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Dr. Ajay K. Prasad

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
126 Spencer Lab.
Newark, DE 19716
E-mail: prasad@udel.edu

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DEGREES
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1989
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, 1985
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1983


SERVICE
2005-present Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
1997-2005 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
1992-1997 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware


OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
May - August 1999 Visiting Research Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
January - May 1999 Visiting Scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
Summer 1997 Visiting Research Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Summer 1995 Summer Faculty Researcher, NASA Langley Research Center
1990 - 1992 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1989 - 1990 Visiting Teaching Associate, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1985 - 1989 Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University


CONSULTING

  • ILC Dover
  • Kurve Technology
  • Aberdeen Proving Grounds
  • Delmarva Power
  • Fluitron Inc.
  • NASA Langley Research Center


STATE REGISTERED
NONE


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles & Proceedings

  1. Cao Q., Sarkar K., and Prasad A.K., "Direct numerical simulations of three-layer viscosity-stratified flow," in review Physics of Fluids.
  2. Chhabra S., Huq P., and Prasad A.K., "Characteristics of small vortices in a turbulent axisymmetric jet," in review Journal of Fluids Engineering.
  3. Earath S.B., Prasad A.K., Advani S.G., "Optimization of Air-Cooled Microchannel Heat Sinks in Thermophotovoltaic Applications," accepted for publication ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging.
  4. Giroux M., Hwang P., Prasad A.K., "Controlled particle dispersion: applying vortical flow to optimize nasal drug deposition," Drug Delivery Technology, Vol. 5, pp. 44-49, 2005.
  5. Chhabra S., Shipman T.N., and Prasad A.K., "The entrainment behavior of a turbulent axisymmetric jet in a viscous host," Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 38, pp. 70-79, 2005.
  6. Agrawal A., Boersma B.J., and Prasad A.K., "A numerical investigation of off-source buoyancy-induced acceleration in a turbulent axisymmetric jet," Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Vol. 73, pp. 277-305, 2004.
  7. Cao Q., Sarkar K., and Prasad A.K., "Direct numerical simulations of two-layer viscosity-stratified flow," International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 30, pp. 1485-1508, 2004.
  8. Agrawal A., and Prasad A.K., "Evolution of a turbulent jet subjected to volumetric heating," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 511, pp. 95-123, 2004.
  9. Agrawal A., Sreenivas K.R., and Prasad A.K., "Velocity and temperature measurements is an axisymmetric jet with cloud-like off-source heating," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 47, pp. 1433-1444, 2004.
  10. Cao Q., Ventresca A., Sreenivas K.R., and Prasad A.K., "Instability due to viscosity stratification downstream of a center-line injector," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 81, No. 5, pp. 913-922, 2003.
  11. Fresconi F., Wexler A.S., and Prasad A.K., "Expiration Flow In A Symmetric Bifurcation," Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 35 (5), pp. 493-501, 2003.
  12. Agrawal A., and Prasad A.K., "Integral solutions for the flow profiles of turbulent jets, plumes and wakes," Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 125 (5), pp. 813-822, 2003.
  13. Agrawal A., and Prasad A.K., "Measurements within vortex cores in a turbulent jet," Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 125 (3), pp. 561-568, 2003.
  14. Ventresca A., Cao Q., and Prasad A.K., "The influence of viscosity ratio on mixing effectiveness in a two-fluid laminar motionless mixer," (Special Issue on Mixing) Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 614-621, 2002.
  15. Agrawal A., and Prasad A.K., "Organizational modes of vortices in an axisymmetric turbulent jet," Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Vol. 68, No. 4, pp. 359-377, 2002.
  16. Agrawal A., and Prasad A.K., "Properties of vortices in the self-similar turbulent jet," Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 33, pp. 565-577, 2002.
  17. Kelly J.T., Prasad A.K., and Wexler A.S., "Detailed Flow Patterns in the Nasal Cavity," Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 89, No. 1, pp. 323-337, 2000.
  18. Prasad A.K., "Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry," (Invited Review Paper), Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 103-116, 2000.
  19. Sreenivas K.R., and Prasad A.K., "A Vortex-Dynamics Model for Entrainment in Jets and Plumes," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 2101-2107, 2000.
  20. Prasad A.K., "Particle Image Velocimetry," (Invited Review Paper), Current Science, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 101-110, 2000.
  21. Hopkins L.M., Kelly J.T., Wexler A.S., and Prasad A.K., "PIV Measurements in Complex Geometries," Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 91-95, 2000.
  22. Akonur A., and Prasad A.K., "Methodology and Implementation of Bubble Image Barometry," Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 398-405, 2000.

 

SOCIETIES
Member Sigma Xi, Stanford University Chapter
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Engineering Education
American Physical Society

HONORS & AWARDS
University of Delaware Excellence In Teaching Award, 1998
Associate Technical Editor, Journal of Fluids Engineering


COURSES TAUGHT


OTHER INFORMATION
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