Amit Surana
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Lab
3-335, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone : 617-258-8740
E-mail : surana@mit.edu


Education
Ph.D, MIT, Sep 2003-present.
MA Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, May 2003.
MS Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, August 2002.
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, August 2000.

Research Interests
 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Theory, Unsteady Separation and Mixing, Vortex Dynamics, Systems and Control, Complex Adaptive Systems and Complex Networks: with applications in engineering, physical and biological systems.

Current Research
Currently working under the supervision of  Professor George Haller on topics related to
- Kinematic Theory of Separation in 3D unsteady fluid flows
- Lagrangian Coherent Structures in geophysical flows
- Flow Control.

Publications

Selected Presentations
 -"Kinematic Theory of Separation in Three-Dimensional Fluid Flows", Poster Award in Workshop on Dynamical System Methods in Fluid Dynamics, August 2005, MFO , Germany.
-"Kinematic Theory of Unsteady Separation in Three Dimensional Flows", SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, May 2005, Snowbird, Utah.

Teaching
 Teaching Assistant for 1) Dynamics (Graduate Course, FA05, MIT), 2) Mechanical Engineering Measurements (UG Lab Course, SP01, PSU) and 3) Modeling dynamic systems (UG Course, FA00, PSU).

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