Dr. Sudip Bhattrai is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Engineering and Technology division at UNSW Canberra. He earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from UNSW Canberra in 2021, following a BE and MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2011 and 2014. Bhattrai's research specializations include hypersonic fluid-structure interactions, aeroelastic responses of hypersonic vehicles, uncertainty quantification, oblique detonation waves, propulsion technologies, supersonic flows, and nanofluid heat transfer. He has made significant contributions through experimental and numerical studies conducted during his doctoral work at UNSW's hypersonics facilities, located in Building 20, G03.

Key publications feature "Experimental Study of Aeroelastic Response and Performance of a Hypersonic Intake Ramp" (Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2022, with McQuellin et al.), examining aeroelastic behavior in hypersonic intakes; "Efficient uncertainty quantification for a hypersonic trailing-edge flap using gradient-enhanced kriging" (Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018), advancing surrogate modeling techniques; "Influence of hypersonic fluid-structure interaction on the control authority of a trailing-edge flap" (22nd AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonics Systems and Technologies Conference, 2018); "The effect of streamwise pressure distribution on the aeroelastic deformation of hypersonic trailing-edge flaps" (21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2018); "Formation of near-Chapman–Jouguet oblique detonation wave over a dual-angle ramp" (Aerospace Science and Technology, 2017); "Characterization of induction and transition methods of oblique detonation waves over dual-angle wedge" (Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018, with Bomjan and Tang); and "Effects of magnetohydrodynamics on temperature and shock standoff distance in a supersonic flow over a blunt body" (Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2019). Additional works include studies on nanofluid convection in micro-scale channels (2021-2022) and modeling for medical delivery UAVs (2018). Bhattrai received the AFOSR Scholar Exchange Award FY 2020.

Professional Email: s.bhattrai@unsw.edu.au