Ashoke De

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.