Education:
- University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham, USA
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, India
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Pilani, India
- BE (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
Publications:
- P. P. Aghor, J. F. Gibson, “Symmetry groups and invariant solutions of plane Poiseuille flow”, under review, 2024.
- P. P. Aghor, M. McKinley, A. Bracco, “Internal waves around New England seamounts”, under prep., 2024.
- P. P. Aghor, M. Atif, “Effect of outer cylinder rotation on the radially heated Taylor-Couette flow”, Phys. Fluids, 2023.
- P. P. Aghor, M. Alam, “Nonlinear axisymmetric Taylor-Couette flow in a dilute gas: Multiroll transition and the role of compressibility”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 909, 2021.
Teaching:
- Teaching assistant at UNH (2018-2019, 2021)
- Linearity sequence (two-semester sequence covering ODE’s, linear algebra, phase plane analysis), Multidimensional Calculus
- Teaching assistant at BITS Pilani (2015)
- Finite Element Method (Assisted in a graduate level course while still an undergraduate)
- Some lecture notes that I jotted down and some that were used as tutorials in summer schools can be found here.
Scholarships and Awards:
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics Teaching Assistant Award, UNH, 2022-2023
- Dissertation Year Fellowship, UNH Graduate School Award, 2022-2023
- Departmental Nominee, Graduate School TA Teaching Award, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
- R. Narasimha Award for the Best MS Thesis in Engineering Mechanics, 2017-2018
Achievements and miscellaneous:
- All India Rank 7 in GATE 2015 Engineering Mechanics.
- Usherd the “age of stars, a thousand year voyage under the wisdom of the Moon” in Elden Ring.
- I have a blog where write about my non-academic interests.
Full CV:
PratikAghorCV
