Kaustubh Kulkarni
Kaustubh S. Kulkarni
1009 29th Ave SE, Unit #C, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Phone: (612) 624 – 6563 (office), (612) 306 – 3082 (mobile), Fax: (612) 624 – 5230
Email: kaustubh@me.umn.edu
Objective
Seeking a summer internship in the field of experimental, computational fluid dynamics and heat
transfer.
Profile Summary
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Five years of research background in analytical, experimental and computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer –
demonstrated through masters and doctoral thesis.
Strong knowledge of fundamentals of heat and fluid flow via supporting theoretical coursework.
Communication and presentation skills – comfortable and experienced speaking before research groups and
interacting with undergraduate students as teaching assistant.
Computer skills – proficient in C, C++ with experience in parallel programming and familiar with various commercial
softwares for fluid mechanics.
Education
Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, May 2007
“Experimental verification of heat and mass transfer analogy and its application to film cooling on turbine rotor
endwall”
GPA: - 3.66/4.0
Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, December 2003
“Energy separation in the wake of cylinder for high speed flow”
GPA: - 3.75/4.0
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (IIT Bombay), India
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, May 2000
“Optimization of power plant utility systems”
GPA: - 8.18/10.0
Experience
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Doctoral Research – Experimental verification of heat and mass transfer analogy (July 2004 – present)
Presently working on thorough establishment of heat and mass transfer analogy for 2D and 3D boundary
layer flows and separated flows with application to film cooling on gas turbine rotor endwall. Designing
thermal boundary layer probe for heat transfer measurements. Proficient in naphthalene sublimation
technique for mass transfer measurements, hot wire anemometry and precision thermometry.
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Graduate Research – Energy separation in the wake of cylinder (Sept’ 2000 – Dec’ 2003)
Designed and built a total temperature probe and experimentally proved the existence of total
temperature separation in the wake of cylinder for very high speed flows. Found vortex type flow as its
cause. Investigated the assisting effect of acoustic excitation on the energy separation. Showed
experimentally for the first time, the effect of turbulence on the measurement of total temperature of fluid.
Extensive C programming for computer controlled motion controller and data acquisition for fluid
properties.
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Kaustubh Kulkarni
Research Assistant – Feasibility study for improved energy separation measurement (Jan – July 2004)
Designed modified experimental facility for one order of magnitude higher accurate measurements for
the energy separation in the cylinder wake. Suggestions focused on achieving spatial and temporal
uniformity in flow temperature and time accurate flow field evaluation in the turbulent wake of cylinder.
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Bachelor’s Project – Optimization of power plant utility systems (July 1999 – April 2000)
Developed mathematical model of combined heat and power (CHP) utility systems, posing it as a mixed
integer linear programming problem. Simulated practical multiperiod operational scenario for optimizing
the net cost for steam and power requirements.
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Summer Internship – Geometric Software Solutions, Ltd. Pune, India (May 1999 – July 1999)
Involved as a team member in the development of complete software module for automatic midplane
abstraction of thin shell 3D solid models using Parasolid kernel on MS VC++ platform. Learned various
graphic kernels like Parasolid, ACIS and used solid modelers like SolidWorks, FEMAP. Presented
algorithms for midplane generation techniques and developed on-line documentation for the software.
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Teaching Assistant and Course Advisor – Convective Heat Transfer (Jan’ 2002 – May 2002)
Actively involved in developing course material, guiding students, grading and maintaining a
resourceful course web page for this graduate level advanced course. Took special interest in setup and
monitoring of the computational software TEXSTAN, for effective use in course assignments.
Computer Skills
Languages: C, OOP using C++, FORTRAN (experience in parallel programming)
Platforms: UNIX (Solaris, Irix, Linux), WIN 95/98/2000/NT/XP, DOS, Macintosh
Engineering Applications: MatLab, Mathematica, Pro/Engineer, ANSYS, FLUENT, TEXSTAN, EES
Coursework
Turbomachinery, Turbulent Shear flow, FEM modeling & analysis, Shear layer stability, computational fluid
dynamics I and II, Introduction to LES, finite volume methods in CFD, numerical methods and scientific
computing, experimental techniques in physics, experimental measurements
Accomplishments and Professional Activities
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Reviewer for ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (2004)
Recipient of University of Minnesota Fellowship September 2000 – September 2001
Ranked 16th out of 200,000 students in the State of Maharashtra for XII Std. Examination, 1993
Recipient of National Talent Search Scholarship awarded by National Council of Educational Research and
Training, India. (1993 – 2000). (Awarded to 750 students nationwide per year).
Publications
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Kulkarni, K. S., Goldstein, R. J. and Prasad S B Terala. “Energy Separation in the wake of cylinder: Effect
of Downstream Location” To be published in ASME Journal of Heat Transfer.
Kulkarni, K. S. and Goldstein, R. J. “Energy Separation in the wake of Cylinder: Effect of Reynolds
number and Acoustic Resonance” To be published in ASME Journal of Heat Transfer.
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