Department of Aerospace EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur

• Placement Brochure• 2019-2020

P C : H e l i c o p t e r L a b , I I T K

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1. About Us2. Message from HOD3. Curriculum4. Infrastructure

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5. Faculties6. Distinguish Alumni7. Past Recruiters8. Contact Us

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The passion of flying & the curiosity to know the science behind led to the origin of Aerospace Engineering. Department of Aerospace Engineering IITK ,established in 1964, is a premier teaching and research center today, which has put significant contribution in development of India’s aerospace sector. The department is engaged in engineering science instruction, in-flight laboratory work, aerodynamic testing, indigenous design and fabrication of advanced facilities and instruments. The department specializes in aerodynamics, flight mechanics, propulsion and aerospace structures. It has a unique flight laboratory with four powered aircrafts, four gliders and a 1000 m runway. It also has the National Wind Tunnel Facility to meet the national needs in the areas of aeronautical and non-aeronautical related R&D work. Various other academic institutions and research organizations in India also make use of the department facilities.

About Us

For more information about the department please visit:

http://www.iitk.ac.in/aero

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• As India aims to become one among the top economies in 21st century through initiatives like Make In India; Indian organizations require significant numbers of intelligent, hard working, technically proficient, and innovative talents, considering the emphasis the country places on Aerospace related technologies. The Aerospace Engineering (AE) department of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) is well known for its cutting edge research and academic endeavours; thereby capable of supporting any requirements from aerospace organizations of the country . The department continues to work towards supporting the vision of the nation by maintaining an exemplary record of academic contribution for achieving excellence in teaching, research and innovation. The department prides in creating young minds well versed in know-how, do-how, and show how aspects of latest technologies in aerospace engineering.

Dr. A.K. Ghosh

Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur

"Achieve excellence in generation and     dissemination of knowledge in  the field of Aerospace   Science and   Engineering."

From HOD's Desk

FRCurriculum

B.TechB.Tech-

MT Dual

M.Tech MSR PhD

Academic Programs

FRCurriculum

Major Under Graduate Courses• Flight Mechanics & Controls• Introduction to Aerospace Structures• Aerospace Propulsion• Aerodynamics• Space Guidance Navigation and Control• Aeromodel design and Fabrication• Turbo Machinery• Aircraft Design • Boundary Layer Theory

Major Post Graduate Courses• Computational Fluid Dynamics• Advance Computational Fluid Mechanics • Boundary layer instability and Transition• Turbulence• Intro to Virtual Instrumentation• Molecular gas dynamics• High temperature gas dynamics• Continuum Hypersonic Aerodynamics• Space Dynamics• Airbreathing Missile Propulsion• Numerical Modeling of Chemically Reacting Flows• Helicopter theory

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• Low Speed Aerodynamics

A fully functional facility to conduct wind tunnel experiments for the aerodynamics, propulsion and aero-elastic characterization of fixed, flapping and rotary wing and micro aerial vehicles. Laboratory has following wind tunnels to carry out experimental research in the areas of aerodynamics: Low turbulence tunnel Boundary layer tunnel Twin air 5D tunnel Water tunnel.

Research Areas

Unsteady aerodynamics, High – AOA aerodynamics, Flow control on airfoils, wings and other bodies, Bluff body flows, Wind engineering, Decelerator aerodynamics, Transition.

Infrastructure

FR• High Speed Aerodynamics

The High Speed Laboratory of the Aerospace Engineering Dept. of IIT Kanpur is well known for research in the area of Gas Dynamics with the facilities mentioned below.

Supersonic blow-down wind tunnel (225mm x 175mm), High speed jet test facility, Indigenously built Jet Acoustic Chamber, Compressor for air supply which can compress the air to a maximum of about 300 psi.

The lab has also acquired a high-pressure compressor which can deliver compressed air at 2000 psi.

Research Areas

Gas Dynamics - experimental and theoretical investigation, Rarefied flows, Applied Gas Dynamics and High speed jets, Sudden expansion problems, Aero acoustics, Active and passive control of jets and base flows, Supersonic, Transonic and Subsonic aerodynamics.

FR• Computational Aerodynamics and Propulsion Activities

The primary focus is on developing and implementing high fidelity computing methods for various flows, including subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic. The emphasis of research is on developing high accuracy computing methods to aid in bridging the gap between theoretical and computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.

Research Facilities •High Performance Computation Laboratory•Non equilibrium Flow Simulation Laboratory •Computation Propulsion Laboratory •Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

FR• Propulsion and Combustion ResearchThe Lab is equipped with a continuous combustion unit where heat balance studies, exhaust gas composition, effect of fuel and flame stability test can be performed. Following are the facilities available in lab: Low Speed Cascade Wind Tunnel, 2-Shaft Gas Turbine, Continuous Combustion Unit , Gaseous Fuel Combustion Test Rig, Dump Combustor with Optical Windows.

Research AreasInternal flow control (active & passive), flow diagnostics, Turbo-machinery, thrust vectoring combustion, liquid atomization and spray combustion, electric propulsion.

FR• Structures & Material Characterization LabOver the last few years we have been developing and testing smart structural system engineering structures with integrated sensor, information processing, feedback control and actuating devices. The smart structures experiments have been related to building innovative smart sensors, vibration control and structural health monitoring concepts.

Following are the facilities available in lab: Tensile testing machine Torsion test set up

300 kip compression testing machine An Environment chamber Light Industrial Ultrasonic Scanning Tank

Research AreasFinite element analysis, Analysis and designof composite structures, Experimental characterization of polymeric fibres , matrices and composites, Solid mechanics, Fracture mechanics, Nobel materials.

FR• Flight Laboratory The flight laboratory is a unique national facility with three single engine airplanes: Piper Super Cub - a

two seater a/c, Cessna Skylane - a four seater and Piper Saratoga - a six seater. The flight laboratory runs courses in flight testing wherein students participate to collect, analyze and evaluate performance and handling qualities of the airplanes. Such courses are also run for the Aerospace Engineering students of other institutes - IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, PEC Chandigarh and MIT Madras. The flight laboratory also has several gliders and an active gliding centre. The expertises developed here are being shared with various aero agencies to contribute towards research and development in the field of flight testing.

FR• Helicopter ResearchThis focuses on the fundamentals of design, manufacturing and testing of systems. Also sub- systems for a mini-helicopter are developed. Autonomous Mini-Helicopter which while weighing only a few kilograms incorporates most of the functions of a real life helicopter and achieves autonomous flight. Following are the main focus areas: •Design and Development of avionics package (Sensing and actuation, Communication, Navigation, Automatic Flight Control and Ground Control) for autonomous flight of a mini Helicopter.•Flight Testing of autonomous Helicopter and expanding the utility by making the vehicle perform intelligent tasks.•Structural design and development of a mini helicopter, test bed for performance measurements, Control law design and validation

FRFaculty•Aerodynamics FacultyAlakesh Chandra Mandal, PhD (IISc Bangalore)Associate Professor, Convenor DUGCResearch Interests: Experimental aerodynamics, Flow instability and transition, Turbulent shear flowsEmail: alakeshm@iitk.ac.in

Debopam Das, PhD (IISc Bangalore)ProfessorResearch Interests: Theoretical and Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Aero acoustics, Instability & transition, Vortex Dynamics. Unsteady Aerodynamics, Bird's and Insect's FlightEmail: das@iitk.ac.in

Kamal Poddar, PhD (UC, San Diego)ProfessorResearch Interests: Aerodynamics, Turbulence, Low and High Speed FlowsEmail: kamal@iitk.ac.in

Mohammed Ibrahim Sugarno, PhD (IISc Bangalore)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Experimental Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, High Enthalpy Test Facilities, Shock WavesEmail: ibrahim@iitk.ac.in

Navrose, PhD (IIT Kanpur)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Optimization, Flow Stability and ControlEmail: navrose@iitk.ac.in

Rakesh Kumar, PhD (Penn State)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Hypersonics, Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Micro fluidics, Molecular Dynamics, Heat Transfer & Thermal DesignEmail: rkm@iitk.ac.in

FRSanjay Mittal, PhD (Minnesota)ProfessorResearch Interests: Aerodynamics, CFD, FEMEmail: smittal@iitk.ac.in

Sanjay Kumar, PhD (Caltech)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Fluid Mechanics - bluff body wakes, shock-accelerated flows, shock waves, shock tubesEmail: skmr@iitk.ac.in

Tapan K. Sengupta, PhD (Georgia Tech)ProfessorResearch Interests: Transition and Turbulence, CFD, AerodynamicsEmail: tksen@iitk.ac.in

FR• Structures, Structural Dynamics & Aeroelasticity

Abhishek, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Rotary Wing Aeromechanics, Hover Capable Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV), System Identification, Multibody Dynamics, Inverse Flight Dynamics Simulation for Helicopters, VTOL, Helicopter Design.Email: abhish@iitk.ac.in

C. S. Upadhyay, PhD (Texas A&M)ProfessorResearch Interests: Solid Mechanics, Adaptive Finite Element Methods, Structural OptimizationEmail: shekhar@iitk.ac.in

G.M.Kamath, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Structural Health Monitoring, Composite Materials and Structures, Structural Dynamics, Condition Monitoring, Machine Learning, AeroelasticityEmail: gmkamath@iitk.ac.in

FRP. M. Mohite, PhD (IIT Kanpur)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Damage Mechanics of Laminated Composites, Composites, Finite Element AnalysisEmail: mohite@iitk.ac.in

Rajesh Kitey, PhD (Auburn University)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Solid Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Experimental Stress Analysis, Optical Metrology, Mechanics of Thin Films, Composite Materials, Finite Element and Boundary Element MethodsE-mail: kitey@iitk.ac.in

S. Kamle, PhD (Purdue)Professor & Former HeadResearch Interests: Experimental Stress Analysis, Smart MaterialsEmail: kamle@iitk.ac.in

Pritam Chakraborty, PhD (The Ohio State University)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Mesoscale mechanics for plasticity, fatigue, creep and fracture; FEM; Multi-scale methodsEmail: cpritam@iitk.ac.in

FR• Flight Mechanics & ControlA. K. Ghosh, PhD (IIT Kanpur)Professor & HeadResearch Interests: Flight Mechanics, Parameter Estimation from flight images, Neural modeling Design of Air Borne stores: Aircraft Bombs, Artillery shells and Rockets Design of Control law of guided missilesEmail: akg@iitk.ac.in

Ashish Tewari, PhD (Missouri-Rolla)ProfessorResearch Interests: Flight Mechanics, Control, Aeroservoelasticity, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Space DynamicsEmail: ashtew@iitk.ac.in

Mangal Kothari, PhD (University of Leicester)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Optimal Control, Nonlinear and Adaptive Control, Flight Vehicle Guidance and Control, State Estimation, Motion Planning and Cooperative ControlEmail: mangal@iitk.ac.in

FRRaghavendra P. Kukillaya , PhD (Princeton University, New Jersey, USA)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Dynamics and control, Systems modelling, simulation and design, Mathematical modelling and dynamical analysis of aircraft and mechanical systems, Aircraft and Airship dynamics and control, Dynamics and control aspects of insect running, Optimization and optimal control.Email: raghavpk@iitk.ac.in

Dr. Subrahmanyam Saderla , PhD (IIT Kanpur)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Research Interests: Real time system identification of unmanned aerial vehicles, UAV Design, flight tests and parameter estimation, high angle of attack aerodynamic modelling, dynamic wind tunnel testing, experimental flight dynamics, chaotic modelling (of cancer cell growth, seismic data & material properties etc.) using Artificial Neural Networks.Email: saderlas@iitk.ac.in

FR• Propulsion

Abhijit Kushari, PhD (Georgia Tech)ProfessorResearch Interests: Rocket and Gas Turbine Propulsion, Instrumentation in Combustion and Fluid Mechanics, Liquid Atomization and Liquid Combustion, Active Flow Control, Combustion Instability, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, High Speed FlowsEmail: akushari@iitk.ac.in

Ashoke De, PhD (Louisiana State University)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: CFD, Turbulent combustion, Turbulent flows in Gas turbines, Hydrogen combustion, Stochastic PDF based combustion modeling, High speed aerodynamics, High performance computingEmail: ashoke@iitk.ac.in

D. P. Mishra, PhD (IISc Bangalore)ProfessorResearch Interests: Combustion, CFD of Chemically Reacting Flows, Propulsion, Heat TransferEmail: mishra@iitk.ac.in

FRAjay Vikram Singh, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Combustion and Reacting Flows, Combustion Generated Functional Nanoparticles, Soot Formation and Oxidation, Detonations, Boundary Layer Combustion, Gas Turbine Combustion, Fire Dynamics, Flame Spread, Material Flammability, Renewable Energy Conversion

Sathesh Mariappan, PhD (IIT Madras)Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Fundamentals of thermoacoustic interactions, Application of dynamical systems' theory to thermo fluid systems, Optical flow diagnostics, Acoustic measurementsEmail: sathesh@iitk.ac.in

Vaibhav Arghode, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park)Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Combustion, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Experimental Methods, Computational Fluid DynamicsEmail: varghode@iitk.ac.in

FRDistinguish Alumnio Ajay Kumar, Distinguished Research Associate, NASA Langley Research Centre. 

o Narendra Kumar Arya, Scientific Adviser to Chief of the Air Staf, DRDO. 

o Kunwar Pal Singh, Group Director (ARD), ADA. 

o Satish Kumar, Director-Hypersonic Test vehicle, DRDL. 

o T Jayachandran, Head,VSSC, Trivandram.     

o Vinay Prakash Mathur, General Manager, HAL. 

o Suresh Menon, Deputy General Manager, HAL. 

o Amar Chand Garg, Senior Engineer, Boeing. 

o Satendra Singh, Director General, Civil Aviation Department.   

o Rajiv Shivpuri, Professor, The Ohio State University. 

o Suresh Menon, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology. 

o Adalat Ali, Project Director, DRDO. Anil Enoch Deane, Professor, University of Maryland.

o K Chandrashekhara, Professor, University of Missouri. 

FRPast Recruiters

FRContact Us Dr. Rakesh KumarAssociate ProfessorDepartment Placement Coordinator - Faculty Member Email: rkm@iitk.ac.in

Trishank Baghel Department Placement Coordinator- Student Member Email: trishank@iitk.ac.in Mob: 8989176212

Vishal VyasDepartment Placement Coordinator- Student Member Email: vvyas@iitk.ac.in Mob: 9461614941

Sindhuja PriyadarshiniDepartment Placement Coordinator- Student Member Email: sindhup@iitk.ac.in Mob: 8604895147

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