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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: Monday 1:00pm-2:00pm or
Thursday 8:30am-9:30am

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