Dr. C N Sathyanarayana

Chief Scientist and Chairman, Structural Technology Cluster

Area of Expertise

 Aircraft Ground Vibration Testing (AGVT)
 Modal Testing of Aircraft Structure and Components
 Dynamic Qualification Testing of Aerospace and Mechanical Systems
 In-flight Vibration and Strain Response Measurement and Analysis
 Flight Flutter Testing of Aircraft
 Structural Health Monitoring of Metallic and Composite Structures using Lamb Waves
 Vibration Response Measurement and Data Processing
 Online Load Monitoring for Aircraft to reduce the weight of the Aircraft

Research Interests

 Experimental Structural Dynamics
 Vibration Qualification Tests
 In-Flight Response Measurement
 Finite Element Modelling and Analysis
 Structural Health Monitoring using Lamb Waves
 Flight Flutter Testing
 Online Load Monitoring for Aircraft

Academic_Qualification

• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Mysore University, Karnataka, 1989
• M.E., Machine Design, Bangalore University, Karnataka, 2002
• PhD, Mechanical Engineering Sciences, VTU, Belgaum, Karnataka, 2016

Professional Experience

 Chief Scientist (Sc G), CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 2017- Present
 Chief Scientist (Sc F), CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 2011- 2017
 Chief Scientist (Sc E2), CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 2006- 2011
 Chief Scientist (Sc E1), CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 2001- 2006
 Chief Scientist (Sc C), CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 1996-2001
 Chief Scientist (Sc B), CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 1991-1996
 Scientific Assistant, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1990-1991

Publication (ORCID ID/ Googal Scholar ID/ IRINS ID/ Vidwan ID

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0WRmnMEAAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8074-3781

Awards and Honors

CSIR-NAL Award for outstanding Performance in Design, Development and Flight Test of HANSA - 2 for "Structural Analysis and Testing", For the year 1994
CSIR-NAL Team Award for Outstanding Performance in Design, Development and Project Execution for "Significant Efforts towards Production and Certification of HANSA - 3 Aircraft in a Very Short period of one year [Static Tests on HANSA Components and Ground Testing]", for the year 1999
CSIR-NAL Team Award for Excellence in Design, Development and Project Execution for “In-Flight Vibration and Temperature Measurements on MIG-29 Aircraft for the Generation of Test Specifications”, For the Year 2008-2009

CSIR-NAL Team Award for Outstanding Performance in Design, Development and Project Execution for “A Novel Vibration Control Technology using Electromechanical Actuators under Simulated Aircraft Power Environment with In-flight Electronics”, for the Year 2011
CSIR-NAL Technology Shield Award for Outstanding Group Achievement for “Flutter Certification Related Technologies for Real Time Aircraft”, for the year 2013-14
CSIR-NAL Outstanding Performance Award for Excellence in Design, Development and Project Execution for “Structural Testing on Active Antenna Array Unit Version 5 (AAAU-V5) -Modal Analysis Tests”, for the Year 2013-14
CSIR-NAL Excellence Award in the field of Project Execution for “Profile Mapping and Ground Vibration Testing of Searcher Remotely Piloted Aircraft”, For the Year 2014-15.
CSIR-NAL Excellence Award in the Area of Research for “Development of Novel Models and Innovative Studies on Vibro-Acoustics and Structural Health Monitoring of Advanced Structures”, for the Year 2015-16.
CSIR-NAL Excellence Award in the field of Project Execution for “Aircraft Performance Evaluation through Instrumentation and Inflight Measurements on Dornier Do-228 Aircraft with SATCOM Radome”, for the Year 2016-17.
CSIR-NAL Technology Shield Award for Outstanding Group Achievement for “Carriage and Handling Studies for MIRAGE 2000 Upgrade”, for the year 2018-19.
CSIR-NAL Excellence Award in the field of Project Execution for “Integration and Certification of Next Generation Missile on Su-30 MKI with Newly designed adapter through qualification, vibration and flight testing”, for the Year 2018-19.
CSIR Technology Award for Physical Sciences including Engineering for the work “Carriage, Handling and Stores Release Clearance Studies for a Fighter Aircraft Upgrade”, for the year 2019.
CSIR Technology Award for Business Development & Technology Marketing for “Successful Commercialization of Composite Technology Towards Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) – Tejes IOC Series Production”, 2020
CSIR-NAL Technology Shield Award for Outstanding Group Achievement for the excellent Contribution to HANSA-NG for “Design, development, Realization, ground testing & Flight Testing of Hansa-3 (NG) Aircraft towards Type Certification” for the year 2022