I am Venkata Sai Sushant Paturu but the people refer to me as Sushant. I am a second-year master's student in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe Campus. My thesis project is the DNS of particle-laden turbulence jets under the mentorship of Prof. Gokul Pathikonda and Prof. Mohamed Kasbaoui. I'm also a part-time graduate intern in the Wet Etch department at the Intel Ocotillo Site in Arizona. My current research interests span the areas of Experimental and Computational Analysis of fluid flows and thermal and energy systems. I am also interested in the thermal and energy aspects of the design of various systems. Also, one of the fields of interest apart from mechanical engineering is Astronomy, Space Exploration and Space Travel Systems.
I have done my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2018. Prior to starting off my master's, I worked in a manufacturing company dealing with projects in the areas of thermal, fluid and energy sciences, improving product quality and process performance. In my free time, I usually play keyboard, read articles and books on science, space and technology and visit space observatories and planetariums.
- Graduate Student (MS) in Mechanical Engineering, ASU Tempe, 2023
- B Tech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2018
My current interests span various areas of mechanical and aerospace engineering:
- Experimental and Computational Fluid Mechanics Analysis
- Thermal and Energy Systems Design
- Astronomy and Space Exploration Systems
- System, Process and Data Optimization
I'm in the research group Complex Mixing and Advance Turbulence Group led by Dr Gokul Pathikonda.
I am working on my thesis on direct numerical simulation (DNS) and experimental verification of Particle-Laden Turbulent Jets in this research group. In this thesis project, I intend to simulate the jet with particles into the stationery fluid reservoir and observe the mixing pattern of the fluids.
During the summer break, as a self-interest project, I simulated the CFD simulations of the PLIF experiment with a convergence error of less than 1%, merging the concepts taught in the courses on Computational Fluid Dynamics (MAE 561) & Experimental methods of thermal and fluid Processes (MAE 504).
- Member of Graduate College Student Advisory Panel - Nov 2021 to Present
- Associate Placement Coordinator, Placement Team, IIT Bombay - Aug 2016 to Dec 2016
- Student In-charge, GRA IIT Bombay - Jul 2015 to May 2016
- Activity Associate, NSS IIT Bombay - Jul 2015 to May 2016
- Graduate Technical Intern in Wet Etch - Intel Ocotillo, Arizona, USA - July 2022 to April 2023
- Process Engineer - 3B The Fibreglass Company, Goa, India - July 2018 to July 2021
- Financial Analyst Intern - Greetude Energy Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India - May 2017 to July 2017
- Product Developer Intern - Quantum Phinance Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India - May 2016 to Jul 2016