RESEARCH GROUP


FACULTY

CURRENT POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS


  • Umesh Kizhakkinan, PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  • Keshava K. S., PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

CURRENT DOCTORAL STUDENTS


  • Prasad P S, Concurrent Multiscale Modeling of Damage in Composites, Expected: Dec 2014. Currently Manager (Aircraft Programs), GippsAero, Mahindra Aerospace, Australia
  • Sreedhara H, Multifunctional Composite Battery Analysis, Expected: Dec 2014. Currently Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, India
  • Abhiram D. R., Design of Mini-Helicopter (Jointly advised by Prof. Ranjan Ganguli), Expected: Dec 2015
  • Shashank Agrawal, Self-actuating Piezocomposite Flappers for MAVs – Design and Validation, Expected: Dec 2015
  • Harikrishnan A. V., Optimization of Flexural Fatigue Performance of Thick Composite Beams with Bolted Joints, Expected: Dec 2018
  • Kandula Venkata Rama Sateesh, Modeling 3-D Woven Composite Sandwich Shells under Impact Loading, Expected: Dec 2018, Honeywell Sponsored Candidate
  • Ajith Moses, Design of Battery-Fiber MAV Wings (Jointly advised by Dr. K. R. Jayaprakash), Expected: Dec 2018
  • Shaikbepari Mohammed Khajamoinuddin, Stratospheric Airship: Multi-layered Multifunctional Structural Design (Jointly advised by Dr. M. R. Bhat), Expected: Dec 2018

CURRENT ME/MSc(Engg.) STUDENTS


  • Premjit Saha, Optimal Morphing of Fixed Wings for Dominant MAV Flight Phases, Expected: Dec 2015
  • Jai Kiran E., Fatigue Life Estimation of Bolted Joints in Composites, Expected: Dec 2015
  • Sachin Chandra Shrivastava, Computational study of the Micromechanics of end-damage-mechanics in metal matrix composite bladed ring based on asymptotic correct analysis, Expected: Jun 2016
  • Midhun AJ, A study on the suitability of fiber composite layers for fan blade containment in a gas turbine system through numerical modeling and experimental validation, Expected: Jun 2016

CURRENT RESEARCH STAFF


  • Vivekanand, M. Tech., Aerospace Engg., M. V. J. College of Engg., Bangalore, India, Fatigue analysis of fiber reinforced composites
  • Sumit Khatri, B.Tech & M.Tech, Aerospace Engg, IIT Kharagpur, India, A study on the suitability of fiber composite layers for fan blade containment in a gas turbine system through numerical modeling and experimental validation
  • Sangheetha A. P., M.E., Electrical & Electronics Engg., Sona College of Technology, Tamilnadu, Design, simulation & hardware realisation of power & control circuits for self actuating based MFC flappers
  • Vibha S., B.E., Civil Engg., AIT Chikmanglur, Delamination Simulation using VABS
  • Tarun Uday, B. Tech., National Institute of Technology Calicut, Structural and Fatigue modeling of Delamination initiation and propagation using VAPAS
  • Siddharth Sriram, B. E., K. P. R. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Fabrication Methodologies for structural batteries

NMCAD ALUMNI

Doctoral Alumni (PhD Aerospace Engineering)
  • Senthil Murugan (October, 2009) (Co-advised by Prof. Ranjan Ganguli) (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Swansea University, UK., Currently faculty member, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai)
  • Pollayi Hemaraju (September, 2010) (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Utah State University, USA, Currently Associate Professor & Director, R&D Division, Aeronautical Engineering, MRCET, Hyderabad)
  • Srikant Sekhar Padhee (July, 2012) (Exchange student, Politecnico di Milano; Currently Faculty Member, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India)
  • Burela Ramesh Gupta (July, 2012) (Asst. Manager - Technical, GKN CoE (Airbus), Infotech Enterprises Ltd.; Exchange student, ENS de Cachan, France; Currently Faculty Member, SNU, India.)
  • Keshava Kumar Subhakar Rao (Jun, 2014) (Co-advised by Prof. Ranjan Ganguli) (Currently Post-Doctoral Fellow, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Masters Alumni (MSc - Aerospace Engineering)
  • Sitikantha Roy (August, 2003) (PhD, Penn State & Utah State University, USA; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Univ. & University of Colorado, Boulder, USA; Currently Faculty Member, IIT Delhi, India)
  • Pramod Kumar (August, 2004) (Currently Senior Engineer, Altair, India)
  • Guruprasad P J (August, 2005) (PhD, Texas A&M University; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ecole de Mines Paris, France; Currently Faculty Member, IIT Bombay, India)
  • Peereswara Rao M V (January, 2011) (Currently Scientist, ISAC, ISRO, India)
  • Maqsood Mohammed Ameen (July, 2014) (Currently PhD Student (TU, Eindhoven, Netherlands))
  • Megha T. V., (June, 2015) (Software Engineer, Rolls Royce, Bangalore)
Masters Alumni (ME - Aerospace Engineering & M.Tech - Satellite Technology)
  • Vasudev Kumar Atukuri (January, 2001)
  • Siri Kiran J (June, 2004)
  • Kaustav Mitra (June, 2004) (Component Loads, High Lift & Fatigue at Airbus Operations GmbH, Bremen, Germany)
  • Ajay Kumar Tamrakar (June, 2004) (IRSME, Indian Railways)
  • Sreedhara H (July, 2005) (Research Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories)
  • Hari Krishna S (July, 2005) (Research Scientist, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, ISRO)
  • Vishwanath V (July, 2005) (Research Scientist, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, ISRO)
  • Srinivasulu B (July, 2005)
  • Amit Kaushal (July, 2005)
  • Bijudas C R (July, 2006) (Faculty Member, Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram)
  • Suryakiran (June, 2006) (Scientist, Advanced Systems Lab, Hyderabad)
  • Shiva Prasad Manne(July, 2006) (Flight Physics Engineer, Airbus India Engineering Center)
  • Jagadeesh Gowda (July, 2006)
  • Sharma A K (June, 2007) (Scientist, ISAC, ISRO)
  • Ravikumar R V (June, 2007) (Scientist, CABS, DRDO)
  • Pramod B Balaraddy (June, 2010) (Scientist, ISRO)
  • Banker Manisha Mayankbhai (June, 2011) (Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories)
  • Sathiskumar A P (June, 2011) (Doctoral student, TU Delft)
  • Satish G Kumar (June, 2011) (GM India)
  • Gottimukkula Venkatesh (June, 2012) (Software Engineer, GE, Bangalore)
  • Atul Kumar (June, 2012) (Research Scientist, ISRO)
  • Krishan Kumar Saini (June, 2012) (Research Scientist, ISRO)
  • Archana Shukla (June, 2013) (Research Scientist, ISRO)
  • Valliappan V (June, 2013) (Software Engineer, GE, Bangalore)
  • Arun Krishnan (June, 2014) (Research Scientist, ISRO)
  • Arun Jose (June, 2014) (Research Scientist, ISRO)
  • Late Prabhakaran J. K. (expired Apr, 2014)
  • Shiv Harsh Pothula, (June, 2015) (Software Engineer, GE, Bangalore)
  • Jobin K. J., (June, 2015) (Doctoral student, Texas A&M University)
  • Ganesh S., (June, 2015) (Research Scientist, DRDO, Bangalore)
Research Associates/Undergraduate Research Assistants Alumni
  • Dhananjay Thambe (PhD, Brown Univ; Post-doc, Harvard School of Public Health)
  • Raghu Das (Tata HAL Technologies, Textron India Private Limited, TAAL Technologies)
  • Krishna Bharadwaj (Doctoral student, Texas A&M University)
  • Shinto Thomas (L&T Bangalore; MSRAS; GE, India)
  • Ravikumar N L (PhD, IIT Kanpur; Tata Advanced Materials Limited, Bangalore)
  • Kannan Masanam (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore)
  • Ajay Bangalore Harish (M.S. & Engineer, Aeronautics, Caltech, Doctoral student, Max Planck Institute, Germany)
  • Nachiketh Patil (Doctoral student, Utah State University)
  • Ravi Kumar Kovvali (Doctoral student, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech)
  • Paulson Poulose Parayil (Micromotion Division, Emerson Group)
  • Akshay Kanoria (Masters, Aerospace Vehicle Design, Cranfield University)
  • Yogesh Kumar S
  • Shankara Narayana Phaneendra (JFWTC, GE, Bangalore)
  • Kavitha
  • Navneet Dronamraju(Currently MS Student, TU Munchen, Germany)
  • Aditya Sabale (Doctoral Student, IIT Madras, Chennai, India)
  • Veena J. Krishnan, (M. Tech, Avionics Engg., Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India)
  • Mohit Gupta (B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, India, Currently MS student, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
  • Ravish Verma(B.Tech Student, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India)
  • Alap Kshirsagar(4th year B.Tech Student, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India)
  • Saravanesh J K (B.Tech Student, Civil Engineering, Govt College of Technology, Coimbatore, India)
  • Sashank Srinivasan (M. Tech, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University, U. K., Currently in Indian Air Force as Engineer)
  • Himanshu Sanehi (M. Tech, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University, U. K., Currently in Aerospace Development Agency as Engineer)
  • Gaurav Yengere (3rd year B.Tech Student, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, India)
  • Aravind (4th year B.Tech Student, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India)
  • Siddhartha Sharma (3rd year B.Tech Student, Mechanical Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, UP, India)
  • Sandeep R Murthy (B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India)
  • Darshan Sarojini (B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India)
  • Sathya Narayana (B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India)
  • Harith Shanmaa S. (B.Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore, India)
  • Arunprakash N (B.Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore, India)
  • Bharathi Mohan N (B.Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore, India)
  • Neha Budhiraja (M.Sc., Applied Mathematics, NIT Warangal, India)
  • Debasish Darshan Das (B.Tech, Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur, India)
  • Nimmy Mariam Abraham, M. Sc., Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  • Astha Tripathi, B. Tech., Indian Institute of Aeronautical Engg, Pune, India
  • Jebin Thomas, M. Tech., Civil Engg., National Institute of Technology, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India
  • Yogeshwaran G., B. E., Aeronautical Engg., Jeppiaar Engg. College, Chennai, India
  • Aditi, B. Tech., Aeronautical Engg., Rajalakshmi Engg. College, Chennai, India
  • Mangesh Urankar, B. Tech, Mechanical Engg., K.L.E. Dr. M.S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology, Belgaum, India