Engineering Faculty Profile
Nek Sharan
Assistant ProfessorAerospace Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignM.S. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Auburn rocket plume research to aid future spacecraft landings
David Scarborough, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University is working to reduce stress of spacecraft landings by studying thruster-induced plume-surface interactions (PSI) to better predict their outcomes.
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Aerospace engineering assistant professor to study flow-induced vibrations of 3-D structures
Nek Sharan, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, seeks to understand how 3D geometries vibrate when exposed to fluid flows.
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Aerospace engineering faculty earn DOD research project to study rotor performance in adverse environments
Nek Sharan, an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and Vrishank Raghav, an associate professor of aerospace engineering are one of the 27 collaborative academic teams awarded research projects through the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) program.
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