• B.E. (2003) Mechanical Engineering, Shanmuga College of Engineering, Bharathidasan University, India
• M.S. (2005) Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, USA
• Ph.D. (2008) Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, USA

Research Interests:

• Fluid & thermal instabilities in incompressible and compressible flows.
• Turbulence and mixing in unsteady variable density flows.
• Sediment transport in ocean, and pollution in ocean & atmosphere.
• Experimental diagnostics & imaging.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Balasubramanian, S., Orlicz, G.C., Prestridge K.P., Experimental study of initial condition dependence on turbulent mixing in shock-accelerated Richtmyer-Meshkov fluid layers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics. submitted, (2012).
2. Balasubramanian, S., Orlicz, G.C., Prestridge K.P., Balakumar B.J., Experimental study of initial condition dependence on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in the presence of reshock, Physics of Fluids. 24, 034102 (2012).
3. Balakumar, B.J., Orlicz, G.C., Balasubramanian, S., Ristorcelli, J.R., Prestridge K.P., Turbulent mixing in a Richtmyer-Meshkov fluid layer after reshock: Velocity & density statistics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 696, 67 (2012).
4. Balasubramanian, S., Prestridge K.P., Orlicz, G.C., Balakumar B.J., Influence of initial conditions on turbulent mixing in shock driven Richtmyer-Meshkov flows, AIAA Fluid Dynamics. 11, (2011).
5. Balasubramanian, S., Voropayev, S.I., Fernando, H.J.S., Heterogeneous sediment beds under weak oscillatory flow and turbulence: Ripples transformation and decay, Ocean Engineering. 38, 17 (2011).
6. Balasubramanian, S., Voropayev, S.I., Fernando, H.J.S., Grain sorting and degradation of sand ripples under oscillatory flow and turbulence, Journal of Turbulence. 9, 17 (2008).
7. Fernando, H.J.S., Samarawickrama, S.P., Balasubramanian, S., Hettiarachchi, S.S.L., Voropayev, S.I., Effects of porous barriers such as coral reefs on coastal wave propagation, Journal of Hydro- Environment Research. 1, 3 (2008).