Geogria Institute of Technology

• B.Tech.,  Aeronautical Engineering, 1973, Indian Institute of Technology
• M.S.,  Aerospace Engineering, 1975, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Ph.D,  Aerospace Engineering, 1977, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Sankar is a Regents Professor in the Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As Director of the School's Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab, he leads a research and education program focused on the modeling and simulation of unsteady viscous flow around aircraft, helicopters, horizontal axis wind turbines, and turbo-machinery components. As the Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Programs, he coordinates undergraduate curriculum related activities. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in the areas of aerodynamics, helicopter theory, wind energy, aerodynamic design, and computational aerodynamics.

Dr. Sankar is the author or co-author of more than more than 300 technical publications in the fields of spatially and temporally high order algorithms, 3-D unsteady transonic flow over aircraft configurations, helicopter aeromechanics, compressor stall and surge, wind energy, and aerodynamic design. He is an AIAA Fellow, and a member of the American Helicopter Society, American Society of Engineering Educators, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Computational fluid dynamics, with applications in the following areas:

• Physics based modeling of axial and centrifugal compressor aerodynamics, and the control of compressor stall and surge phenomena
• Physics based modeling of horizontal axis wind turbines for the prediction of wind turbine performance and associated aeroelastic phenomena
• Multi-scale modeling of active and passive flow control devices for lift enhancement and  drag reduction.
• Multidisciplinary approaches combining structural, aeroelastic, aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analyses for modeling and designing helicopters

• Hariharan, N., and Sankar, L. N.,” Uniformly High-Order Essentially Non-Oscillatory Schemes for Vortex Convection across Overset Interfaces,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2008.
• Min, B. Y., Lee, W., Englar, R., and Sankar, L. N.,” Numerical Investigation of Circulation Control Airfoils,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2009, pp. 1403-1410.
• Bain, J., Sankar, L. N., Prasad, J. V. R., Bauchau, O., Peters, D. A., and He, C., ” Computational Modeling of Variable Droop Leading Edge in Forward Flight,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 617-626, March-April 2009.
• Moodie, A., Sankar, L. and Schrage, D. P., “Sizing and Performance-Prediction Method for Rotary-Wing Ejector Nozzles,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 951-961, May-June 2009.
• Min, B. Y., Sankar, L. N., Rajmohan, N., and Prasad, J. V. R., “Computational Investigation of Gurney Flap Effects on Rotors in Forward Flight,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 1957-1964, November-Dec 2009.
• Zaki, M., Menon, S., and Sankar, L. N., “Hybrid Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Kinetic Energy Simulation of External and Internal Flows,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 805-811, May-June 2010.
• Min, B. Y. and Sankar, L. N., “Hybrid Navier-Stokes/Free Wake Method for Modeling Blade-Vortex Interactions,”  Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 975-982, May-June 2010.
• Zaki, M., Sankar, L. N., and Menon, S., “Hybrid Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes/Kinetic-Eddy Simulation of Stall Inception in Axial Compressors,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 26, No. 6, Nov-Dec 2010, pp. 1276-1282.
• Matalanis, C., Wake, B. E., Opoku, D., Min, B. Y., Yeshala, N., and Sankar, L. N., “ Aerodynamic Evaluation of Miniature Trailing-Edge Effectors for Active Rotor Control,” J. Aircraft, Vol. 48, No. 3, May-June 2011, pp. 995-1004.