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Onkar Sahni

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering

Onkar Sahni is currently serving as a Mechanical, Aerospace And Nuclear Engineering Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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computational fluid dynamics numerical simulations engineering fluid dynamics aerospace engineering aerodynamics scientific computing applied mathematics numerical analysis fluid flow fluid mechanics computational engineering unstructured mesh generation unsteady flows aerospace computer engineering parallel computing aircraft turbulence modeling mesh optimization aeronautics parallel programming finite element methods finite element method in structural mechanics boundary layers massively-parallel computing large eddy simulation boundary value problems numerical mathematics blood flow aeroelasticity numerical investigation high performance computer architecture flow control numerical algorithms shock waves biomedical flows active control parallel processing mesh reduction aerostructure aerospace simulation numerical method for partial differential equation wind energy technology terminal ballistics flow control (data) flow physics active flow control circulatory physiology turbomachinery nonlinear analysis high performance computing fluid-structure interaction wind power generation blast loading blast engineering vortex induced vibration wind engineering cluster computing vortex dynamics blood flow measurement multiphysics problems boundary layer adaptivity blast overpressure attenuation wind turbines biomedical modeling biofluid dynamics extreme scale compact inlet duct solver systems mesh adaptation discretization errors finite wing finite-span synthetic jet adaptive discretization finite span computational mechanics computational infrastructure turbulence simulations incompressible flow

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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A Block-Structured Nonuniform Meshing Technique for Reducing the Degrees-Of-Freedom in Hybrid Particle-In-Cell Plasma Simulations. Computer Physics Communications (2025)

M.F. HuqV.V. SrinivasaragavanO. SahniD. Curreli

computational engineeringfusion scienceunstructured mesh generationparticle methodsfusion engineeringnumerical simulationsphysicsmesh optimizationengineeringnumerical analysisfusioncomputational fluid dynamicsplasma physicsplasma applicationsmodeling and simulationbasic plasma physicsaerospace engineering

AI/ML-Assited Robust Shock Processing for Cfd Applications. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2025)

Onkar SahniSharat ValAiden WoodruffArshad Chowdhury

computational engineeringsystems engineeringnumerical simulationscfd applicationscompressible flowsscientific computingaerodynamicscomputational fluid dynamicsshock compressionshock wavescomputational mechanicsaerospace engineering

A GPU ‐Accelerated 3D Unstructured Mesh Based Particle Tracking Code for Multi‐Species Impurity Transport Simulation in Fusion Tokamaks. Contributions to Plasma Physics (2025)

Dhyanjyoti D. NathTimothy R. YounkinJerome GuterlMark S. ShephardOnkar Sahni

transport phenomenanumerical simulationsfusionscientific computingcomputer engineeringdiagnostic probescontrolled nuclear fusionmulti-physics modellingcomputational engineeringmagnetic confinement fusionfusion system designengineeringfusion sciencefusion engineeringphysicscollector probesmodeling and simulationmultiple impurity speciesunstructured mesh generationnuclear fusion

In-Memory Parallel Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Hypersonic Problems With Evolving Geometry. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2025)

Mikiel GicaAiden WoodruffCameron BrownGiovanni SalazarOnkar Sahni

computational engineeringcomputer scienceunstructured mesh generationhypersonic problemscomputational geometrymesh reductionmesh optimizationnumerical analysisscientific computinggeometry generationevolving geometrypartial differential equationsevolutionary computationhypersonic speedapplied mathematicsaerospace engineering

Robust and Automatic Shock Detection and Processing in High-Speed Flow Simulations. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2025)

Aiden WoodruffOnkar Sahni

systems engineeringflow physicsautomatic shock detectionnumerical simulationsunsteady flowshigh-speed flow simulationsfluid flowfluid dynamicsscientific computingaerodynamicscompressible flowscomputational fluid dynamicsfluid mechanicsmodeling and simulationshock wavesshock compressionaerospace engineering

Towards Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing for Large-Scale Cfd: Tackling Scalability Challenges of the Variational Quantum Linear Solver. (2025)

Viraj D'SouzaDhamotharan STanishque KumarRamesh KolluruFerdin Don BoscoAbhishek ChopraRut LineswalaOnkar Sahni

computer sciencelarge-scale cfdquantum optimization algorithmsquantum computingscalability challengesscientific computingquantum machine learningcomputational mathematicscomputational optimizationquantum sciencequantum algorithmsapplied mathematicsquantum simulation

In-Memory Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Unsteady Hypersonic Problems. (2024)

Sharanjeet KaurCameron S. BrownGiovanni SalazarPatrick KeistlerMikiel GicaOnkar Sahni

unstructured mesh generationnumerical simulationsunsteady flowsunsteady hypersonic problemsmesh optimizationnumerical analysisscientific computingaerodynamicscomputational fluid dynamicsnumerical mathematicshypersonic speedapplied mathematicscomputational mechanicsaerospace engineering

Unstructured Mesh Tools for Magnetically Confined Fusion System Simulations. Engineering With Computers (2024)

Mark S. ShephardJacob MersonOnkar SahniAngel E. CastilloAditya Y. JoshiDhyanjyoti D. NathUsman RiazE. Seegyoung SeolCameron W. SmithChonglin ZhangMark W. BeallOttmar KlaasRocco NastasiaSaurabh Tendulkar

numerical simulationsmesh toolsfusion system designfusionmechanical engineering

A 3D Unstructured Mesh Based Particle Tracking Code for Impurity Transport Simulation in Fusion Tokamaks. Computer Physics Communications (2023)

Dhyanjyoti D. NathVignesh V. SrinivasaragavanTimothy R. YounkinGerrett DiamondCameron W. SmithAlyssa HayesMark S. ShephardOnkar Sahni

transport phenomenaimpurity transport simulationnumerical simulationsfusioncomputer engineeringunstructured meshcontrolled nuclear fusioncomputational engineeringmagnetic confinement fusionfusion powerfusion system designengineeringfusion sciencefusion engineeringfusion tokamaksplasma physicsmodeling and simulationfusion reactor materialnuclear fusion

A Computational Examination of Side-By-Side Rotors in Ground Effect. Journal of the American Helicopter Society (2023)

Richard HealyJoseph McCauleyFarhan GandhiOnkar Sahni

aeronauticsground effectengineeringfluid dynamicsaerodynamicsside-by-side rotors igecomputational fluid dynamicsfluid mechanicsrotor dynamicsside-by-side rotorsturbomachineryaerospace engineering

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Onkar Sahni

Professor

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Affiliations

School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering

Onkar Sahni is currently serving as a Mechanical, Aerospace And Nuclear Engineering Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Onkar Sahni

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Block-Structured Nonuniform Meshing Technique for Reducing the Degrees-Of-Freedom in Hybrid Particle-In-Cell Plasma Simulations. Computer Physics Communications (2025)

M.F. HuqV.V. SrinivasaragavanO. SahniD. Curreli

AI/ML-Assited Robust Shock Processing for Cfd Applications. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2025)

Onkar SahniSharat ValAiden WoodruffArshad Chowdhury

A GPU ‐Accelerated 3D Unstructured Mesh Based Particle Tracking Code for Multi‐Species Impurity Transport Simulation in Fusion Tokamaks. Contributions to Plasma Physics (2025)

Dhyanjyoti D. NathTimothy R. YounkinJerome GuterlMark S. ShephardOnkar Sahni

In-Memory Parallel Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Hypersonic Problems With Evolving Geometry. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2025)

Mikiel GicaAiden WoodruffCameron BrownGiovanni SalazarOnkar Sahni

Robust and Automatic Shock Detection and Processing in High-Speed Flow Simulations. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2025)

Aiden WoodruffOnkar Sahni

Towards Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing for Large-Scale Cfd: Tackling Scalability Challenges of the Variational Quantum Linear Solver. (2025)

Viraj D'SouzaDhamotharan STanishque KumarRamesh KolluruFerdin Don BoscoAbhishek ChopraRut LineswalaOnkar Sahni

In-Memory Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Unsteady Hypersonic Problems. (2024)

Sharanjeet KaurCameron S. BrownGiovanni SalazarPatrick KeistlerMikiel GicaOnkar Sahni

Unstructured Mesh Tools for Magnetically Confined Fusion System Simulations. Engineering With Computers (2024)

numerical simulationsmesh toolsfusion system designfusionmechanical engineering

A 3D Unstructured Mesh Based Particle Tracking Code for Impurity Transport Simulation in Fusion Tokamaks. Computer Physics Communications (2023)

Dhyanjyoti D. NathVignesh V. SrinivasaragavanTimothy R. YounkinGerrett DiamondCameron W. SmithAlyssa HayesMark S. ShephardOnkar Sahni

A Computational Examination of Side-By-Side Rotors in Ground Effect. Journal of the American Helicopter Society (2023)

Richard HealyJoseph McCauleyFarhan GandhiOnkar Sahni

aeronauticsground effectengineeringfluid dynamicsaerodynamicsside-by-side rotors igecomputational fluid dynamicsfluid mechanicsrotor dynamicsside-by-side rotorsturbomachineryaerospace engineering

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