Prof. Aswin Gnanaskandan joined the WPI faculty in August 2020 as an assistant professor. His research experience prior to WPI includes a Postdoctoral Researcher position at California Institute of Technology, USA, a Research Scientist position at Dynaflow Inc, USA, and a Scientist position at the Defense Research and Development Laboratory, India. 

His area of research is Computational Fluid Dynamics where he specializes in developing high-fidelity models for multiphase flows. At WPI, he directs the Computational Multiphase Transport Laboratory, where he and his students are involved in modeling, computation, and analysis of multiphase flows. His research program has two overarching themes:

1. Developing high-fidelity models for multiphase flows and addressing key technological barriers to the deployment of such models to real-world problems in engineering and biomedical areas.
2. Leveraging the capabilities of the developed models to solve critical needs in important and emerging areas like underwater transportation, propulsion, combustion, and biomedical acoustics.

His research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, National Institutes of Health and Center for Advanced Research in Drying. 

At WPI, his teaching portfolio includes undergraduate and graduate level courses in the areas of Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Numerical Methods for PDEs. He is also actively involved in undergraduate research and advises several Major Qualifying Projects for undergraduate students. 

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