Students and placements

The success of our lab is due in large part to the hard work and commitment of our dedicated students and staff. Close to 50 students have been associated with the lab.

Post-doctoral fellows

1. Anurag Mishra (2024) - Scientific machine learning in thermoacoustics

2. Meenatchidevi Murugesan (2016) - Investigation of intrinsic thermoacoustic modes

3. Balasubramanian Singaravelu (2015-2016) - Vortex shedding and thermoacoustic instability

PhD students

1. Krishna Chaitan Marthi, (co-advisor, ongoing) - Hydrodynamic aspects of thermoacoustic instability

2. Keesanth (2019-2025) - Development of a new class of temperature sensitive paint for aerodynamic applications

3. Manmohan Viswakarma (2015-2023), Experimental investigation of combustion instability in a laboratory scale can combustor with application to gas turbine engines

4. Srihari Dinesh Kumar Juvva (co-advisor, 2014-2020), Passive and active control of hooting in gas turbine combustors

5. Benjamin Abraham (2016-2022), Theoretical investigation of vortex-acoustic lock-in pertaining to combustion instability

6. Balasundaram Mohan (2016-2023), Theoretical and experimental investigations of thermoacoustic instabilities in premixed burners of air-breathing engines

Student placements

Academic: Faculty member - IITs, NITs, Government and private colleges

Industry: ISRO, General Electric, Rolls Royce, TATA Advanced Systems, Boeing India, many startups

Higher studies: RWTH Aachen Germany, KAUST Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Texas A &M USA, JEMARO program, ISAE  France, sister IITs etc