• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Regents Professor
  • James J. Cain ’51 Professor III
  • Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering and Nuclear Engineering
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N.K. Anand

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University –1983
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University – 1979
  • B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University – 1978

Research Interests

    • Finite volume techniques for heat transfer and fluid dynamics
    • Physics informed neural networks
    • Reduced order modeling
    • Aerosols

Awards & Honors

  • James Harry Potter Gold Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 2020
  • University Level Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Administration, Texas A&M University Association of Former Students – 2018
  • Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System – 2014
  • Inducted to Kansas State University Engineering Hall of Fame, Manhattan, Kansas – 2011
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, , the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University – 2009
  • Distinguished Alumni, B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India – 2008
  • Charles W. Crawford Service Award – 2006
  • Faculty Distinguished Achievement in Teaching Award, Texas A&M University Association of Former Students – 2001
  • TEES Fellow, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University – 98-99, 99-00

Selected Publications

  • Saykat Kumar Biswas and N. K. Anand, “Three Dimensional Laminar Flow Using Physics Informed Deep Neural Networks,” Physics of Fluids, November 2023, Vol. 35, 121703 (1-6), Issue 12, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0180834 2023 Selected as a Featured Article.
  • Saykat Kumar Biswas and N. K. Anand, "Interfacial Conditioning in Physics Informed Neural Networks" Physics of Fluids, July 2024, Vol. 36, 077125 (1-13), Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0220392 , Selected as a Featured Article.
  • Smruti Shah and N. K. Anand "Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Periodic Flows" Physics of Fluids, Vol. 36, 073620 (1- 16) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216266 , 2024, selected as Editor’s Pick.
  • Reynaldo Chavez, N. K. Anand, Yassin Hassan, and Sharath Girimaji "Flow Over a Sphere at Elevated Pressures: An Analysis of the Near-Wake Using Spectral Proper Orthogonal Decomposition" Physics of Fluids, November 2024, Vol. 36, 115155 (1-17) Issue 11, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239453 , 2024, selected as Editor’s Pick.
  • Reynaldo Chavez, N. K. Anand, and Yassin Hassan, “Flow Over a Heated Hollow Sphere Elevated Pressures: Near-Wake Thermal Effect on Flow Structures,” Physics of Fluids, April 2025, Vol. 37, 045154 (1-14), Issue 4, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0269137 , 2025, selected as Editor’s Pick.
  • Reddy, J.N., Anand, N.K., and Roy, P., “Finite Element and Finite Volume Methods for Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics,” Cambridge University Press, Hard Back: January 2023, ISBN: 9781009275484; Digital Publication Date: September 2022, ISBN: 97810009275453.
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