Achievements

Rahul has also been awarded the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) visiting fellowship to conduct four months (July 2024 - Oct 2024) of research on autonomous underwater vehicles at Memorial University, Canada.

During the OFI visiting fellowship at Memorial University, Rahul engaged in the following research activities: 

1. Visited the Explorer AUV research facility. 

2. Designed both the old and new configurations of the Explorer class AUV using modeling software. 

3. Conducted numerical self-propulsion analysis on the old and new configurations of the Explorer class AUV. 

4. Generated self-propulsion data for the Explorer class AUV at various speeds and propeller RPMs using CFD, and predicted its performance. 

5. Shared expertise on numerical self-propulsion analysis with research students working on the AUV during progress meetings. 

To read more about this fellowship click here: https://www.ofi.ca/news/researcher-profile-rahul-krishna-h