Dr. Dittakavi obtained his Master’s and PhD degrees from School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Combustion, Multiphase Flows, and Acoustics. During his graduate studies he developed Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) techniques to study flow generated sound from free and confined flows. He also worked as a summer intern in the Rolls-Royce combustion group to develop their LES code. He joined Advanced Dynamics Inc. (ADI) in February 2009 as a research scientist. At ADI his research includes modeling and simulation of flows involving turbulence, combustion, high speed flows, jet noise prediction using high-fidelity numerics and state-of-the-art modeling techniques. He is also involved in the development of the CFD Propulsion and Computational Aeroacoustics modules of the ASTE-P software.