Doctoral Study

Doctor of Philosophy • 2013 - 2021

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal

PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Specialization: Propulsion

Masters

Master of Technology • 2011 - 2013

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Mechanical Engineering
Specialization: Turbomachines

Bachelors

Bachelor of Engineering • 2005 - 2011

The Aeronautical Society, New Delhi

Bachelor of Engineering (Equivalent) in Aeronautical Engineering
Specialization: Aeromechanical Stream

MHRD Fellowship

• July 2013 - June 2018

Recipient of MHRD Fellowship during PhD

MHRD Fellowship

• July 2011 - July 2013

Recipient of MHRD Fellowship during M. Tech

GATE-2011

• 2011

Secured All India Rank 58 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Aerospace Engineering (AE)

PhD Topic

An Experimental Investigation on Combustion Characteristics of Jet A-1/Ethanol Droplets and Numerical Simulation of Droplet Evaporation Using Two-Fluid Model

M. Tech Dissertation

Design and Optimization of High-Pressure Ratio Airfoils for Axial Flow Compressors

B. E. Project

A Review on Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction

"On the radiative heat loss and axis-switching phenomena of a decaying laser spark", Joarder, R., Vellala, S. L., Singh, A. P., Syam, S., Padhi, U. P., & Choudhury, S. P., Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30, 015011, 2021.

"Experimental investigations on nucleation, bubble growth, and micro-explosion characteristics during the combustion of ethanol/Jet A-1 fuel droplets", D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, S. Syam, Srinibas Karmakar, and Ratan Joarder, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 89, 284-294, 2017.

"Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Butyl Butyrate, Limonene, and their Blends with Jet A-1", D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, S. Syam, Srinibas Karmakar, and Ratan Joarder, 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, 4-8 January 2016, San Diego, California, USA (AIAA 2016-1682).

"Puffing and Micro-explosion behaviour of Ethanol/Jet A-1 Fuel Droplets", S. Syam, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, Srinibas Karmakar, and Ratan Joarder, 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, 4-8 January 2016, San Diego, California, USA (AIAA 2016-1683).

"An experimental study on droplet combustion of different fuels and biofuel blends in open atmosphere", S. Syam, Srinibas Karmakar, Ratan Joarder, ICTACEM 2014, , December 29-31, 2014, IIT Kharagpur, India, Paper No. 335.

"Optimization of CDA cascade using parameterization and Genetic Algorithm coupled with CFD", S. Syam, Nilesh Salunke, Vilash R. Shingare, and S. A. Channiwala, 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013), 2-4 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Paper No. 30027.

Working environment

Windows and also familiar with Linux

Application

MS Office and LaTeX/LyX

Software

CFD software’s GAMBIT and FLUENT, Ansys, SolidWorks, LabVIEW, and AX-Stream

Languages

FORTRAN and MATLAB

Member

Research Scholar Representatives Council, IIT Kharagpur (2017-2018)

Teaching Assistant

Aerospace Propulsion and Engineering Drawing

Research Scholar Representative

The Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (2014-2015)

Volunteer

ICTACEM - 2014, IIT Kharagpur

Droplet Evaporation and Combustion

Alternative Energy Sources and Biofuels

Aircraft and Aerospace Propulsion

Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

Gas Turbine Engines, Flow through Turbo-machines, Design of Axial Flow Compressor and Turbine

Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics and Experimental Methods

Multi-phase Flows and Two-Fluid model

Computational Fluid Dynamics and High Performance Computing