Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Ishwar Puri

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Professor & Department Head

223-A Norris Hall
MC 0219
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540/231-3243
esmhead@vt.edu

http://www.esm.vt.edu/~ikpuri/

Interests:

Microfluidics; nanofluidics; ferrofluids; targeted drug delivery; transport phenomena; nanostructure synthesis; self assembly; terascale computations; flames and combustion; sustainable energy solutions

Education:

1987 PhD, Engineering Science (Applied Mechanics), University of California, San Diego
1984 MS, Engineering Science (Applied Mechanics), University of California, San Diego
1982 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delhi (Delhi College of Engineering)

Honors & Awards:

2005 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2002 CIC Academic Leadership Program Fellow. 2002. (The Academic Leadership Program is designed to develop the leadership and managerial skills of faculty on CIC campuses who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise. The CIC is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago.)
2000 Faculty Research Award, UIC College of Engineering.
2000 Teaching Recognition Program Award, UIC Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
2000 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
1998 Distinguished Guest, Institute for Energy Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH–Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland. (Invitation extended by the Swiss Leonard Euler Center of the European Research Community of Fluid Turbulence and Combustion – ERCOFTAC). March 7 - 13, 1998. March 29 - April 2, 1999.
1993 American Association for the Advancement of Science–Environmental Protection Agency (AAAS–EPA) Environmental Fellow, Summer, 1993. (Fellows at EPA work in offices throughout the Agency. The program includes an orientation on congressional and executive branch operations, with special emphasis on environmental issues and topics relating to science, technology and public policy.)
1992 Fellow, NASA/Stanford University Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Summer 1992.
1991 Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Cambridge, England, Summer 1991.
1976 National Science Talent Scholar Award, Government of India.

Professional Service:

Service

·      ASME K-11 Committee on Fire and Combustion; K-Committee Organizer for the 2004 IMECE MEETING.

·      Central States Section of The Combustion Institute, Board Member, 2002-2003.

Experience

Virginia Tech

2004–        Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.

2004–          Head, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.

University of Illinois at Chicago

1999–04    Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

2001–04      Executive Associate Dean of Engineering.

2001–04      Director, Center for International Engineering Education and Research

2000–04      Professor of Chemical Engineering (Joint Appointment), Department of Chemical Engineering.

2000–01      Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering.

1999–00      Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Programs.

1994–99    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

1994–97      Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Programs.

1991–94    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

1990–91    Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

University of California, San Diego

1987–90    Assistant Research Engineer (1988–90) and Postdoctoral Research Engineer (1987–88), Center for Energy and Combustion Research, Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Recent Publications:

  1. Ganguly, R., Sen, S., and Puri, I.K., Thermomagnetic Convection in a Square Enclosure Using a Line-Dipole, Physics of Fluids, 16, 2228-2236, 2004
  2. Arana, C. , Pontoni, M., Sen, S., and Puri, I. K, Field Measurements of Soot Volume Fractions in Laminar Partially Premixed Coflow Ethylene/Air Flames, Combustion and Flame, 138, 362-372, 2004
  3. Qin, X., Puri, I. K., Aggarwal, S. K., and Katta, V. R, Gravity, Radiation and Coflow Effects On Partially Premixed Flames, Physics of Fluids, 16, 2963-2974, 2004
  4. Banerjee, S., Sanyal, D., Sen, S., and Puri, I.K., A Methodology to Control Direct Fired Furnaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 47, 5247-5256, 2004
  5. De, A. K., Mukhopadhyay A., Sen, S., and Puri, I. K., Numerical Simulation of Early Stages of Oxide Formation in Molten Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys in a Reverberatory Furnace, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12, 389-406, 2004
Full listing

Facilities:

Multiphysics Research Group

CoursesTaught:

ESM 5944 Seminar Fall 2009
ESM 4304 Hemodynamics Spring 2009
ESM 5305 Cardiovas Mechanics Spring 2009
ESM 5944 Seminar Fall 2008
ESM 4304 Hemodynamics Spring 2008
ESM 5305 Cardiovas Mechanics Spring 2008
ESM 5994 Research and Thesis Spring 2008
ESM 7994 Research and Dissertation Spring 2008
ESM 5944 Seminar Fall 2007
ESM 5994 Research and Thesis Fall 2007
ESM 7994 Research and Dissertation Fall 2007
ESM 4984 SS: Intro Comput Moleculr Model Spring 2007
ESM 5944 Seminar Spring 2007
ESM 5984 SS: Intro Comput Moleculr Model Spring 2007
ESM 5994 Research and Thesis Spring 2007
ESM 7994 Research and Dissertation Spring 2007
ESM 4984 SS: Intro to Cell Mechanics Fall 2006
ESM 5944 Seminar Fall 2006
ESM 5984 SS: Intro to Cell Mechanics Fall 2006
ESM 5944 Seminar Spring 2006
ESM 5944 Seminar Fall 2005
ESM 5944 Seminar Spring 2005