Ongoing PhD Student Recruitment  |  Presentation of Current and Future Research Projects

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis, August 2022 - current
  R. Eugene Smith Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Sept. 2022 – Aug. 2023)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis, August 2016 – 2022
  UMRF Ventures Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Sept. 2020-Aug. 2022)
  R. Eugene Smith Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Sept. 2021 – Aug. 2022)
  US Dept of Energy EARLY CAREER Award 2020 https://science.osti.gov/early-career
• Visiting Academic Fellow, Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, University Paris XIII, July 1 – 20, 2018.
• Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, August 2015 to July 2016
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, October 2014 to July 2015.
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, September 2013 to September 2014.

 

Educational Background:

• Ph. D., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, U. S. A., August 2013.
• Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. May 2008.

 

Scholarly Interests:

• Transport processes in gas-phase systems (aerosols, dusty plasmas and ionized gases)
• High concentration aerosol generation using ultrasonic dispersion of powders
• Aerosol Impact Consolidation method for producing ceramic thin films

 

 

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For prospective graduate assistants and postdoctoral applicants: If you would like to know more details about current projects in my group, feel free to contact me at rgplkrsh@memphis.edu. If you are seeking graduate assistant/postdoc positions, state "PhD/Postdoc applicant for Summer/Fall/Spring 20xx" in the subject line.