Premchand CP

About

I am Premchand. Post doctoral research associate at University of Tennessee Space Institute. Working on 100% hydrogen-air swirl stabilized flames.

Basic Information

Email:

premchand.iitb@gmail.com

Phone:

+1 (931) 571-1692

Address:

B.H. Goethert Parkway, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, U.S.A

Language:

Malayalam, Tamil, English, Hindi

Honors/Awards/Certifications

2025

Recipient of the 2025 Turbo Expo Early Career Engineer Award (TEECE) from the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of ASME.

University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI)

2021

Recipient of the 2021 Student Advisory Committee Travel Award (SACTA) from the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of ASME.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)

2020 - present

Reviewer in Physics of Fluids, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science and student reviewer as a part of Student Paper Review Initiative for Turbo Expo 2021.

2021

Served as the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) student liaison for the Combustion, Fuels & Emissions Committee at ASME Turbo Expo 2021.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)

2016 - 2021

Received fellowships (Teaching Assistantship through Project) from the IRCC, IIT Bombay for direct Ph.D. programme (2016 - 2021). Grant Number: 16IRCCSG006

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)

2015, 2016

Achieved a percentile score of 99.95 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) entrance exams for Aerospace Engineering in both 2015 and 2016.

Professional Skills

Python

85%

Matlab

85%

Optical flow diagnostics

80%

Computational softwares

70%

Work Experience

Sept 2023 - Present

Post Doctoral Research Associate

University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI)

Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

Senior Research Fellow

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)

Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

Post Doctoral Fellow

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)

Jul 2016 - Mar 2021

Teaching Assistantship (through Project)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)

Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

Project Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M)

Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Apprentiseship Trainee

Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDO-GTRE, Bengaluru)

Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

Internship

ISRO-Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC)

Education

Jul 2016 - Feb 2022

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy (direct Ph.D.)

Indian Instite of Technology Bombay (IITB)

Aug 2010 - May 2014

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering

Anna University (PCET-Coimbatore), Chennai, India

References

Prof. Vineeth Nair

Associate professor

Prof. Vineeth Nair is my doctoral advisor and instructor for the course "Introduction to thermoacoustics".

www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~vineeth/
Email: vineeth@aero.iitb.ac.in

Prof. R. I. Sujith

Institute Professor and D. Srinivasan Institute Chair Professor

Prof. R. I. Sujith is one of our research collaborators. We have collaborated in projects focusing on thermoacoustic and aeroacoustic systems.

www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~sujith/
Email: sujith@iitm.ac.in

Prof. A.M. Pradeep

Professor

Prof. A. M. Pradeep is a member of my Ph. D. Research Progress Committee and Post-doctoral Progress Committee at IIT Bombay.

www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~ampradeep/
Email: ampradeep@aero.iitb.ac.in

Prof. Paul Palies

Associate Professor

I am currently working with Prof. Palies as a Post Doctoral Research Associate. We are working on fully premixed hydrogen based swirl stabilized combustor.

www.utsi.edu/people/faculty/paul-palies/
Email: ppalies@utk.edu

Contact Me

Feel free to contact me

Address

B.H. Goethert Parkway, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, U.S.A

Phone

+1 (931) 571-1692

Email

premchand.iitb@gmail.com