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Savio Poovathingal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sujit and Susan Sinha Aerospace Research Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty

Research Interests

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Direct simulation Monte Carlo
  • Hypersonic Flows
  • Gas-Material Interactions
  • Microscale and Molecular Scale Flows

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering with Minor in Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2016

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2012

B.Tech. (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, 2010

Appointments

July 2025-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky

January 2020-June 2025: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

September 2018-December 2019: Research Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

August 2016-August 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemistry, Montana State University