Department of Aerospace Engineering

Partha P. Sarkar

Professor and
Director of Wind Engineering and Experimental Dynamics Laboratory (WEEA)
Department of Aerospace Engineering

2271 Howe Hall, Room 2343
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2271

Phone: (515) 294-0719
Fax: (515) 294-3262

ppsarkar@iastate.edu

Wind Engineering and Experimental Aerodynamics (WEEA)

Education

B. Tech in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), 1985; M.S. in Civil Engineering (Structures), Washington State University, 1986; Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structures), Johns Hopkins University, 1992; Post Doctoral Fellow, John Hopkins University, June-Aug., 1992

Teaching

Undergraduate courses taught:  AER E 422, Vibrations and Aeroelasticity; AER E 423, Composite Flight Structures                                      

Research

Wind engineering and structural dynamics applications to wind engineering.

Under these two general areas of interest, Dr. Sarkar's research spans the following topics:  wind-tunnel testing and full-scale testing of civil engineering structures; aerodynamics/aeroelasticity of buildings and flexible bridges and structures; basic fluid-structure interaction problems; laboratory simulation of unconventional wind - tornado, microburst, and gust front for load assessment; computational fluid dyanics (CFD) applications; system identification applications; multimedia course development; and computer-aided structural analysis.

Publications