Presently, I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. I am specializing in Hypersonic Aerodyanics and Propulsion. I recived Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineerign from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India in 2021. My PhD work was focused on numerical and experimental analysis on combustion of the multicomponent droplet.
I have received my masters (M. Tech) in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Turbomachines from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2013 and bachelors from The Aeronautical Society of India, New Delhi in 2011 in Aeronautical Engineering.
Syam S.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA- 44106
syam008sasidharan@gmail.com
syam007sasidharan@gmail.com
PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Specialization: Propulsion
Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Mechanical Engineering
Specialization: Turbomachines
Bachelor of Engineering (Equivalent) in Aeronautical Engineering
Specialization: Aeromechanical Stream
• July 2013 - June 2018
Recipient of MHRD Fellowship during PhD
• July 2011 - July 2013
Recipient of MHRD Fellowship during M. Tech
• 2011
Secured All India Rank 58 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Aerospace Engineering (AE)
Design and Optimization of High-Pressure Ratio Airfoils for Axial Flow Compressors
A Review on Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction
Syam, S., Jou, J., Schmidt, B.E., & Howard, N. S. (2025). "Real-Time Measurement of Particulate Concentration: Laser Surgery with Jet Ventilation", Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (Submitted).
Syam, S., Jou, J., Schmidt, B.E., & Howard, N. S. (2025). "Real-Time Measurement of Particulate Concentration: Laser Surgery with Jet Ventilation", Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (Submitted).
Jou, J., Syam, S., Marouf, A., Schroeder, A. N., Howard, N. S., & Schmidt, B.E. (2025). "Evaluation of Aerosol-Laden Plumes Generated by Jet Ventilation Using Background Oriented Schlieren", Laryngoscope, 135 (10), 3795–3803. doi:10.1002/lary.32354
Syam, S., Jassal, G. R., & Schmidt, B. E. (2025). "An experimental investigation on the effect of laser energy deposition in an over-expanded jet", Experiments in Fluids, 66, 82. doi:10.1007/s00348-025-04008-x
Joarder, R., Vellala, S. L., Singh, A. P., Syam, S., Padhi, U. P., & Choudhury, S. P. (2021). "On the radiative heat loss and axis-switching phenomena of a decaying laser spark", Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30, 015011. doi:10.1088/1361-6595/abd381
Rao, D. C. K., Syam, S., Karmakar, S., & Joarder, R. (2017). "Experimental investigations on nucleation, bubble growth, and micro-explosion characteristics during the combustion of ethanol/Jet A-1 fuel droplets", Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 89, 284-294. doi:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.08.025
Syam, S., Brannigan, T. G., & Schmidt, B. E. (2025). "Bore-rider design of cone-flair-cylinder projectiles for hypersonic boundary layer transition studies.", In Division of fluid dynamics annual meeting 2025. APS, Houston, USA. https://archive.aps.org/dfd/2025/t15/5/
Syam, S., Jou, J., Schmidt, B. E., & Howard, N. S. (2025). "Using background oriented schlieren imaging to evaluate the risk of aerosol generating procedures.", In American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference 2025, ACS, San Diego, USA.
Syam, S., Jassal, G. R., & Schmidt, B. E. (2024). "An experimental investigation on the effect of laser energy deposition in an over-expanded jet.", In 21st international symposium on applications of laser and imaging techniques to fluid mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal. doi:10.55037/lxlaser.21st.200
Choudhury, S. P., Syam, S., & Joarder, R. (2025). "Optical measurement technique for thermo-acoustic pressure detection in a combustion chamber.", In Myong, r.s., kim, h.d. (eds) proceedings of the 34th international symposium on shock waves, volume 2: Applications 1 (pp. 561–571). ISSW34 2023. Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-96-4771-2_53
Ananthakrishnan, A., Choudhury, S. P., Syam, S., & Joarder, R. (2024) "Experimental Study of Acoustic Phenomenon in a Closed Combustion Chamber", In: Singh, K.M., Dutta, S., Subudhi, S., Singh, N.K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Volume 4 (pp. 279–287). FMFP 2022. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 2024. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-7177-0_23
Choudhury, S. P., Joarder, R., & Syam, S. (2022). "A study on capturing acoustic behaviour in confined tube combustion using optical technique.", In International combustion symposium (INCOS-2022), the combustion institute, Aydin, Turkiye.
Rao, D. C. K., Syam, S. Karmakar, S., & Joarder R. (2016). "Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Butyl Butyrate, Limonene, and their Blends with Jet A-1", In 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (SciTech 2016) (AIAA 2016-1682) AIAA. doi:10.2514/6.2016-1682
Syam, S., Rao, D. C. K., Karmakar, S., & Joarder R. (2016). "Puffing and Micro-explosion behaviour of Ethanol/Jet A-1 Fuel Droplets", In 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (SciTech 2016) (AIAA 2016-1682) AIAA. doi:10.2514/6.2016-1683
Syam, S., Karmakar, S., & Joarder, R. (2014). "An experimental study on droplet combustion of different fuels and biofuel blends in open atmosphere", In ICTACEM 2014 (Paper No. 335), IIT Kharagpur, India.
Syam, S., Salunke N., Shingare V. R., & Channiwala, S. A. (2013). "Optimization of CDA cascade using parameterization and Genetic Algorithm coupled with CFD", In 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013) (Paper No. 30027), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Windows and also familiar with Linux
MS Office and LaTeX/LyX
CFD software’s GAMBIT and FLUENT, Ansys, SolidWorks, LabVIEW, and AX-Stream
FORTRAN and MATLAB
Postdoctoral Association, CWRU (2023-2025)
Research Scholar Representatives Council, IIT Kharagpur (2017-2018)
Aerospace Propulsion and Engineering Drawing
The Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (2014-2015)
ICTACEM - 2014, IIT Kharagpur
Hypersonic Aerodynamics
Droplet Evaporation and Combustion
Alternative Energy Sources and Biofuels
Aircraft and Aerospace Propulsion
Gas Turbine Engines, Design of Axial Flow Compressor and Turbine
Fluid Mechanics, Multi-phase Flows, and Experimental Methods
Computational Fluid Dynamics and High Performance Computing
Experimental investigations on nucleation, bubble growth, and micro-explosion characteristics during the combustion of ethanol/Jet A-1 fuel droplets.
Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Butyl Butyrate, Limonene, and their Blends with Jet A-1.
Puffing and Micro-explosion behaviour of Ethanol/Jet A-1 Fuel Droplets.