{"id":210,"date":"2025-04-30T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:18:18","slug":"ragini-acharya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/ragini-acharya\/","title":{"rendered":"Ragini Acharya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Ragini Acharya<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2020-Present<br><\/strong>Associate Professor<br>Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering<br>University of Tennessee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 2020-August 2020<br><\/strong>Hypersonic Propulsion Lead\u2013Sr. Principal Engineer<br>Raytheon Missiles and Defense, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan 2019-March 2020<br><\/strong>Director Hypersonic Technology<br>CFD Research Corporation, Alabama, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 2016-December 2018<br><\/strong>Senior Principal Scientist<br>CFD Research Corporation, Alabama, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 2010\u2013August 2016<br><\/strong>Senior Research Scientist<br>United Technologies Research Center, Connecticut, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, Mechanical Engineering \u2013 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS, Mechanical Engineering\u2013 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS, (Honors) Mechanical Engineering\u2013 Indian Institute of Technology, India, 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hypersonic and advanced propulsion, Hypersonic signatures, Uncertainty Quantification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AIAA Technical Committee Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-speed Airbreathing Propulsion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Airbreathing Propulsion Integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AIAA Huntsville Section Council Elected STEM Outreach Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AIAA Technical Session Chair 2016-Current<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewer for:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International Journal of Advancements in Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASME TurboExpo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Seminar on Fire &amp; Explosion Hazards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Combustion Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Combustion and Flame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Paper Award in 7th International Symposium in Chemical Propulsion (7-ISICP) held in Kyoto, September 2007 for Interior Ballistics Processes in a Flash Tube.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Speaker for Ninth DOE Crosscut Workshop on Lean Emissions Reduction Simulation, May 2- 4, 2006, University of Michigan \u2013 Dearborn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Paper Awards in 24th Rocket Nozzle Technology Subcommittee Meeting, November 2005 for Nozzle Analysis and Modeling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fundamentals of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion,\u201d John Wiley and Sons. Co-authored with Kenneth Kuo, John Wiley &amp; Sons. April 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/book\/10.1002\/9781118107683\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/book\/10.1002\/9781118107683<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion,\u201d John Wiley and Sons. Co-authored with Kenneth Kuo, John Wiley &amp; Sons. August 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/book\/10.1002\/9781118127575\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/book\/10.1002\/9781118127575<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effect of chamber pressure &amp; propellant composition on erosion rate of graphite rocket nozzle,\u201d R. Acharya and K. K. Kuo, \u201c<em>Journal of Propulsion and Power<\/em>, 23, 6, pp.1242-1254, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of Uncertainty Quantification Framework Applied to Scramjet Unstart Challenge R Acharya, PP Palies, JA Schetz, JD Schmisseur, 23rd AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-Intrusive Computational Method and Uncertainty Quantification for isolator operability calculations, R Acharya, J Schetz, JD Schmisseur, 2018 Joint Propulsion Conference, 4537<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Ragini-Acharya.jpg\" alt=\"Ragini Acharya\" class=\"wp-image-250\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Ragini-Acharya.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Ragini-Acharya-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank G. 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