Contact Dr Karthik Depuru-Mohan
Areas of expertise
- Aeronautical Systems
- Aircraft Design
- Airworthiness
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Flight Physics
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Weapons Engineering
Background
Dr Karthik Depuru-Mohan is a Lecturer at Cranfield University, which is an academic provider to the UK’s Ministry of Defence. As a Cranfield academic, he is now based at the Defence Academy of the UK. He performs research and teaching in the fields of aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, propulsion, and airworthiness for aerospace, defence, automobile, motorsport, UAV, and energy applications. To address global engineering challenges, he applies a balanced approach among experiment, computation, and theory. He is a Course Director of the Airworthiness for Military Aircraft Fundamentals (AMAC-F) short course and a Deputy Course Director of the Military Aerospace and Airworthiness (MAA) MSc course. He actively collaborates with academia, industry, regulatory authorities, and government departments.
Prior to joining Cranfield University, he has performed research at the NASA Langley Research Center, German Aerospace Center, GE John F. Welch Technology Center, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Technical University of Berlin, and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He was seconded to the UK Government to work on a project as part of developing the evidence base for the 2015 Spending Review. He has examined how 20 countries fund research and innovation, and mapped their approaches, and proposed recommendations for the UK. He was invited to present his work on research and innovation policies at the Global Science and Innovation Forum. He was awarded the UKRI Policy Support grant to work on transport policy to reduce pollutant dispersion and improve air quality in the UK.
He earned a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He holds two US patents on gas turbine sealing and cooling technology. In recognition of his academic excellence, he has been awarded several prestigious fellowships and scholarships. He has published over 50 research articles in world-leading journals, international conferences, book chapters, and policy reports. One of his research papers was listed in the 10 most read articles of the AIAA Journal. He has been a Research Supervisor to over 25 PhD and MSc students. He has been a Teaching Supervisor to over 50 MEng students. He has been a reviewer for top journals such as the Physics of Fluids and AIAA Journal. He has been a senior member of learned societies such as the RAeS and AIAA. He has been a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College and the UKRI Talent Peer Review College. He also holds an honorary academic position at the University of Cambridge.
Research opportunities
Prospective PhD and MSc research students (both full-time and part-time) are encouraged to email Dr Karthik Depuru-Mohan directly to discuss possible research projects and funding opportunities. Please email him your CV in the first instance.
His research interests are jet mixing enhancement; jet noise reduction; aircraft engine installation effects; aerofoil noise reduction; flow control; noise control; reduction of pollutant emissions from aircraft and automobiles; motorsport aerodynamics; ground effects of aircraft and automobile; gas turbine secondary flows; supersonic projectiles; passive cooling of defence infrastructure; exhaust nozzles of military aircraft; airworthiness; structural integrity; propulsion integrity; sustainable aviation fuel; lessons learnt from aircraft accidents.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Clarke A, Giljarhus KET, Oggiano L, Saddington AJ & Depuru-Mohan K. (2025). MLP-mixer-based deep learning network for pedestrian-level wind assessment. Environmental Data Science, 3
- Clarke A, Giljarhus KET, Oggiano L, Saddington AJ & Depuru-Mohan K. (2025). Deep learning for urban wind prediction: an MLP-Mixer approach with 3D encoding. Building and Environment, 284
- Manovski P, Novara M, Karthik N, Mohan D, Geisler R, .... (2021). 3D Lagrangian particle tracking of a subsonic jet using multi-pulse Shake-The-Box. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 123
- Depuru Mohan NK & Dowling AP. (2016). Jet-Noise-Prediction Model for Chevrons and Microjets. AIAA Journal, 54(12)
- Depuru Mohan NK, Greenblatt D, Nayeri CN, Paschereit CO & Panchapakesan NR. (2015). Vortex-enhanced mixing through active and passive flow control methods. Experiments in Fluids, 56(3)
Conference Papers
- Escudero MA, Marinus BG, Depuru-Mohan K, Debiasi M & Saddington AJ. (2025). Supersonic projectile flow field reconstruction using background oriented schlieren and physics informed convolutional neural networks
- Depuru Mohan NK, Manovski P, Geisler R, Agocs J, Ahlefeldt T, .... (2017). Aeroacoustic Analysis of a Mach 0.9 Round Jet using Synchronized Microphone Array and Shake-The-Box 3D Lagrangian Particle Tracking Measurements
- Depuru Mohan NK & Dowling A. (2014). A Low-order Jet Noise Prediction Model for Chevrons and Microjets
- Depuru Mohan NK & Dowling A. (2013). A Single-stream Jet Noise Prediction Model for a Family of Chevron Nozzles
- Depuru Mohan NK, Karabasov S, Graham O, Dowling A, Hynes T, .... (2012). Reduced-order Jet Noise Modelling for Chevrons
- Depuru Mohan NK, Greenblatt D, Nayeri CN, Paschereit CO & Nagangudy Ramamurthi P. (2008). Active and Passive Flow Control of an Incompressible Axisymmetric Jet