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Suman Chakraborty, Ph.D.

Suman Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Office: Walker Engineering Building
suman@ae.msstate.edu

CHAKRABORTY Lab - Multiscale Computational Science for Aerospace and Energy Systems

Education

  • Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 2022
  • M.Tech., Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2015
  • B.E., Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, 2013

Teaching Areas

  • Senior Capstone Design
  • Air-Breathing Propulsion
  • Aerospace Propulsion
  • Intro. to Aerospace Design
  • Applied Intermediate Aerodynamics

Research Areas

  • Molecular Dynamics & Multiscale Fluid Modeling
  • High-Pressure, Near-Critical & Supercritical Fluid Thermophysics
  • Multiphase Flow, Phase Change & Interfacial Transport
  • Propulsion & Extreme-Environment Fluid Mechanics
  • Scientific Machine Learning & Data-Driven Modeling

Select Publications

  • Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Interfacial Transport During Evaporation for the Binary System of n-Dodecane and Nitrogen. S. Chakraborty, B. Kim, L. Qiao. (2026). The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 130(30), 7690-7705
  • OCTANE: Breaking the Neighbor-List Bottleneck in GPU Molecular Dynamics.H. Toutouni, S. Chakraborty, Y. Tu, J. Huang. 40th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS 2026), Northern Ireland, UK, July 06-09, 2026
  • Exploring Composition Fluctuations and their Dynamics in Binary Mixtures using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics. S. Sundararaman, S. Chakraborty, G.B. Stephenson, M.J. Servis, S.KRS. Sankaranarayanan. (2026). J. Chemical Phys. 164, 15490
  • Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Estimation of n-alkane/nitrogen Mixtures using Neural Networks. S. Chakraborty, Y. Sun, G. Lin, L. Qiao. (2022). Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 408 114059
  • S. Chakraborty, H. Ge, L. Qiao. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Vapor–Liquid Interface Properties of n-Heptane/Nitrogen at Subcritical and Transcritical Conditions. (2021). The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125 6968-6985

Select Conference Proceedings

  • Nicolas MJ, Sullivan RW, Richards WL, Bakalyar JA. Structural Response of a Carbon-Composite Wing using Fiber Bragg Gratings, American Society for Composites 27th Technical Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 1-3 October 2012.
  • Simsiriwong J, Sullivan RW, Hilton HH, Drake D. Statistical Analysis of Viscoelastic Creep Compliance of Vinyl Ester Resin. Proceedings of the 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Orlando, Florida, 23-26 April 2012.
  • Simsiriwong J, Drake DA, Sullivan RW, Hilton HH. A Parametric Study of the Statistical Parameters of the Creep Compliance of a Vinyl Ester Polymer, American Society for Composites 27th Technical Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 1-3 October 2012.
  • Simsiriwong J, Drake DA, Sullivan RW, Toghiani H, Lacy T, Pittman C. Creep Characterization of Vinyl Ester Nanocomposite using Digital Image Correlation Technique. American Society for Composites 27th Technical Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 1-3 October 2012.
  • Sullivan RW. Characterization of Composite Viscoelastic Beams in Flexure Using Spectra. 16th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, Pennsylvania, 27 June – 2 July 2010.
  • Sullivan RW, Arnold SM, Bednarcyk BA. An Annotative Review of the Experimental & Analytical Requirements to Bridge Scales Inherent in the Field of ICME. Materials Science & Technology 2010 Technical Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas, 17-21 October, 2010.
  • Simsiriwong J, Sullivan RW. Vibration Testing of a Full Scale Composite UAV. Proceedings of the 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Orlando, Florida, 12-16 April 2010.
  • Sullivan, R. W., “Using a Spectrum Function to Characterize the Creep Behavior of Composite Beams in Flexure”, 24th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, Newark, Delaware, 15-17 September 2009.
  • Sullivan, R. W., Simsiriwong, J., “Vibration Testing of a Carbon Composite Fuselage” 23rd American Society for Composites Conference, Memphis, TN, 9-11 September 2008.
  • Sullivan, R. W., “A Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model Applied To A Polymer Matrix Composite Under Cyclic Loading”, 4th International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood and Hybrid Composites, Bar Harbor, Maine, 6-10 July 2008.
  • Sullivan, R.W., Rais-Rohani, M.“Design and Application of a Beam Testing System for Experiential Learning in Mechanics of Materials”, Proceedings of the 115th Annual ASEE Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-25, 2008.
  • Sullivan, R. W., “Development of a Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model for Cyclic Loading”, 6th International Conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Hall, R.B., Lu, h. and Qi, H. J., eds., Monterey, California, March 31- April 4, 2008.
  • Sullivan, R. W., Hwang, Y., Rais-Rohani, M., Lacy, T., Simsiriwong, J., “Static Response of a Composite Wing under a Whiffletree Loading”, Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 22nd Annual Technical conference, Seattle, Washington, September 17-10, 2007.
  • Sullivan, R., Rais-Rohani, M., Lacy, T., Alday, N., “Structural Testing of an Ultralight Composite UAV”, Proceedings of the 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, May 1-4, 2006.
  • Sullivan, R. W., “Determination of Viscoelastic Properties of Materials Using a Spectrum Function,” Proceedings of the 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, May 1-4, 2006.
  • Ji, Yuyin, Sullivan, R., Balasubramaniam, K., “Guided Wave Behavior Analysis in Multi-layered Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Plates”, Review of Progress in QNDE, Vol. 15, 1996, pp. 217-222.
  • Sullivan, R. W., Balasubramaniam, Bennett, G., “Evaluation of Adhesion Integrity in Graphite Epoxy Bonded Structures Using Ultrasonic Reflection Factor Analysis”, Review of Progress in QNDE, Vol. 15, 1996, pp.1299-1304.
  • Bennett, J., Balasubramaniam, K., Sullivan, R., Bennett, G., “High Performance Scanning System to Explore Ultrasonic Oblique Wave Reflection in Composite Laminates”, Review of Progress in QNDE, Vol. 14, 1995.
  • Sullivan, R., Sato, K., Bennett, G. , “A General Overview of the Fabrication and Quality Control Activities for the Honda MH-02”, AIAA/FAA 3rd Joint Symposium on General Aviation Systems, May, 1994.
  • Spectral Imaging of Ultrasonic Oblique Wave Scattering in Composite Laminates, 26th International SAMPE Technical Conference, 1994.
  • Development of Real Time Low Cost High Performance Scanning Systems for Advanced Ultrasonic Imaging, 39th International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition, April 1994.
  • Sullivan, R., Balasubramaniam, K., Bennett, A.G., Issa, C.A., “Experimental Imaging of Fiber Orientation in Multi-Layered Graphite Epoxy Composite Struc¬tures”, Review of Progress in QNDE, Vol. 13, 1994, pp. 1313-1320.
  • Imaging of Ply Orientation in Composite Laminates Using Ultrasonic Plate Wave Flow Patterns and Backscatter Techniques, ASNT Fall Conference, 1993.
  • Rapid Prototyping of Composite Aircraft Structures, SAE Tech Series #931219, 1993.
  • Balasubramaniam, K., Issa, C., Sullivan, R.W., “Quantitative Evaluation of Adhesive Interface Layer Properties Using Ultrasonic Dispersion Techniques”, Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, Vol. 11, 1992, pp.1229-1236.

Professional Memberships

  • Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • American Physical Society (APS)