IISc Bangalore

Charlie Oommen

Chief Research Scientist
Propulsion
Email: coommen[at]iisc.ac.in
Office Phone Number: +91-80-22932752
Office Room Number: AE 134
Lab Room Number : AE 136, 032

 

Education

Ph.D(Aerospace Engineering) Indian Institute of Science 1997
M.Sc(Engg) Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Science 1994
M.Sc(Chemistry) Kerala University 1985

Research Interests

  • High energy materials
  • Propellants
  • Fuels
  • Explosives
  • Combustion
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Nanomaterials
  • Thermites
  • Monopropellants

Research Statement

Consulting Activities

Facilities at NCCRD: FTIR, GCMS, DSC, TGA-EGA

Current Projects

  • Development of HAN monopropellant thrusters (propellant, catalyst and thruster development)
  • Nanoenergetic compositions (energetic compositions assembled at micron/nano scales)
  1. Kulkarni V, Sivakumar D, Oommen C, Tharakan J. Liquid sheet breakup in gas-centered swirl coaxial atomizers. J. Fluids Engg. 2010. 132. 2010

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