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Ajay Kumar Sood, PhD

Assistant Professor

School

School of Engineering and Technology

Department/Programme

Mechanical

Short Summary

Having around 12 years of experience (teaching and research). Current research interests include drag reduction in channel flows, fluid structure interactions, large eddy simulations and DNS.

Subjects Taught

  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • CFD
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Computer Aided Engg. Graphics
  • Mechanical Vibrations

Education

  • Graduation In: Mechanical Engineering
  • Graduation From: Shaheed Bhagat Singh Tech. Campus, PTU, punjab
  • Graduation Year: 2001
  • Post Graduation In: Mechanical Engineering
  • Post Graduation From: P.E.C, University of Technology, Chandigarh.
  • Post Graduation Year: 2006
  • Doctorate In: Fluid Mechanics (Applied Mechanics)
  • Doctorate From: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
  • Doctorate Year: 2017

Experience

From – To (Year) Designation & Organization
2017 till date Assistant Professor, B.M.L Munjal University, Gurgaon.
2015 to 2017 Assistant Professor, G.D. Goenka University, Sohna Road, Haryana.
2010 to 2015 Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant, I.I.T, Delhi
2006- 2010 Assistant Professor, L.P.U, punjab

Research Publications

  • Drag reduction in turbulent flows
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Large Eddy Simulations
  • Direct Numerical Simulations
  • Fluid Structure Interactions

Key Publications

  • Sood, A.K., Cholemari, M.R. & Srinivasan, B., “Drag reduction by the introduction of shear-free surfaces in a turbulent channel flow”, Sādhanā, Springer (2017) 42: 433. doi:10.1007/s12046-017-0593-0.
  • Ajay Kumar Sood, Murali R. Cholemari and Balaji Srinivasan, “Comparative study of using various RANS models for drag reduction in turbulent channel flows using shear-free surfaces”, 3rd Indian National Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM), MNNIT, Allahabad, 2017
  • Ajay Kumar Sood, Murali R. Cholemari and Balaji Srinivasan, “Drag reduction by introduction of shear-free surfaces in a turbulent channel flow”, 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT – ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC 2017), December 2017
  • Ajay Kumar Sood, Murali R. Cholemari and Balaji Srinivasan, “Study of effect of introduction of shear free surfaces of various sizes on drag reduction in a turbulent channel flow”, in proceedings of 2nd Indian National Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM), I.I.T, Delhi, 2015.

Professional Distinctions

  • GATE 2004 Qualified
  • MHRD Scholarship from P.E.C, University of Technology, Chandigarh during 2004 – 2006
  • MHRD Scholarship from I.I.T, Delhi during 2010– 2015

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