Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Dr. Vinod Kumar


Professor and Chair

EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • Postdoc/Sr. researcher, Geo. Fluid Dyn./Climate modeling/HPC (Mentor: Dr. V. Balaji) Princeton University/NOAA/GFDL - (2007-08)
  • Postdoc/researcher, Rice University, Houston, TX, Physics & Astronomy MHD/HPC/Space Plasma (Profs R. Wolf & F.Toffoletto) (2005-07)
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2005
  • B.Tech (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India - 1997

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 08/2023-Current
  • Senior Scientist, Calysta Inc., Menlo Park, 01/2019-04/2020
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP), 09/2014- 08/2023.
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP), 2008 – 2014.
  • CFD Engineer, Fluent (ANSYS) Inc., 1997-1999.

TEACHING

Graduate: CFD, FEM, Mathematical Meth for Engineers, Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Methods

Undergraduate: Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Analysis, Differential Equations

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Dr. Vinod Kumar