• Re-entry Aerothermodynamics.
• High-temperature Gas Physics.
• Fluid mechanics of reacting systems and Combustion.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics.

1. Reddy, D.S.K., Saikia, B., and Sinha, K., "Effect of high-enthalpy air chemistry on stagnation point heat flux", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp. 356-359, April-June 2014.

2. Reddy, D. S. K. and Sinha, K., "Analysis of High-Enthalpy Air Chemistry and its Effect on Stagnation Point Heat Flux", 43rd AIAA Thermophysics Conference, AIAA 2012-3002 , New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, 25-28 June 2012.

3. Reddy, D. S. K., and Sinha, K., "Effect of Chemical Reaction Rates on High-enthalpy Flow Prediction Around a Re-entry Capsule", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Volume 25, Issue 11, pp. 21-33, June 2011.

4. Reddy, D. S. K., and Sinha, K., "Effect of Chemical Reaction Rates on High-enthalpy Flow Prediction Around a Re-entry Capsule", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, June 2011.

5. Reddy, D.S.K. and Sinha, K., "Effect of Transport Coefficients on Aero-thermal Predictions of Re-entry Flows", Fourth Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles, Bangalore, India, December 2009.

6. Reddy, D. S. K. and Sinha, K., "Hypersonic Turbulent Flow Simulation of Fire II Re-entry Vehicle Afterbody", Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, Volume 46, Issue 4, pp. 745-757, July 2009.

7. Reddy, D. S. K. and Sinha, K., "Analysis of Non-equilibrium Thermo-chemistry in Fire II Reentry Flowfield", 34th Fluid Mechanics Fluid Power Conference, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Ranchi, India, December 2007.

8. Sinha, K. and Reddy, D.S.K., "Hypersonic Turbulent Reacting Flow Simulation of Fire II Reentry Vehicle", 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA 2007-805, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, 8-11 January 2007.

• Ph.D, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay. 2006, Thesis submitted in March 2012.
• M.Tech, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2002-2004.
• B. Tech, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, GPREC, Kurnool, A.P., 1998-2002.

2004, July to 2005 December: Assistant Manager, Technology Development Center, Tecumseh Products India Pvt. Ltd, Balanagar, Hyderabad

2006 January to 2006 July: Research CFD Engineer, Fludyn Software Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.

2010 October to Preset: Manager, Engines R&D, Mahindra & Mahindra Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Research Valley, Mahindra World City, Chennai.

My primary area of research is computation of blunt body flow fields which finds applications in the design of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for planatery probes , space crafts and long range ballistic missiles. The flowfields over these vehicles are characterized by strong bow shock and high-temperatures. Under these conditons, fluid deviates from the perfect gas behaviour, and appropriate physical models for high-temperature phenomena should be used for reliable predictions of flowfields and associated surface properties.

Mail : krishnareddy.iitg@gmail.com