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\"\"<\/td>\nReetesh Ranjan<\/strong>
Associate Professor<\/em>
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2004
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Email:<\/em> reetesh-ranjan@utc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Reetesh Ranjan\u00a0received M.S. and Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 2009 and 2012, respectively, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2004. He worked at Ansys India from 2004 to 2007 as a Lead Application Engineer. After his PhD, he worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow (2013-2015), Research Engineer II (2015-2019), and Senior Research Engineer (July 2019) in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n

Honors and Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow (2025)<\/li>\n
  2. AIAA Associate Fellow (Class of 2025)<\/li>\n
  3. Stanley I. Weiss Outstanding Thesis Award in Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, USA, 2013.<\/li>\n
  4. Hassan Aref Memorial Award for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, UIUC, USA, 2012.<\/li>\n
  5. Louis J. Larson Fellowship in Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, USA, 2010 \u2013 2011.<\/li>\n
  6. Fred B. Seely Fellowship in Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, USA, 2009 \u2013 2010.<\/li>\n
  7. Notional Award for Academic Excellence, IITK, India, 2002 \u2013 2003 & 2001 \u2013 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Seminal Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. J. Bowers, E. Durant, and R. Ranjan, “Effects of Pressure and Characteristic Scales on the Structural and Statistical Features of Methane\/Air Turbulent Premixed Flames<\/strong>“, Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 113, 481-517, 2024<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    2. V. R. Hasti, and R. Ranjan, “High-fidelity numerical simulation of longitudinal thermoacoustic instability in a high-pressure subscale rocket combustor”, Aerospace Science and Technology, 154, 2024<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    3. R. Ranjan, and S. Menon, “Two level simulation of Schmidt number effect on passive scalar transport in wall-bounded turbulent flows<\/strong>“, Physics of Fluids 33 (3), 035124, 2021.<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. R. Ranjan, M. Venkataswamy, and S. Menon<\/em>, \u201cDynamic one-equation-based subgrid model for large-eddy simulation of stratified turbulent flows<\/strong>“, Physical Review Fluids, 5 (6), 064601, 2020<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    5. R. Ranjan, and S. Menon<\/em>, \u201cVorticity, backscatter and counter-gradient transport predictions using two-level simulation of highly turbulent flows<\/strong>“, Journal of Turbulence, 19, 334-364, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    6. R. Ranjan, B. Muralidharan & S. Menon<\/em>, \u201cSubgrid-scale modeling of reaction-diffusion and scalar transport in turbulent premixed flames<\/strong>“, Combustion Science and Technology, 188, 1496-1537, 2016<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    7. S. Srinivasan, R. Ranjan\u00a0and S. Menon<\/em>, \u201cFlame holding dynamics during combustion instability in a shear-coaxial injector combustor<\/strong>“, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 94, 237-262, 2014<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    8. R. Ranjan, and S. Menon<\/em>, \u201cA multi-scale large-eddy simulation method for high Reynolds number wall-bounded turbulent flows<\/strong>“, Journal of Turbulence, 14, 1-38, 2013\u00a0<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    9. R. Ranjan, and C. Pantano<\/em>, \u201cA collocated method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations inspired by the Box scheme<\/strong>“, Journal of Computational Physics, 232, 346-382, 2013<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    10. R. Ranjan, C. Pantano, and P. Fischer<\/em>, \u201cDirect simulation of turbulent swept flow over a wire in a channel<\/b>“, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 651, 165-209, 2010.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

      Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. AIAA Associate Fellow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Member, AIAA Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee (2024-)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Member, AIAA Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee (2021-2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Member, APS (2008-)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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