Kiran Bhaganagar

Kiran Bhaganagar is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio, affiliated with the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design. Her research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modeling, and environmental fluid mechanics, with applications in wildfire smoke transport, wind energy systems, and atmospheric boundary layer dynamics.

• Research Interests
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applied to atmospheric flows and renewable energy systems
  • Turbulence modeling and extreme event detection in fluid flows
  • Machine learning integration with physics-based simulations
  • Environmental monitoring via UAV/UGV systems and sensor networks
  • Wind turbine optimization and power forecasting
• Scientific Awards
  • AIAA Associate Fellow (2019)
  • Woman Physicist of the Month, American Physical Society (2017)
• Labs & Teams
  • Leader in developing WRF-LES-bplume modeling frameworks
  • Developer of PyPlume and bPlume-WRF-LES tools
  • Collaborator on environmental sensing UAV/UGV systems