RESUME
NAME
K. VAMSHI KRISHNA
FATHER’S NAME
K. PRASAD RAO
DATE OF BIRTH
22nd May, 1983
NATIONALITY
INDIAN
EMAIL
kvamshi@stanford.edu
kvamshi10@yahoo.com
DEGREE HOLDING
BTECH (Mechanical Engineering) from IIT Guwahati
CPI (in BTech)
8.48 (on a scale of 10)
(Cumulative Performance Index)
Degree Currently Pursuing
Current GPA (at Stanford)
MS (Aeronautics and Astronautics) at the Stanford
University since Autumn 2005
3.91/4
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
1: Currently working as a Research Assistant (since April 2006) with Prof. Charbel
Farhat in Mechanical Engg Department.
The work is related to Aeroelasticity. Currently I am working on new mesh
motion strategies so as to increase deformations possible during the aeroelastic
simulations with fine viscous meshes. We have already achieved an increase from 2 to
2.5 inches of max deformation for aeroelastic run on complete F16 configuration.
2: Worked as a Research Assistant from April 2005 to July 2005 with Prof. S. M.
Deshpande at JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research).
The work is on 3D grid generation and connectivity generation for an axisymmetric missile body configuration in a grid-free frame work. The connectivity is
generated using Oct tree data structure. This data is needed as an input to a mesh less
Euler solver based on LSKUM (Least Square Kinetic Upwind Method) method to get the
solution. Grid is needed to run the solver, which solves fluid flow equations over the
body.
3: BTP (B-Tech Project): In the final year of B-Tech for a period of 8 months with Prof.
Anoop Dass at IIT Guwahati.
I developed 2D & 3D higher order general EULER solvers on unstructured
meshes based on finite volume method. They are incorporated with the schemes of Van
Leer, Roe, AUSM, AUSM+ and boundary conditions such as pressure extrapolation,
mirror, far field based on Riemann invariants. It has options of reconstruction using least
squares, Green Gauss etc. Euler solver solves the fluid flow equations to find the pressure
distribution.
4: Summer Internship from May to July 2003 at IISc, Bangalore with Dr. N.
Balakrishnan.
I worked on Elliptic grid generation over bodies with multi element configuration.
This work is done as a part of teamwork to generate Cartesian grids (based on point
movement strategy) & Hybrid grids over bodies with multi element configuration. Hybrid
grids provide structured mesh near the bodies and away from the body domain is filled
with Cartesian mesh. Such hybrid grids are very useful in computation of viscous flows.
5: Summer Internship from May to June 2002 at IIT Guwahati with Dr. S. V. Prabhu at
IIT Guwahati.
(a) Design of a Low Speed Wind Tunnel to calibrate Hot Wire Anemometer
(b) Design and Fabrication of a Jet Pump
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Currently:
I am an active member in Asha for Education (Stanford chapter), a non-profit
organization that raises funds to promote basic education of underprivileged children in
India. It is a huge organization with various chapters all over the world. I am the ARC
representative of Asha Stanford. ARC (Asha Representative Council) is the decision
making body for whole of Asha.
In the Past:
I was the secretary for work shop and lectures in MESA (Mechanical Engineering
Students Association of IIT Guwahati), in which every week we used to arrange for a
lecture or a workshop on one of the advanced topics of mechanical engineering such as
CFD, MEMS, composites, robotics etc.
I was the final year btech mechanical engineering student’s representative in DUPC
(Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee). I was actively involved in
rearranging the course curriculum, so that the students get introduced to fundamental
courses at early semesters.
I was selected (based on merit) into the student team to represent IIT Guwahati at
the Winter Academy 2003, held at IIT Guwahati in December 2003. In this academy
students and faculty from IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur and FriedrichAlexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany have participated and interacted for
about 10 days. I was into fluid dynamics section of the academy.
I was one among the few students who were selected all over the India for MTTS
(Mathematics Training and Talent Search) programme, 2001, which was conducted in only
three places in India. In this programme, participating faculty from various institutions of
India had introduced the students to various topics in Mathematics. The programme was for
21 days, and was intended to inculcate the process of independent thinking within the
students.
I practiced Tae-Kwon-Do (a marshal art) and hold a green belt in it.
I was in the chess team of our batch and I have won the silver medal in inter batch
chess competitions.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
I have secured 1400 rank in IIT-JEE (Indian Institute of Technology, Joint
Entrance Examination), most difficult exam at intermediate level in India.
I have secured 644th rank in Roorkee entrance examination (a national level
examination for entrance into Roorkee Engineering (presently IIT Roorkee)),
Secured a 169th rank in IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology)
Hyderabad (a national level exam)
HOBBIES: Playing Chess