People

Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Sugarno

Associate Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Contact No. - +91 512-2596345

Email - ibrahim@iitk.ac.in

Awards

International Level Award

JSPS Invitational Research Fellowship

Window on Science – Visiting Scientist Program

DLR-DAAD Senior Scientist Research Fellowship

NAMASTE+ Scholarship

India-Queensland Friendship Scholarship

Awarding Agency

JSPS, Japan

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), US

DLR & DAAD, Germany

BMBF & DAAD, Germany

Univ of Queensland, Australia

Year

2025

2024

2019

2014

National Level Award

Dr. Mahua Menon and Mr. Ranodeb Roy Young Faculty Research Fellowship

Early Career Research Award (ECRA)

Travel award for attending international conference

MHRD Scholarship

Awarding Agency

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)

SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

MHRD

Year

2021

2019

2014

2013

2009-15

Recognition

Associate Editor – CEAS Space Journal, Council of European Aerospace Societies
Senior Member – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Technical Committee member - Hypersonic Technology and Space Plane, AIAA
Technical Committee member – High Speed Vehicle Science and Technology, HiSST
Hypersonic Global review presenter at HiSST Conference – Indian side

Dr. Soumya Ranjan Nanda

Ramanujan Faculty

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Md. Gulam Sarwar

Project :- High Speed Jets, Flow Instability of Hypersonic flow on spiked body, Axisymmetric Cavity

Outside of lab , he enjoys swimming , cycling and playing cricket .

Email - sarwar251219@gmail.com

PhD Scholars

Emayavarman

PhD Thesis :- Effect of Sub-Boundary layer passive control of flow over an axisymmetric backward facing step

Jithin Sreekumar (PhD 2020 - Ongoing)

PhD Thesis :- Experimental Investigation of Film Cooling Technique in Hypersonic Flow

My creative outlets are training in the gym, disciplining my fingers on the guitar, and freeing my soul through singing.

Honhar Gupta (PhD 2022 - Ongoing)

PMRF Fellow

PhD Thesis :- Experimental Study of Radiative Heating in High Enthalpy Flows using Hypersonic Expansion Tunnel

Honhar enjoys the rhythm of piano keys, the strategy of chessboards, and the thrill of discovering new places

Yasar Khan (PhD 2024 - Ongoing)

Master Students

Neel Shah ( 2024 -Ongoing)

Master's Thesis :- Experimental study of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition Using wall Vibrations over a cone body

Outside of lab, you can find Neel Travelling and Exploring , Trekking Through the scenic mountains throughout India and he enjoys playing flute

Prabhu R (2024 - Ongoing)

Master's Thesis :- Experimental Observations of Step-Induced Shock–Boundary Layer Interaction In High Mach Number Flows

Outside of studies, he loves gymming, lifting weights, and practicing Taekwondo. He’s also a creative person who enjoys sketching in his free time and is an avid anime fan.

Research Assistant

Devanathan Dhandapani (2024-Ongoing)

Project title :- Steady and Unsteady Characteristics of Impinging Elliptical Jet with Varying Aspect Ratio at Overexpanded Conditions.

He’s a keen athlete who loves playing basketball and hitting the gym. Other than that, you probably won’t find him anywhere else — stuck in a never-ending loop of wake up → lab → gym → basketball → lab → sleep. Just chai and grind.

He is a Batman. Kanpur City needs him.