Abhishek Bichal, PhD Candidate

 Abhishek Bichal  

Personal Information:

Birthday: June 11th
Hometown: Hyderabad, India

Education Information:

  • University of Dayton (M.S. Aerospace Engineering) - Dayton, Ohio - 2008
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (B.Tech. Aeronautical Engineering) - Hyderabad, India - 2004
  • Kendriya Vidyalaya - Hyderabad, India - 1999

Experience

  • Teaching Assistantship with the Aerospace Department at Auburn University since August 2008
  • Research Assistantship with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Dayton January 2007 to May 2008
  • Assistant Professor with Institute of Aeronautical Engineering handling Aerodynamics and Engineering Drawing for the period of October 2004 to May 2005

Honors

  • Recipient of the 'Diversity Program of the Year 2009 -07' at University of Dayton
  • Nomination for the emerging leader of the year 2006 at the University of Dayton
  • Koehler Award in the year 2006 at University of Dayton
  • Best question at the Astro-physics seminar on the eve of golden jubilee celebrations of Indian independence at IICT
  • Runner-up at the ICS (Informatic Computer Systems)

Activities

  • President Indian Students Association 2006-07 at University of Dayton
  • Worked with American Cancer Society (ACS) for Cancer Fund Raise
  • Student Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Founder and President Student Technical Association (STA) at college
  • Captain Co-curricular Activities in high school

Conference Presentations

  • A. Bichal, B. Thurow, "Development of a Background Oriented Schlieren Based Wavefront Sensor for Aero-Optics," 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 28 June-1 July 2010, Chicago, Illinois.
  • A. Bichal, A. Altman, "Comparative Study of Three Flow Diagnostic Techniques Applied To a Nearbody Flowfield" 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 5-8 January 2009, Reno, Nevada.
  • A. M. Briones, S. Stouffer, A. Bichal, H. Kang, A. Altman, E. Corporan, V. Belovich, "Aspiration Efficiencies of a Soot-Particulate Sampling Probe with Dilution Under Gas Turbine Conditions," 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 21-23 July 2008, Hartford, CT
  • H. Kang, A. Bichal, A. Altman, "Aerodynamic Effects of End Plates on Biplane Wings," 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 7-10 January 2008, Reno, Nevada.


Interests:

FormulaOne Racing, playing Wii, ping pong, PIV, etc.

Last Updated: Jul 26, 2013