Principal Investigator (PI)

CTFL is headed by Dr. Savio J. Poovathingal, Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Kentucky. A CV last updated in December 2020 can be found here

Experience

January 2020-present: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Kentucky.

September 2018 - December 2019: Research Fellow, Aerospace Engineering and the DOE Plasma Science Center, University of Michigan.

August 2016 - August 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Montana State University.

September 2015 - August 2016: Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, University of Minnesota.

January 2011 - August 2015: Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota.

May 2013 - August 2013: Graduate Summer Research Intern, NASA Ames Research Center.

September 2010 - December 2010: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota.

Degrees

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemistry (Minor), University of Minnesota, 2016.

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2012.

Bachelor of Technology (B.S.), National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, 2010.

Honors and Fellowships

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2015.

John and Jane Dunning Copper Fellowship, Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2011.

Rajiv Gandhi Award for Best Summer Fellowship Research, 2009.