Charlie Oommen

Chief Research Scientist
Propulsion
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)
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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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