Sakthivel

Projects Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science Chennai, India Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India

• Advisor to Balakrishnan, S. M., Anita Mohil, and Michael Thomas 2013 – Finalists for the Airbus Fly Your Ideas contest.

• Advisor to Balakrishnan, S. M., Gautham, M., and Harleen, K. M. 2012 Winners of the Second Prize, Heinlein Space Innovation and Exploration Contest, China. Topic: Designing a module to clear space debris –

• Advisor to Arpita, S., and Sapna, M. 2012 Winners of the Silver Medal, Annual Research Day Competitions, SRM University. Topic: Smart Motion - Applications of phase transformations occurring in biology –

• Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Fellowship Summer 2008

• Finalist for the DAAD Fellowship 2002

• Graduated at the top of Graduate School 2001-2003

• Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies in Engineering 2001-2003

• Academic Excellence Award Dec. 1999

• Graduted at the top of Mechanical Engineering School 1995-1999

• S. Ramachandara Iyer Gold Medal Dec. 1999

• D. S. Mani Iyar Prize Dec. 1999

• Best Outgoing Mechanical Engineering Student Award May 1999

• Scholarship for Secondary School Education 1991-1993

• Impact dynamics of a water landing object/missile Apr. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Modeling and numerical simulation of the impact acceleration and pressure of a water landing object or a missile – – Experimental studies on the impact of water landing objects/missile using scaled down models

• Magnetoelasticity of gels Jul. 2012 - till date – Multiscale mathematical modeling of magnetic particles and polymer matrices – Numerical and experimental investigation of magnetoelastic gel behavior