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DHIRAJ SINGH

Research Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0001-9149-6432
  • Research Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

BIO

 Dhiraj Singh is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the physics of inertial particles in atmospheric surface-layer turbulence, with a particular emphasis on measuring precipitation particles and their impacts on human safety and environmental processes. His work integrates fundamental fluid dynamics with the development of advanced instrumentation for meteorological and atmospheric measurements. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from the University of Delhi and earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering1 Sep 2024 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoc Scholar
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Collective Interaction Unit, Onna, Japan15 Feb 2014 - 15 Feb 2017
  • Research Associate
    Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, Mechanical Engineering, CT, USA29 Oct 2015 - 30 Apr 2016

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India1 Aug 2007 - 15 Feb 2014

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review