Dr. Srinivasa Ramanujam Kannan

Biography

Academics 1. Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, 2012 Concentration: Thermal Engineering Dissertation: “Retrieval of Geo-Physical Parameters from Microwave Radiances” 2. M.S in Engineering by Research, Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA University, 2008 Concentration: Thermal Engineering Dissertation: “Enclosure Analysis of Various Elements Accounting for the Shadowing Effect” 3. B.E, Mechanical Engineering, Madras University, 2003 Grants and Fellowship • Awarded INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Scheme Grant in 2012 Experience 1. Postdoc Researcher, Oct 2012 – May 2014 Colorado State University “Simulation of GPM radar observations using WRF-TMI-TRMM PR combined database” 2. Project Officer, Jan 2008 - Sept 2012 IIT Madras “Developed algorithm for geo-physical parameter retrievals for the MEGHA-TROPIQUES mission” Sponsoring Agency: Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 3. Research Assistant for a book project, 2012 IIT Madras “Essentials of Thermal System Design and Optimization authored by Prof. C. Balaji” 4. Teaching Assistant, Jul-Nov 2009, Jul-Nov 2010 IIT Madras Course: Concepts in Engineering Design 5. Summer Intern, May 2010 - Jul 2010. Colorado State University, Fort Collins 6. Senior Research Fellow, Aug 2005 - Dec 2007 SASTRA University “Thermal Analysis of various objects in an enclosure accounting for shadowing effect” Sponsoring Agency: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum 7. Junior Research Fellow, Dec 2004 - Jul 2005 SASTRA University “Correlation and ANN techniques for ablation problems” Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Research Skills Extensive knowledge of Radiative transfer through emitting, absorbing and scattering media. Extensive knowledge of non-linear optimization tools such as particle filtering, genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, conjugate gradient technique, supervised and adaptive neural networks, Bayesian inference. Limited knowledge of Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model.

Research Interest

Thermal Radiation, Inverse problems in heat transfer, Stochastic optimization, Algorithms, Microwave Remote Sensing