Mahesh M S

Mahesh M S is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Education
  • Ph.D. (2013), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.Tech. (2004), Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • B.Tech. (2004), Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Research Interests include Vibroacoustics, Aeroelasticity, Computational Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Aeroacoustics, and High Performance Computing. His group explores compressible multiphase flows, radar cross-section prediction, and shock wave interactions.

Current Projects include Internal Ballistics (ARMREB, 2024–2027) and Hydroacoustics (NSTL, DRDO, 2024–2025). Past projects span underwater supersonic jets (DRDO, 2019–2021), cavity aeroacoustics (ADA, 2020–2021), and terminal ballistics (ARB, 2016–2018).

Scientific awards: None listed.

Students: Dr. Amartya Jana (Ph.D. candidate), Dubba Bhuvana Sai Charan Nath (Ph.D. scholar), Shikshit Nawani (M.Tech), Guruprasad Arya (M.Tech), Akshay Khare (M.Tech), Swapna Yalamanchili (Ph.D. scholar), Vishnu S. B. (Project Scientist), Chele Rajesh (Junior Research Fellow), Sharad Verma (M.Tech), Mangesh Dholwade (M.Tech).

Contact: Room C-515, Academic Block C, IIT Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Email: mahesh@mae.iith.ac.in.