Vilas Shinde, Ph.D.

Office: 330 Walker Engineering Building
vshinde@ae.msstate.edu
P 662.325.7793

https://vilasjshinde.com
Google Scholar

• Ph.D., Fluid Mechanics (Computational Fluid Dynamics – CFD), Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2016.
• M.S., Fluid Mechanics (International Master in Turbulence), Ecole Centrale de Lille, Lille, France, 2012.
• B.E., Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE, Pune, India, 2004.

Dr. Vilas Shinde joined the Department as an assistant professor in August 2023. His research and teaching interests lie in computational aerosciences. Specifically, he (with his research group Computational Aerosciences and Multiphysics Laboratory - CAML) is keen on high-fidelity numerical simulations with multiphysics effects, development of computational/analytical techniques, flow stability and transition, and turbulence modeling.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States, Aug 2023 – Present
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States, June 2017 – July 2023
• Researcher, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France, January 2016 – May 2017
• Doctoral Researcher, Electricity of France, R&D, Paris, France, November 2012 – December 2015
• Senior CFD Engineer, Ultratech Cement Ltd., Mumbai, India, April 2007 – October 2010
• Consultant Engineer, Construction Catalyzers Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India, Aug 2006 – April 2007

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• High-speed (supersonic/hypersonic) aerodynamics
• Fluid-thermal-structural interactions (FTSI) in high-speed vehicles
• Fluid flow transition to turbulence – Lagrangian approach for receptivity, stability, causality.
• Turbulence modeling – Large Eddy Simulations (LES), data driven methods (e.g., Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Assisted – PODA sub-filter scale model)
• Reduced-order modeling – Galerkin/non-Galerkin methods for fluid flows
• Data Analytics – turbulence statistical analysis, modal decompositions, machine learned methods

• Aerothermoelastic Response of Skin Panels to Hypersonic Boundary Layers, AFOSR, January 2026 – December 2029, $514,000 (PI)
• Development of a Lagrangian Stability Analysis Framework for High-Speed Boundary Layers, NASA, July 2024 – July 2027, $1,250,000 (Lead PI – $755,000)

• Fluid mechanics
• Incompressible fluid mechanics
• Aerothermodynamics
• Compressible aerodynamics
• Aircraft propulsion
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Turbulence
• Data analytics

Undergraduate courses

• ASE-4413 – Aircraft propulsion: Spring 2025
• ASE-3333 – Aerothermodynamics: Fall 2025

Split-level courses

• ASE-4423-01/ASE-6423-01/ASE-6423-501 - Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: Spring 2024

Graduate courses

• ASE-8413-01/ASE-8413-501 - Computational Fluid Dynamics – I: Fall 2024, Fall 2025

Journal Publications

• Shinde, V., 2025, Distributed-parallel proper orthogonal/dynamic mode decompositions of large flow data. Computer Physics Communications, 313, 109644. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., McNamara, J.,Gaitonde, D., 2022. Dynamic interaction between shock wave turbulent boundary layer and flexible panel. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 113, 103660. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., Gaitonde, D., 2021. Lagrangian approach for modal analysis of fluid flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 928, A35. [pdf]
  
• Shinde, V., Becks, A., Deshmukh, R., McNamara, J., Gaitonde, D., Neet, M. and Austin, J., 2021. Spatially developing supersonic turbulent boundary layer subjected to static surface deformations. European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 89, 485-500. [pdf]
• Shinde, V.J., Gaitonde, D.V. and McNamara, J.J., 2021. Supersonic Turbulent Boundary-Layer Separation Control Using a Morphing Surface. AIAA Journal, 59(3), pp.912-926. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., 2020. Proper orthogonal decomposition assisted subfilter-scale model of turbulence for large eddy simulation. Physical Review Fluids, 5(1), p.014605. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., McNamara, J. and Gaitonde, D., 2020. Control of transitional shock wave boundary layer interaction using structurally constrained surface morphing. Aerospace Science and Technology, 96, p.105545. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E., Baj, F., Hoarau, Y. and Braza, M., 2019. Galerkin-free model reduction for fluid-structure interaction using proper orthogonal decomposition. Journal of Computational Physics, 396, pp.579-595. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., McNamara, J., Gaitonde, D., Barnes, C. and Visbal, M., 2019. Transitional shock wave boundary layer interaction over a flexible panel. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 90, pp.263-285. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E., Baj, F. and Braza, M., 2018. A theoretical model of fluidelastic instability in tube arrays. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 337, pp.406-418. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E., Baj, F., Hoarau, Y. and Braza, M., 2016. A Galerkin-free model reduction approach for the Navier–Stokes equations. Journal of Computational Physics, 309, pp.148-163. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E. and Baj, F., 2018. Large Eddy Simulation of fluid-elastic instability in square normal cylinder array. Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 140(4). [pdf]
• Shinde, V.J., Laval, J.P. and Stanislas, M., 2014. Effect of mean pressure gradient on the turbulent wall pressure–velocity correlations. Journal of Turbulence, 15(12), pp.833-856. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., Marcel, T., Hoarau, Y., Deloze, T., Harran, G., Baj, F., Cardolaccia, J., Magnaud, J.P., Longatte, E. and Braza, M., 2014. Numerical simulation of the fluid–structure interaction in a tube array under cross flow at moderate and high Reynolds number. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 47, pp.99-113. [pdf]

Books, Chapters, Ph.D. Thesis

• Shinde V., Longatte E., Baj F., Hoarau Y., Braza M. (2018) Cross Flow Induced Vibration in a Single Tube of Square Array Using LES. In: Hoarau Y., Peng SH., Schwamborn D., Revell A. (eds) Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling. HRLM 2016. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 137. Springer, Cham. [pdf]
• Shinde, V., 2015. Fluidelastic instability in heat exchanger tube arrays and a Galerkin-free model reduction of multiphysics systems (Doctoral dissertation, Ecole Polytechnique). [pdf]

Conference Proceedings

• Shinde, V.J. and Gaitonde, D.V., 2022. Features of oblique shock wave turbulent boundary layer interaction. In AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (p. 1975).
• Shinde, V.J. and Gaitonde, D., 2021. Galerkin-POD Reduced-Order Modeling for Perturbation Analysis and Sparse State Estimation of Compressible Flows. In AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM (p. 2603).
• Patel, V., Parthasarathy, S., Shinde, V.J. and Gaitonde, D.V., 2021. Machine Learning Based Model Reduction for Fluid-Structure Interaction. In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (p. 1747).
• Shinde, V.J., McNamara, J.J. and Gaitonde, D.V., 2021. Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction Over a Flexible Panel. In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (p. 0488).
• Shinde, V.J., Gaitonde, D.V. and McNamara, J.J., 2020. Control of Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction using Structurally Constrained Active Surface Morphing. In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (p. 0038).
• Shinde, V.J., McNamara, J.J. and Gaitonde, D.V., 2019. Effect of structural parameters on shock wave boundary layer induced panel flutter. In AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum (p. 3716).
• Becks, A., Shinde, V., Deshmukh, R., McNamara, J.J. and Gaitonde, D.V., 2019. Characterizing the Modification of Turbulence Induced Loads Due to Structural Deformation. In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum (p. 0758).
• Shinde, V., Gaitonde, D.V. and McNamara, J.J., 2019. Control of transitional shock boundary layer interaction using surface morphing. In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum (p. 1895).
• Shinde, V., McNamara, J.J., Gaitonde, D.V., Barnes, C.J. and Visbal, M.R., 2018. Panel flutter induced by transitional shock wave boundary layer interaction. In AIAA Aviation 2018 Forum (p. 3548).
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E., Baj, F., Hoarau, Y. and Braza, M., 2016, September. Cross flow induced vibration in a single tube of square array using LES. In Symposium on Hybrid RANS-LES Methods (pp. 479-489). Springer, Cham.
• Gineau, A., Shinde, V., Longatte, E., Lucar, D., Sagaut, P., 2016. A Macroscopic Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction in Cylinder Array Using the Theory of Mixture, In International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration, The Hague, Netherlands.
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E. and Baj, F., 2015, August. LES of cross flow induced vibrations in square normal cylinder array. In 22ème Congrès Français de Mécanique.
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E. and Baj, F., 2015. Large Eddy Simulation of fluid-elastic instability in square normal cylinder array. ASME 2015 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference 5.
• Shinde, V., Longatte, E. and Baj, F., 2015. Model Reduction of Fluid-Structure Interaction Using POD Modes Interpolation. In International Conference on Advances in Vibrations, Porto, P.
• Shinde, V., Marcel, T., Hoarau, Y., Deloze, T., Harran, G., Baj, F., Cardolaccia, J., Magnaud, J.P., Longatte, E. and Braza, M., 2013. Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction in In-Line Cylinder Arrays. In ERCOFTAC International Symposium, Mykonos, Greece.

• AIAA, Member
• AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee, Member
• APS, Member