The Ohio State University*, Columbus, OH 09/2006-06/2010

Doctor of Philosophy: 3.1/4
(Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)

• Nominee of The Ohio State University for 2010 CGS/UMI Most Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering.
• Graduate Research Award 2010, Department of Food Agricultural and Biological Engineering, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• Graduate Teaching Award 2010, Department of Food Agricultural and Biological Engineering, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• Statistics Teaching Award for 2008, 2009 and 2010, CFAES, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• Princeton University Visiting Scholar –2008.
• Curriculum – Ceramics, Fluid Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Water treatment, Thermodynamics, Statistics, Hydrology
• Dissertation: Theoretical and Empirical Modeling of Flow, Strength, Leaching and Micro-Structural Characteristics of V Shaped Porous Ceramic Water Filters

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 05/2006

M.S. (Engineering Science and Mechanics) 3.47/4

• Thesis Title: Numerical modeling of molten steel in a TIMKENTM tundish equipped with a spinel coated zigzag channel for removing inclusion particles.
• Research Fellow and Scholarship

Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India 08/2001

B.Engg. (Mechanical Engineering)