Akanksha Baranwal

Akanksha Baranwal is a PhD candidate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University where she works under the supervision of Dr. Diego Donzis. The focus of her research is the study of non-equilibrium energy and momentum transport processes in high-speed turbulent boundary layers using massively parallel Direct Numerical Simulations. She holds Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Her research interests are in the areas of hypersonics, high-speed turbulent boundary layers, high-performance computing and combustion. She has been awarded the Amelia Earhart fellowship’20 and the AIAA Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Award’21 for her doctoral research. She is a member of the AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee and a member of the American Physical Society. At Texas A&M University, she organizes workshops promoting mental-health of students and volunteers for activities promoting minority participation in STEM fields. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, hiking and swimming.