Shilpa Vijay
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University
Center for Turbulence Research
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Center for Turbulence Research (CTR), where I work with Prof. Beverley McKeon on experimental investigations of turbulent heat transfer over rough surfaces and porous interfaces.
My research sits at the intersection of fluid mechanics, thermal engineering, and surface design. I build custom experimental systems — modular heated-wall test sections, cold-wire anemometry rigs, and IR thermography setups — to capture the physics that simulations miss.
Before Stanford, I earned my Ph.D. from USC (advisor: Prof. Mitul Luhar). I also hold a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from College of Engineering Pune, India.
Research Interests: Wall-bounded turbulence and boundary layer dynamics, turbulent flow over rough and complex surfaces, convective heat and mass transfer, wind tunnel experimentation, non-intrusive optical diagnostics (PIV, IR thermography, cold-wire anemometry), flow control using metamaterials, large-scale data analysis, data-driven modeling.
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| Jul 28, 2026 | Presented “Thermal Boundary Layer Development over a Step Change in Surface Roughness” at TSFP-14, Heidelberg, Germany. |
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| Jul 24, 2026 | Served as Group Leader for the Environmental Fluid Mechanics subgroup at the 20th Biennial CTR Summer Program, managing research activities for 8 visiting groups. |
| Feb 01, 2026 | Profiled in The Scientist’s Postdoc Portrait series, highlighting research and career path at Stanford CTR. |
| Nov 23, 2025 | Presented “Thermal footprint of boundary layer under step change in surface roughness” at APS DFD 2025, Houston. |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Presented at THMT-11 in Tokyo: “Experimental investigation of turbulent heat transfer over roughness elements.” |
