Ajay K. Agrawal
C.Vitae
Department of 
Mechanical Engineering
University of Alabama
290 Hardaway Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

email: aagrawal@eng.ua.edu
Phone: 205-348-4964




 

  Research Interest

• Combustion and fluid flow in gas turbine systems.
• Quantitative rainbow schlieren deflectometry.
• Lean premixed combustion of alternate fuels(synthetic gas, bio-fuels).
• Low-emission combustion concepts.
• Meso-scale combustion.
• Auto-ignition and combustion control.
• Design of thermal-fluid systems.

     Professional Experience 

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Professor and Robert F. Barfield Chair of 
Mechanical Engineering Jan 2005-present 
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Lloyd G.and Joyce Austin Presidental
professor Apr 2004-Dec 2005
Associate Professor July 2000-Dec 2004
Assistant Professor August 1993-June 2000 
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 
Visiting Assistant Professor August 1988-July 1989 
Clemson University,Clemson, South Carolina 
Visiting Assistant Professor August 1989-June 1993 
University of Miami
Teaching Assistant August 1983-July 1987

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, 1988
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur,India, 1983 
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology,Roorkee, India, 1980