public Policy Award

Feb 2021 Invited Participant at the National Academy of Engineering's 2021 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering

Aug 2020 AIAA Public Policy Award

Aug 2018 Behind the scenes award  for RS-25 engine system analysis- NASA MSFC Propulsion Department

July 2018 International Institute of Space Commerce 35 under 35 - Class of 2018

Nov 2017 Jacobs ESSCA group Volunteer of the Year Award

Jan 2017 ASMDA Technical Achievement Award - Group category 

Sep 2016 James Webb Space Telescope Significant Achievement award

 May 2016                                AIAA Greater Huntsville Section - Young Professional of the Year award

 Feb 2016                                 ASME North Alabama Section - Outstanding Young Mechanical Engineer of the Year award

 Nov 2015                                ManTech's performance recognition award 

Education

2012 PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, USA

2009 MS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, USA

2007 MTech in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India 

2005 BE in Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Research Experience

Dec 2012 - Feb 2013 Postdoctoral Scholar, Fusion Science and Technology Center, UCLA, USA

Jan 2008 - Nov 2012 Graduate Student Researcher, Fusion Science and Technology Center, UCLA, USA

Aug 2007 - Nov 2007 Senior Project Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India

Jul 2005 - Jun 2007 Project Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India

Teaching

Lecturer - University of Alabama Huntsville (2014- Present)

Courses Taught

CHE 494/594: Applied Materials Engineering

MAE 488: Analy Engineering Systems

MAE 343: Compressible Aerodynamics

MAE 342: Thermodynamics II

MAE 310: Fluid Mechanics I

MAE 211: Intro Computational Tools

MAE 111: Intro Computational Tools

ENG 101: Intro Computing Engineers

Teaching Assistant - University of California Los Angeles (Winter 2010, Spring 2011, Winter 2012)

Courses

MAE 237D: Fusion Engineering and Design

MAE 135: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Short Courses

Rocket Testing Workshop - A three day workshop conducted by AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee at Zucrow labs, Purdue University as part of 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy conference    

Computational Fluid Dynamics - A short course conducted by AIAA Greater Huntsville section on Dec 10, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm at CFDRC, Huntsville.

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