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Dr. Abhijit Kushari is Professor and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He holds a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology and has been a faculty member since 2001, with prior experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech. His administrative roles include serving as Associate Dean of International Relations (2015-2017). Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2000) MS in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (1995) B.Tech. (Honours) in Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (1994) Research Interests: Dr. Kushari's research spans propulsion (rockets, gas turbines), combustion dynamics, liquid atomization, turbo-machinery flows, aeroacoustics, and fire suppression. His work integrates experimental and computational approaches to solve challenges in fluid-structure interaction and flow control, with applications in aerospace and energy systems. Publication Trends: His recent articles focus on jet acoustics, combustion efficiency, fluidic thrust vectoring, and compressor aerodynamics. Common themes include experimental validation of novel nozzle designs, biofuel combustion, and unsteady flow control, reflecting a strong emphasis on sustainable propulsion and aerodynamic optimization. Awards and Honours: Consulting Fellow, World Innovation Foundation Batch of 1970 Research Fellow, IIT Kanpur (2009-2012) Editorial Board roles: Scientific Reports (Nature), Journal of Rotating Machinery , Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Physics Propulsion Panel Member, Aeronautical R&D Board, DRDO Advising and Grants: He has supervised 8 PhD and 60 M.Tech. students in aerospace/mechanical engineering. Secured over ₹20 Crore in funding from DRDO, ISRO, DST, Pratt & Whitney, and others. Key projects include gas turbine combustor design, thrust vectoring systems, fire dynamics, and detonation modeling for defense applications. Laboratories and Teams: Leads advanced propulsion and combustion labs at IIT Kanpur, featuring facilities for spray characterization, thrust measurement, cascade testing, and fire suppression studies. Collaborates with international research teams and industry partners like GE Aviation.

• Rocket and Gas Turbine Propulsion
• Combustion
• Liquid Atomization
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Ashoke De is a Professor and Dean of Academic Affairs at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He holds a joint appointment in the Sustainable Energy Engineering department and has served as Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh Chair of Excellence. PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2009), Louisiana State University Postdoctoral Scholar, Technical University of Delft (2010) Research Engineer, GE Global Research (2010-2011) Research Focus: Specializing in high-speed flows, turbulence modeling, and fluid-structure interaction, his work spans: Supersonic/hypersonic flow dynamics Multiphase combustion and spray modeling Hybrid RANS/LES turbulence modeling Flow-acoustics coupling Energy harvesting systems Lattice Boltzmann methods Publication Trends: Recent work investigates supersonic cavity flows, wind turbine optimization, spray combustion in vitiated coflow, and double-wedge hypersonic configurations. His team applies advanced CFD techniques to aerospace propulsion and sustainable energy systems, with emphasis on shock-wave interactions and vortex-induced vibrations. Awards & Honors: ASME Fellow RAeS Fellow AvHumboldt Fellow AIAA Associate Fellow DAAD Fellowship IEI Young Engineer's Award (Aerospace) Early Career Research Award (DST) P K Kelkar Young Research Fellowship Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science Academic Leadership: Serves as Associate Editor (IJ Energy for Clean Environment) and Editorial Board Member (Computational Thermal Sciences). Leads large-scale initiatives in turbulent flow modeling and directs research projects from ISRO, ARDB, DST, DRDO, BRNS, and Pratt & Whitney Canada.

• Aerospace Engineering
• Fluid Dynamics
• Combustion
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