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Pursuing his interest in flight physics and fluid dynamics, Anand Sudhi earned his bachelor's in aeronautical engineering from Anna University, India and went on to work as a Research assistant at Hypersonic lab of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). He worked on aerothermodynamics of reentry vehicles under Prof. Krishnendu Sinha studying the effects of chemical reactions behind a shock wave on the heat shield. He was awarded the DAAD scholarship and completed his Master’s in Aerospace Engineering under a joint program by Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His master’s thesis work was on using overset mesh and kinematic models to predict the performance characteristics of a swimmer during the dive phase of competitive swimming. He later joined NTU as a research associate studying smoke dynamics and its control for future underground cities.
Renewing his passion for flight physics, Anand Sudhi joined the SE2A Ph.D. program studying the physics of boundary layer transition. He aims to study the instability propagation in boundary layer transition in transonic flows and use Boundary Layer Suction (BLS) to maintain a stable laminar flow over the wing. Such an approach is projected to have close to 50% reduction in overall aircraft drag.
In his free time, Anand likes to read nonfiction works in politics and histories, like the works by Steven Pinker and Yuval Noah Harari. Also, he enjoys Sci-fi Novels of Isaac Asimov and Neal Stephenson. Other interests include gadgets, gaming and aimless hiking in the countryside. His perspective in research is summarized in the following quote:
“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art” – Will Durant