Dr. Camli Badrya was born and raised in a small village in the green Carmel Mountains in Israel, and from an early age was curious about engineering and aviation. She earned her B.Sc. from the Technion in Aerospace Engineering and received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue her master’s degree in the United States. In 2011 Camli arrived at Maryland, and, after completing her master’s degree, she went on to pursue a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. During her graduate studies, Camli worked with Dr. James Baeder and used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools to investigate the aerodynamic principles behind bio-inspired flapping wing flight. In 2015, she was recognized with an Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award. After completing her Phd studies (2017), she was fully involved in research and teaching, as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Maryland, College Park and University of Colorado Boulder focusing on unsteady flow and gust response at low Reynolds numbers. In June 2019, she joined the Institute of Fluid Mechanics (Institut für Strömungsmechanik) at TU Braunschweig as a junior research group lead of “Flow Physics of Laminar Wing and Fuselage".
She believes in diversity and equal opportunities for both women and minorities in academia and especially in STEM majors. In her free time she likes to read books, travel and hike.
My name is Michelangelo Corelli Grappadelli, I’m from Italy, and the passion of flying machines is the first memory that I can think of. I studied Aerospace engineering in Politecnico di Milano, where I did my Master of Science in Aerodynamics completed with a thesis in Experimental Aerodynamics. I worked for two different companies but I was definitely missing the lack of the research applied to Aeronautics. This is why now I’m here, in TU Braunschweig, doing the PhD.
My hobbies are aeromodelling and swimming.
Adarsh Prasannakumar, born in one of the most beautiful state in India called Kerala. He completed his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from TKM College of Engineering under Kerala University in 2014. He followed his passion in fluid mechanics and completed Masters in Engineering Mechanics from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2017 with a thesis in CFD modelling of crystal growth process which was funded by Defence Research and Development Organisation, New Delhi, India. Thereafter he has close to two-year experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics at Mercedes Benz Research and Development India working on ports and piston shape optimisation of internal combustion engines.
From September 2019 he is working as Doctoral researcher in Junior Research Group of “Flow Physics of Laminar wing and Fuselage” at Institute of Fluid Mechanics, T U Braunschweig which involves the design of the laminar flow control wing with suction.
His free time mostly involves playing football or travelling to new places that involves some adventure sports activities.
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
Hi, I am Samarth Kakkar. I was born and raised in the famous architectural city of Chandigarh in India. During my childhood, I developed a passion for Jet Engines which motivated me to pursue my bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Punjab Engineering College (PEC) in Chandigarh, India. Following my interests, I pursued an internship in the field of computational fluid dynamics applied to aerodynamic and propeller flows during my bachelor's at Newspace Research and Technologies, Bangalore, one of the leading UAV startups in India. I did my bachelor's thesis in propeller design for slow-flying quadcopters. After my bachelor's, I moved to the Netherlands to pursue my master's in the field of energy, flow and process technology from TU Delft. In my master's thesis, I worked in the interdisciplinary field of scientific machine learning (SciML) applied to fluid flows, where my goal was to develop a deep learning pipeline for instantaneous flow field evaluations on varying airfoil geometries using auto-encoders coupled with phyics-informed neural networks (PINNs).
For my doctoral thesis at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and the Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures, TU Braunschweig, I am working on the aero-structural optimization of the wings and the aerodynamic design of the fuselage for a hydrogen-powered aircraft under the H2AVIA collaboration.
Alexander was born in a village in lower saxony in Germany. He studied mechanical engineering with focus on aerospace sciences at RWTH Aachen, where he earned his bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. In 2016, he then moved to TU Braunschweig as a PhD student in the group of Prof. Radespiel. The topic of his PhD studies is the unsteady interaction of afterbody and jet flow on a generic space launcher. Since September 2020, Alexander is joining the group of “Flow Physics of Laminar wing and Fuselage”, where he is dealing with the quantification of uncertainties for boundary layer suction as well as designing an accurate flow meter for mass flow measurements. This research is a part of the ALVAR project.
In his free time, Alexander enjoys cycling and climbing.
Fabian and is a native of Achim near Bremen. He has been interested in technology and natural sciences since childhood. This fascination continues through his school years and his studies to this day. He completed his Bachelor in Mechanical and Production Engineering B. Eng. he completed in the form of a dual study program at Bremen University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Airbus. After completing his bachelor's degree, he was given the opportunity to deepen his knowledge with a master's degree in aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig. Since the dual master's program is linked to a position in flight physics at Airbus in Bremen, writing a student research project at the ISM was a natural choice. His work on the optimization of wing profiles with Hybrid Laminar Flow Control (HLFC), allows him to get a deeper insight into aerodynamics, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) and numerical flow analysis.
In his spare time, Fabian volunteers in youth activities at his local shooting club, and enjoys sports ranging from running and fitness to cycling and swimming. Otherwise, he spends his time gaming, hanging out with friends, reading thrillers or fantasy books, or attending concerts and music festivals.
My name is Andrés Lopez Pulzovan. I am an aeronautical engineering student from the National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina. During my studies, I have been involved with an experimental rocketry group and a 3D printing service startup company. I have worked on several freelance mechatronics projects before working as an engineering analyst in a medical devices company. In 2019, I was awarded a DAAD KOSPIE scholarship, and therefore I'm joining the "Physics of Laminar Wing and Fuselage", where I'll be conducting experimental work.
My hobbies are bike riding and drone flying.
My name is Janis Geise, I’m studying mechanical engineering in my bachelor’s degree at the TU Braunschweig. During my studies I got interested in aerodynamics, therefore I’m writing my thesis at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics about the design and optimization of airfoils for hybrid laminar flow control applications. After my bachelor's, I plan on doing my master's study in aerospace engineering with a focus on aerodynamics.
In my free time I like to do sports, especially climbing and fighting sports.
Deekshitha Kancharla was born and raised in southern part of India. She has a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical engineering. Her interest in the field of Computational fluid dynamics motivated her to move to Germany where she is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Computational sciences engineering at TU Braunschweig. She is working on “Coupled TAU solver with linear stability analysis of airfoil for HLFC application” under the guidance of Dr. Camli Badrya at the Institute of fluid mechanics.
She enjoys reading books, sports and Indian Carnatic music in her free time.