About me

Welcome! I'm a Post-Doctoral Associate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2020.
My research is in the field of computational dispersed multiphase flows. Currently, I am leading the research effort on the multiscale modeling of molten sand depostion in gas turbine engines. I am currently investigating the deposition, surface wettability and infiltration of molten sand (CMAS) on thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) of gas turbine engines to aid the development of funtionalized coatings for future platforms. For this, many-body dissipative particle dynamics (mDPD) and Euler-Lagrange methods are being used. Previously as part of my doctoral thesis, I investigated the efficacy of point-particle drag models and the development of shock-driven multiphase instabilities in dense particle beds using Euler-Lagrange (EL) framework.
Besides work, I enjoy travel, hiking and reading books (mostly history!).