Biography

• Professor: Sustainble Aircraft Propulsion, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology: 2022-Current
• Associate Professor : Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology: 2014-2022
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology: 2008 -2014.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Turbo and Jet Engine Laboratory, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion : 2005-2008.
• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay : 2006
• Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Aerospace Propulsion, Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay : 2001.

Publications

Please check the complete list of my publications and citations on Google Scholar.

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arvind_Gangoli_Rao
 

Professional Activities

1. National Representative and Board Member of International Soc. Of Air Breathing Engines. 
2. Member of the ACARE (Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe)  WG3 committee (Energy and Environment). 
3. Member of the IGTI (International Gas Turbine Institute) Aircraft Engine Committee. 
4. Member of the Dutch Gas Turbine Association. 
5. Member of the editorial board for International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines. 

Expertise

• New concepts in aircraft propulsion.
• Low NOx Combustion Technologies for Gas Turbines
• Gas Turbine Cooling.
• Aircraft Infrared Signature Modeling.

Awards & Recognition

1. Listed in 2019 Mandeley top 2% scientist in 2019. Ioannidis JPA, Boyack KW, Baas J (2020) Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol 18(10): e3000918. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. Data can be accessed by https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.2#file-dd0904a8-0eba-4cf3-be4a-c6092261fed5   
2. More than 200,000 reads on ResearchGate
3. CEAS most cited paper award 2023
4. NWO visitors Grant 2010. This was used to support the stay of Prof. Yeshayaou Levy from Technion.
5. Best Review Paper Award for the paper “Infrared Signature Studies of Aerospace Vehicles” IIT Bombay, 2009-10.
6. Post-doctoral fellowship, Israeli Ministry of Higher Education, 2005-2007.
7. Best Research Scholar, IIT Bombay 2004-05.

Current Projects

1. Hylena (2024-2027): Hydrogen Electrical Engine Novel Architecture:  The project looks at a novel SOFC-GT architecture for future aircraft propulsion
2. HOPE Hydrogen Optimized multi-fuel Propulsion system for clean and silEnt aircraft: 2023-2027
3. MINIMAL (2022-2026): https://www.minimal-aviation.eu/ The project looks at designing a novel composite cycle engine which can reduce aircraft fuel burn substantially.
4. PureJet (2022-2025): To test the combustion characteristics of biofuels made by BTG. 
5. APPU (Auxiliary Propulsion and Power Unit, 2020-2023): Principal Investigator (Prof. Veldhuis as Co-PI). Partners: Safran Tech, Airbus. Total budget: 2.1 million Euros. APPU (tudelft.nl)

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