Prof. Dr. Sutanu Sarkar

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsFluid Mechanics
KeywordsTurbulence simulation, turbulence modeling, propulsion, aero-dynamics, computational fluid dynamics
Honours and awards

2018: Appointed to Distinguished Professor, UCSD

2011: Appointed to the Blasker Chair in Engineering, UCSD

2010: Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

2009: Elected Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2006: Elected Fellow, American Physical Society

2001: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

1994: NASA Group Achievement Award

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLa Jolla
InstitutionUniversity of California, San Diego
InstituteDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 0411

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Rainer FriedrichFachgebiet Strömungsmechanik, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger FoysiLehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik, Universität Siegen, Siegen
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2002

Programme(s)

2001Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Sutanu Sarkar has done pioneering work in the field of turbulence. His theoretical and numerical analyses of noise generation by turbulence, of turbulent scalar transport, turbulent combustion, of effects of density stratification and compressibility on the structure of turbulent flows have not only impruved our physical understanding, but have also contributed to better prediction methods. His research project with Professor Rainer Friedrich at TU Munich, aims at developing a unified picture of compressibility effects in free and wall-bounded turbulence.

Publications (partial selection)

2004Sutanu Sarkar, H. Foysi and R. Friedrich: Compressibility effects and turbulence scalings in supersonic channel flow. In: J. Fluid Mech, 2004, 207-216