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HomeFacultyMechanical EngineeringM. Damodaran
M. Damodaran
Professor
 
B.Tech (Dist): Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 1981
M.S.: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, 1983
Ph.D: Cornell University, Ithaca,NY, USA, 1987

Email: murali @ iitgn.ac.in
Phone: +91-79-23972622
Fax: +91-79-23972622
 
Research Interest
  • Aerospace Engineering: Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics and Aeroelasticity
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • High Performance Computational Modeling of Engineered Systems
  • Multi-disciplinary Design Optimzation
Work Experience
  • Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India (Jul-2010 -Onwards)
  • Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Jan-1989 to Jun-2010)
  • Visiting Research Scholar, On sabbatical at Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA (May-1996 to Mar-1997)
  • DAAD Fellow, DLR Institute for Design Aerodynamics, Braunschweig, Germany (Apr-1994 to Jun-1994)
  • NRC Research Associate, Applied Aerodynamics Division, NASA Ames Research Centre, Moffet Field, California , USA (Oct-1986 to Oct-1988)
Selected Recent Publications
  • Dominic J. Chandar and M. Damodaran, "Computation of Unsteady Low Reynolds Number Free-Flight Aerodynamics of Flapping Wing", AIAA Journal of Aircraft, 47(1), 141-150, 2010
  • John Benzi and M. Damodaran, "Computation of Head-Disk Interface Gap Micro Flowfields Using DSMC and Continuum-Atomistic Hybrid Methods", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 61, 1273-1298, 2009
  • X. Q. Xing and M. Damodaran, "The Application of the Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation Method for Aerodynamic Shape Design Optimization", AIAA Journal, 43(2), 284-294, 2005
  • T. Bui-Thanh, M. Damodaran and K. Willcox, "Aerodynamic Data Reconstruction and Inverse Design Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition", AIAA Journal, 42(8), 1505-1516, 2004
  • H. Pan and Damodaran M., "Parallel Computation of Viscous Incompressible Flows Using Second-Order Projection Method on Overlapping Meshes", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 39, 441-463, 2002
 

Complete List of Publications