Vagesh D. Narasimhamurthy

01/2024 - present	Professor at Fluid Mechanics Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
02/2016 - 12/2023	Associate Professor at Fluid Mechanics Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
08/2011 - 01/2016	Senior Research Engineer at GexCon AS, Christian Michelsen Research (CMR), Bergen, Norway
10/2008 - 07/2011	Post Doctoral Researcher at Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
09/2002 - 05/2003	Research Assistant at Department of Materials Engineering (formerly Dept. of Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Ph. D. in Fluids Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway Thesis title: Wake dynamics of flow past tapered bluff bodies Advisor: Prof. Helge I. Andersson; Co-advisor: Prof. Bjornar Pettersen Examiner 1: Prof. Charles H. K. Williamson, Cornell University, USA Examiner 2: Prof. Arne E. Holdo, Coventry University, UK	10/2008
M. S. in Computational and Experimental Turbulence with Distinction from Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), Gothenburg, Sweden Thesis title: Unsteady-RANS simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow Advisor: Prof. Lars Davidson; Mentor: Prof. William K. George	12/2004
B. E. in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction from Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT), Bangalore, India	06/2002

"Computational fluid dynamic investigation of the behavior of interacting aerosol plumes in dense urban traffic", ICSR-IITM, 2022-24, Grant sum - 1.0 Million INR (Co-PI).
"Modeling hydrogen explosions for improving hydrogen safety", American Express India Private Limited, 2022-24, Grant sum - 1.236 Million INR (PI).
"Transition to turbulence in rough Couette flows", DST-SERB, 2019-23, Grant sum - 2.677 Million INR (PI).
"DNS of porous bluff-body wakes", ICSR-IITM, 2018-2022, Grant sum - 3.087 Million INR (PI).
"Shear-layer instabilities in the wake of normal plates", DST-SERB, 2019-21, Grant sum - 1.92 Million INR (PI).
"Airblast injector development for next generation engine", GTRE, 2017-24, Grant sum - 24.3 Million INR (Co-PI).
"Project CO2PipeHaz", European Commission 7th Framework Programme (FP7), 2011-13; Grant sum - 2.7 Million Euros (Co-PI).

Research fellowship from NFR (The Research Council of Norway), Oslo, Norway (2005 - 11).
Graduate scholarship from STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education), Stockholm, Sweden (2003 - 04).
Certificate of merit for securing first position in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Bangalore, India (1998 - 99).

Foundation of Fluid Mechanics (AM2530) at IITM (fall 2020).
Turbulence modeling (AM5640) at IITM (fall 2017, 2018, 2019; spring 2022, 2023, 2024).
Introduction to Turbulence (AM5570) at IITM (spring 2017, 2018, 2020).
Engineering Mechanics (AM1100) at IITM (fall 2016, 2024; spring 2019, 2021).
Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (AM5630) at IITM (spring 2016, fall 2022, 2023).
Teaching associate for Turbulent Flows course (TEP4112) at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, spring 2011.

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course, Mountain Goat Software, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015.
Gas explosion science course, GexCon Academy, Bergen, Norway, 2012.
Gas explosion hazards on offshore facilities - An advanced course, GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2011.
FLACS (gas dispersion and explosion CFD solver) training course, GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2011.
NOWITECH - NORCOWE workshop on wind and wake modelling, Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy, Bergen, Norway, 2011.
Vortex induced vibrations, Norwegian Deepwater Program and Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, Trondheim, Norway, 2010.
Instabilities in shear flows, EPSRC Indo-European Network on Advanced Instability Methods, Bangalore, India, 2010.
Dynamics of the flow past a bluff-body, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy, 2006.
Direct and large-eddy simulation (DLES), European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (ERCOFTAC), Poitiers, France, 2005.

Member, Library Advisory Committee (LAC), IIT Madras (2023-present).
Member, Committee for the re-organisation of shops and its premises of Food Court, Office of the Dean of Administration, IIT Madras (2023-2024).
Chairperson, Events & Prices, Saarang Steering Committee, Office of the Dean of Students, IIT Madras (2023).
Member, Finance and Purchase Committee, Dept. Applied Mech (2021-present).
Member, Post-doctoral committee, Dept. Applied Mech (2022-present).
Election Officer, Faculty Association, IIT Madras (2022).
Member, Board of academic research (BAR), IIT Madras (2020-2022).
Member, Institution of MS research awards committee, Office of the Dean of Academic Research, IIT Madras (2021).
Member, Theses awards selection committee, Dept. Applied Mech (2020).
Member, Pandemic management committee, Dept. Applied Mech (2020 - 2021).
Member, Department space committee, Dept. Applied Mech (2018 - 2019).
Member, Department review planning committee, Dept. Applied Mech (2020 - 2021).
Dept. representative for High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility at IIT Madras (2016 - 2018).
Member, MTech evaluation committee (MEC), Dept. Applied Mech. (2017 - 2019).
MTech faculty advisor, Dept. Applied Mech. (2017 - 2019).
Department computational facility (DCF) in-charge (2017 - 2019).