Dr. Sutanu Sarkar

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Biography

Sutanu Sarkar received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University in 1988. Since then, he has spent a significant portion of his career contributing to the fields of computational fluid dynamics and multi-scale flow problems. In 1992, he became a staff scientist at the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE) at NASA Langley Research Center. He has been a faculty member at the Jacobs School of Engineering since 1993. His research involves applying modern computational science techniques to predict turbulence, pollutant transport, and wake dynamics related to submersibles and turbines. His interests also include high-speed aeronautics, propulsion, combustion, and aero-acoustics. Throughout his career, he has developed turbulence models widely used in commercial thermofluids applications. His accolades include the NASA Group Achievement Award in 1994, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize from the Humboldt Foundation in 2001, being elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2006, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2010, and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2010.

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Experience

Professor

1993-01-01 — Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Faculty member at the Jacobs School of Engineering, focusing on computational fluid dynamics and related research.

Awards

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NASA Group Achievement Award

1994-01-01
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize

2001-01-01
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Fellow of the American Physical Society

2006-01-01
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Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2010-01-01
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Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

2010-01-01

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Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).