Krish Thiagarajan Sharman photo

Krish Thiagarajan Sharman

Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Emeritus Chair in Renewable Energy

Marine renewable energy – wind, wave, tidal and thermal energy conversion; Hydrodynamics and Fluid-structure interaction; Marine and offshore platform design; Aquaculture engineering; Experimental and computational fluid dynamics

Location

Gunness Laboratory

Governors Dr.
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Gunness 9D

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Michigan, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, 1993
  • M.S.E. University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, 1992
  • M.S.E. University of Michigan, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, 1992
  • M.Eng. University of Newfoundland, Canada, Ocean Engineering,1989
  • B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, India, Naval Architecture, 1986

Awards and distinctions

  • Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), 2016

Institutional and Professional Service

  • Editorial Board, Applied Ocean Research (Elsevier).
  • US Technical Advisory Group, International Electro-technical Commission (IEC).
  • 2016 Faculty Advisor of the Year, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
  • Guest Editor, Special issue on Offshore Wind Energy, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Eng., 2013
  • Technical co-chair, World Maritime Technology Conference, Providence, 2015.
  • Chair, Ocean Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division, ASME, 2016 – 2017
  • Coordinator, Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium, International Conference on Ocean Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE).