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Ramkumar Parthasarathy

Ramkumar Parthasarathy

Ramkumar Parthasarathy

AME Director & Professor

Email: rparthasarathy@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-1735
Office: Felgar Hall 211A
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30a-12:00p and
Wednesday 1:50p-2:50p or by appointment

Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering (1989)
The University of Michigan
M.S., Mechanical Engineering (1985)
Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1984)
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Research Focus

  • Turbulent multiphase flows
  • Spray and gas-jet break-up
  • Hydrodynamic stability
  • Rotating flows

Experience and Awards

  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Presidential Professor
  • Alumni Teaching Award, University of Oklahoma, 2008
  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Presidential Professorship Award, University of Oklahoma, 2008
  • Regent's Award for Superior Teaching, University of Oklahoma, 2006
  • L.A. Comp Outstanding Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Sigma Gamma Tau, University of Oklahoma, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • BP-Amoco Good Teaching Award, University of Oklahoma, 1999
  • Tom J. Love Outstanding Professor in Mechanical Engineering Award, Pi Tau Sigma, University of Oklahoma, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001
  • Outstanding Professor, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1997
  • Distinguished Lectureship Award, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1997
  • Distinguished Achievement Award, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1988
  • Listed in the 4th and 5th editions of Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Courses
  • Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Aerodynamics
  • Compressible Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
  • Wind Tunnel Laboratory
  • Aerospace Propulsion Systems

Graduate Courses

  • Turbulence
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Viscous Fluid Flow
  • Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamic Stability
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • American Physical Society
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  • Sigma Gamma Tau, Aerospace Honor Society