Venkatramanan Raman
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Phone: (512) 471-4743
Fax: (512) 471-3788
E-mail: v.raman@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Raman’s Web site
Dr. Venkat Raman earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 2003. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin in 2005.
Dr. Raman develops large-scale computational models to study turbulent flows that are accompanied by chemical reactions. These complex processes occur in the natural environment, such as the atmosphere, and many man-made devices like aircraft engines, gas turbines, and chemical reactors. Scientists face problems modeling such flows over large-range lengths and times because chemical reactions occur at very small scales, sometimes only a few micrometers, while the device that hosts the reactions might be a few meters long. In addition, interactions between physical processes such as chemical reactions, turbulence, and solid soot formation increase the complexity. Raman is developing a computational framework, based on a technique called large-eddy simulation, which will provide a time-accurate three-dimensional characterization of these complex systems. The ultimate objective of Raman’s research is to develop predictive modeling tools to help engineers develop low-emission, high-efficiency industrial devices.
Research Interests:
- Turbulence and combustion
- Large-eddy simulations
- Statistical methods for turbulent reactive flows
- Parallel computations