Saikishan Suryanarayanan

Dr. Saikishan Suryanarayanan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Akron. Previously, he served as a Research Associate and Lecturer at the Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin.

• Education: Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 2015), M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Texas A&M University, 2009), B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (Anna University, 2007)

His research focuses on Thermal-Fluid Sciences, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Transition and Turbulence, and Flow Control, with funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation. Recent work demonstrates how engineered surface textures can mitigate roughness-induced boundary layer transitions, improving aircraft and wind turbine efficiency.

Key trends in his publications include:

• Control of turbulent boundary layers via surface textures and shielding strips
• DNS analysis of vortical structures and pressure fluctuations
• Development of physio-cyber data assimilation for vortex modeling
• Applications to aerodynamics and renewable energy systems

He teaches courses such as Fluid Mechanics I and Dynamics of Viscous Flow I.