Shilpa Vijay

Shilpa received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and was advised by Dr. Mitul Luhar. For her dissertation, she worked on developing structured porous surfaces for passive flow control, with applications to drag reduction and heat transfer. She also holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from USC and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering Pune, India. Her research interests lie in turbulent boundary layer flow, thermal/particle mixing and transport, and applications of experimental techniques to a variety of problems.

 Outside of research, Shilpa enjoys hiking, following and playing cricket (and delving into the fluid dynamics of the cricket ball), reading, watching comedy shows, and cooking.