Flow combUStion and SimulatION (FUSION) group

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Principal Investigator

Prof. Santosh Hemchandra

Prof. Santosh Hemchandra

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560012, India

Room Number: AE 201

hsantosh@iisc.ac.in

+91-80-2293 3165

Admin Assistant

Manjushree B. N.

manjushree@fsid-iisc.ac.in

2027
Vice Review Chair – ASME Turboexpo 2027, Calgary, Canada
2025
Associate Fellow – AIAA, Class of 2025
2024 – Present
Professor – Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore
2024 – Present
Associate Editor – Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
2022
Visiting Fellow – Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK
2018 – 2024
Associate Professor – Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore
2012 – 2018
Assistant Professor – Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore
2009 – 2012
Research Scientist (Post-Doc) – Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2009
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
2007
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
2004
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering – IIT Madras, India

Research themes

Large Eddy Simulation

Developing high-fidelity large-eddy simulation techniques to model complex turbulent flows.

Combustion, Thermoacoustics and Flow Stability

Investigating reacting flow physics, flame dynamics, thermoacoustic coupling, and stability mechanics.

Aeroacoustics

Analyzing sound generation mechanisms and acoustic wave propagation in aerodynamic environments.

Data and AI Driven Flow Insights

Leveraging machine learning and data-driven algorithms to extract physical insights from fluid dynamics data.

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