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Prashant Khare
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School of Aerospace Engineering
E-mail: Prashant.Khare@gatech.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~pkhare3
Atlanta GA 30332-0150
Google Scholar ID: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CXEDgc0AAAAJ
Multiphase fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, hydrodynamic instabilities, combustion.
• Seven years of research experience in numerical modeling of multi-phase fluid dynamics
and combustion phenomena, demonstrating capability to perform independent research.
• Two years of industry experience, showing effective leadership and team player qualities.
• Research and professional experience working in highly competitive multicultural
environments in Asia, Europe and North America.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Education Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
Ph.D. Candidate, Aerospace Engineering GPA: 4.0/4.0 December, 2013
• Thesis Title: “Breakup of Liquid Droplets”
• Specialization: Combustion and propulsion, with concentration on computational and
theoretical multi-phase, multi-scale fluid dynamics, and combustion, using high
performance computing techniques
• Minor: Mathematics
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
M.S., Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.96/4.0 May, 2009
• Thesis Title: “Decomposition and Ignition of HAN-based Monopropellants using
Electrolysis”
• Specialization: Fluid and thermal sciences, with concentration on green propellants
National Institute of Technology (NIT)
Calicut, India
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering (Graduated with distinction) May, 2005
• Thesis Title: “Investigation of Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in a Rectangular Duct
with Segmented Baffles”
Honors and
Awards
Research
Experience
• William Robert Marshall Best Paper Award: Most significant contribution to
ILASS-Americas 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems,
May 2012.
• Recipient of Student International Travel Assistance Award by ILASS Americas to attend
ICLASS 2012 in Heidelberg, Germany ($2000). (Total of 10 researchers selected from
North and South America)
• Received several conference travel awards of $500 from SGA & COE, Georgia Tech.
• The Space Shuttle: An Engineering Milestone. Essay selected for publication in the
Proceedings of the Space Shuttle Symposium, June 2011, Atlanta, GA.
School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech
Atlanta GA
Graduate Research Assistant
Jan. 2009-present
Advisor: Prof. Vigor Yang
Fundamental research on gelled hypergolic propellants for space propulsion
• Explored detailed physics and developed generalized correlations for breakup of
Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid droplets using a volume-of-fluid (VOF) based
direct numerical simulation (DNS) approach.
• Developed three-way coupling to model sprays with large eddy simulation (LES) to
incorporate the effect of finite particle size on the flow field.

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Research
Experience
Contd.
Propulsion Engineering Research Center, Penn State
University Park, PA
Graduate Research Assistant Dec. 2007-Dec. 2008
Advisor: Prof. Vigor Yang
Decomposition and ignition of green, ionic liquid propellants
• Numerically modeled electrolytic and thermal ignition of liquid ionic propellant,
hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN), for micro-propulsion, using a constant pressure,
homogeneous reactor model.
• Assembled and successfully used a new combustion kinetics model for HAN.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut
Calicut, India
Undergraduate Researcher Jan. 2004-April 2005
Advisors: Prof. S. S. Gokhale and Prof. C. B. Sobhan
Gas dynamics and heat transfer studies
• Conducted extensive numerical studies on gas dynamics inside a converging-diverging
nozzle at differing inlet conditions (concentric inlets at different operating conditions)
using an in-house code.
• Numerically modeled turbulent heat transfer and fluid flow inside a CPU.
Peer Reviewed
Publications
P. Khare, D. Ma, X. Chen & V. Yang. Breakup of Liquid Droplets. Proceedings of ICLASS
2012, 12th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems,
September 2012, Heidelberg, Germany.
Drag Coefficient of Deforming Liquid Droplets (In preparation for J. Fluid Mechanics).
Breakup of Newtonian Liquid Droplets (In preparation for J. Fluid Mechanics).
Decomposition and Ignition of HAN-based Monopropellant (In preparation for Combust.
Sci. Tech.).
Conference
Publications
(non-peer
reviewed)
P. Khare & V. Yang. Drag Coefficients of Deforming and Fragmenting Liquid Droplets.
ILASS-Americas, 25th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, May
2013, Pittsburgh, PA.
P. Khare, D. Ma, X. Chen & V. Yang. Breakup and Dynamics of Liquid Droplets. ILASS-
Americas, 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, May 2012,
San Antonio, TX.
P. Khare, D. Ma, X. Chen & V. Yang. Phenomenology of Secondary Breakup of Newtonian
Liquid Droplets. 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2012, Nashville, TN.
X. Chen, D. Ma, P. Khare & V. Yang. Detailed Physics of Binary Droplet Collision. 7th
US National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2011, Atlanta, GA.
X. Chen, D. Ma, P. Khare & V. Yang. Energy and Mass Transfer during Binary Droplet
Collision. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2011, Orlando, FL.
D. Ma, X. Chen, P. Khare & V. Yang. Atomization and breakup characteristics of liquid
sheets formed by two impinging jets. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2011,
Orlando, FL.
H. Meng, P. Khare, G.A. Risha, R.A. Yetter & V. Yang. Decomposition and Ignition
of HAN-Based Monopropellant by Electrolysis. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting,
January 2009, Orlando, FL.

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Presentations
P. Khare. Deformation and Breakup of Liquid Droplets. Brown Bag Presentation, School
of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, February 2012, Atlanta, GA.
(Poster Presentation) P. Khare & V. Yang. Breakup of Liquid Droplets. Georgia Tech
Research Innovation Conference, February 2012, Atlanta, GA.
(Video Presentation) X. Chen, P. Khare, D. Ma & V. Yang. Impinging Jets and Droplet
Dynamics. 64th APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 2011, Baltimore, MD.
P. Khare & N. Srivastava. Analysis of Solidification Process Using FEM. at TECHNEX-
2005, IT BHU, Varanasi, U.P., India.
P. Khare & N. Srivastava. Governing Equation of Incompressible Flow; Revisiting the
Navier-Stokes Equation. at APOGEE-2004, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
P. Khare. Introduction to Large Eddy Simulation; Case study: Unsteady Flow Over a
Biconvex Airfoil. 2004, Seminar, NIT Calicut, India.
Book Reviews
(Peer Reviewed)
Professional
Experience
Professional
Memberships
P. Khare. Ten Chapters in Turbulence, 2013, Contemporary Physics.
Alstom Projects India Limited
Lead Engineer - Power plant arrangement & piping July 2005-July 2007
NHON TRACH: 450MW
New Delhi, India
• Lead Stress Analyst: successfully led and advised a team of four engineers, which
analyzed the complete power piping of the power plant, in compliance with the power
piping code, ASME B31.1.
• Developed Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) and acted as the Smart
Plant P&ID administrator.
Sohar: 1000MW
Belfort, France & New Delhi, India
• As a team member, performed stress analysis & 3D modeling.
• Developed Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) and acted as the Smart
Plant P&ID administrator.
Combustion Institute
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Physical Society
Life member - The Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems - Americas.
Service Activities • Book Reviewer: Contemporary Physics, Taylor & Francis.
• Judge: GT Capstone Design Expo, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2013.
• Judge: Undergraduate Research Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, April
2013.
• Reviewer: President’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), Georgia Institute of
Technology- Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
Computer
Proficiency
Operating Systems: Linux, UNIX, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, MS DOS
Programming Languages: FORTRAN 90/95, C, C++
Engineering Software: L A TEX, Tecplot, ParaView, Blender, Gambit, CHEMKIN, Fluent,
Gerris, Cantera, Gridgen, MATLAB, PDMS, Mathematica, MS Office, SmartPlant
P&ID.