Design Engineering

Souma Chowdhury

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Webpage: https://sochowdh.expressions.syr.edu/souma -chowdhury Email: ********@***.***

Academic Qualification

(Graduated Aug 2012)

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, NY

Adviser: Prof. Achille Messac, Co-Adviser: Prof. Luciano Castillo

PhD Dissertation: Integrative Modeling and Novel Particle Swarm-based Optimal Design of Wind Farms

(Graduated Dec 2008)

Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, FL

Adviser: Prof. George S. Dulikravich

MS Thesis: Modified Predator-Prey (MPP) Algorithm For Single- and Multi-Objective Optimization Problems

(Graduated June 2007)

Bachelor of Technology (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR, INDIA

Adviser: Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Co-Adviser: Prof. Nirupam Chakraborty

Research/Work Experience

Research Assistant Professor - SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (Sep 2012 to present). Primary responsibilities include:

Performing and supervising research in multidisciplinary design optimization and wind energy

Preparation of proposals for research funding

Graduate Research Scholar - Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization Laboratory (MDOL), supervised by

Prof. Achille Messac, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (Aug 2011 to May 2012). Primary responsibilities included:

Management of the overall research and other activities (e.g. paper review) at MDOL

Preparation of the technical description in a research proposal for funding from NSF

Teaching Assistance for the course: Advanced Practical Design Optimization

Development of wind resource assessment and wind farm modeling and design methodologies

Development of advanced multidisciplinary design optimization techniques

Research Assistant Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization Laboratory (MDOL), RENSSELAER

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Aug 2009 to Aug 2011, and May 2012 to Aug 2012). Research involves:

Energy resource modeling, uncertainty analysis, and global optimization of wind farms

Development of a generalized methodology for product platform planning (product family design)

Development of efficient algorithms for constrained mixed-discrete nonlinear optimization

Development of hybrid and uncertainty-based surrogate models to represent complex engineering systems

Teaching Assistant Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, RENSSELAER

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Fall 2009 - present). For the courses:

>Multidisciplinary Design Lab >Design Optimization >Introduction to Engineering Design (Lab)

Research Assistant Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design, Robust Optimization and Control (MAIDROC)

Laboratory, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Aug 2007 to July 2009): Research involved

Development of efficient single/multi-objective evolutionary optimization algorithms, with constraint

handling capacity: Modified Predator-Prey algorithm

Development of an error response function for the substitution of fine grid solution with coarse grid solution,

in order to decrease the computational cost of high fidelity CFD models (aerodynamics applications)

Adjunct Faculty Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL

UNIVERSITY (Spring 2009). For the course > Programming for ME

Teaching Assistant Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL

UNIVERSITY (Fall 2007 - Spring 2008). For the courses:

>Transport Phenomena >Dynamics >Heat Transfer

Undergraduate Intern Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai, India (May July, 2006)

Project: Thermal Analysis of a Cluster of Electromechanical Devices (in power generation systems) using

CFD/FEA Tools (ANSYS)

Grants

1. Co-Principal Investigator (SU): Submitted Proposal to NSF CMMI (ESD) program, titled: A Multi-fidelity

Trans-disciplinary Approach for Tackling the Key Road Blocks to 20% Wind Energy Penetration, Oct 2012.

2. Research Personnel: Provided support in preparing annual reports for the NSF Grant: Systems of

Systems Approach and Uncertainty Propagation for Wind Energy, PIs Dr. Achille Messac and Dr.

Luciano Castillo, 2010.

Publications

Book Chapter

1. Messac, A., Chowdhury, S., and Khire, R., One-Step Continuous Product Platform Planning: Methods and

Applications, Product Platform and Product Family Design, Springer, NY (invited in press).

Journal Articles

1. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Optimizing the Arrangement and the Selection of

Turbines for Wind Farms Subject to Varying Wind Conditions, Renewable Energy (in press).

2. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., and Messac, A., A Mixed-Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm with

Explicit Diversity Preservation, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (in press).

3. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A., and Castillo, L., Adaptive hybrid surrogate modeling for

complex systems, AIAA Journal (in press).

4. Zhang, J. Q., Messac, A., Zhang, J., and Chowdhury, S., Adaptive Optimal Design of Active Thermoelectric

Windows Using Surrogate Modeling, Optimization and Engineering (under review).

5. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Castillo, L., A Multivariate and Multimodal Wind Distribution

Model, Renewable Energy, Vol. 51, pp. 436-447, 2013.

6. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization

(UWFLO): Investigating Key Factors Influencing the Maximum Power Generation, Renewable Energy, Vol.

38, pp. 16-30, Feb 2012.

7. Messac, A., Chowdhury, S., and Zhang, J., Characterizing and Mitigating the Wind Resource-based

Uncertainty in Farm Performance, Journal of Turbulence, Special Issue on Turbulence and Wind Energy

Vol. 13, No. 13, pp. 1 26, 2012.

8. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., and Messac, A., An Adaptive Hybrid Surrogate Model, Structural and

Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 223-238, 2012.

9. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Castillo, L., A Response Surface-based Cost Model for Wind

Farm Design, Energy Policy, Vol. 42, pp. 538-550, 2012.

10. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Khire, R., Comprehensive Product Platform Planning (CP3) Framework,

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Special Issue on Designing Complex Engineered Systems, Vol. 133,

Oct 2011.

11. Chowdhury, S., Dulikravich, G. S. and Moral, R. J., Modified Predator-Prey Algorithm for Constrained and

Unconstrained Multi-Objective Optimization, Intl. J. of Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Optimization,

Vol. 1, No. 1/2, pp. 1-38, 2009.

12. Chowdhury, S. and Dulikravich, G. S., Improvements to Single-Objective Constrained Predator-Prey

Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Journal, Vol. 41, No. 4,

pp. 541-554, Apr 2009.

13. Chakraborti, N., Shekhar, A., Singhal, A., Chakraborty, S., Chowdhury, S., and Sripriya, R., Fluid Flow in

Hydrocyclones Optimized through Multi-objective Genetic Algorithms, Inverse Problems in Science &

Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 1023 1046, Dec 2008.

14. Bansal, K., Chowdhury, S. and Gopal, M. R., Development of CLTD Values for Buildings located in

Kolkata, India, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 1127-1137, Jul 2008.

15. Basu, S., Chowdhury, S. and Chakraborty, S., Influences of Pressure Gradients on Freezing Poiseuille

Couette Flows, Intl. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 50, No. 21-22, pp. 4493-4498, Oct 2007.

Journal Articles Under Preparation

1. Chowdhury, S., Messsac, A., and Khire, R., Investigating the Commonality Attributes for Scaling Product

Families using Comprehensive Product Platform Planning (CP3), Structural and Multidisciplinary

Optimization.

2. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Tong, W., and Messac, A., Modeling the Relationship between Land Shape and

Energy Production Potential of a Wind Farm Site, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

3. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Mehmani, A., and Messac, A., Characterizing Uncertainty Attributable to

Surrogate Models, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

4. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Castillo, L., A Comprehensive Measure of the Energy Resource:

Wind Power Potential (WPP), Energy Conversion and Management.

5. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., and Messac, A., Quantifying and Exploring the Role of Land Area and Nameplate

Capacity in Wind Farm Design, Wind Energy.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Articles

1. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Mehmani, A., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Exploring the "Cost - Capacity Factor"

Tradeoffs Offered by the Best Performing Commercial Turbines, 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary

Analysis and Optimization Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 17-19, 2012.

2. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Khire, R., Comprehensive Product Platform Planning (CP3) Using Mixed -

Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization and a New Commonality Index, ASME 2012 International Design

Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), No. DETC2012-70954. Chicago, IL, August 12-15, 2011.

3. Zhang, J. Q., Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Tong, W. and Messac, A., Optimal Preventive Maintenance Time

Windows for Offshore Wind Farms Subject to Wake Losses, 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis

and Optimization Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 17-19, 2012.

4. Mehmani, A., Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J. and Messac, A., Regional Error Estimation of Surrogates (REES),

14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September

17-19, 2012.

5. Tong, W., Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J. and Messac, A., Impact of Different Wake Models On the Estimation of

Wind Farm Power Generation, 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference,

Indianapolis, Indiana, September 17-19, 2012.

6. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S. and Messac, A., Uncertainty Quantification in Surrogate Models Based on Pattern

Classification of Cross-validation Errors, 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 17-19, 2012.

7. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Characterizing The Influence of Land Area and

Nameplate Capacity on The Optimal Wind Farm Performance, ASME 2012 6th International Conference on

Energy Sustainability, San Diego, CA, July 23-26, 2012.

8. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., A Hybrid Measure-Correlate-Predict Method for

Wind Resource Assessment, ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, San Diego,

CA, July 23-26, 2012.

9. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Catalano, M., Mehmani, A., Notaro, S., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Exploring the

Best Performing Commercial Wind Turbines for Different Wind Regimes in a Target Market, 53rd

AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii,

April 23-26, 2012.

10. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J. and Messac, A., Avoiding Premature Convergence in a Mixed-Discrete Particle

Swarm Optimization (MDPSO) Algorithm, 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE /AHS/ASC Structures, Structural

Dynamics and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23-26, 2012. (one of six finalists for best

student paper competition)

11. Zhang, J.Q., Messac, A., Zhang, J. and Chowdhury, S., Improving the Accuracy of Surrogate Models Using

Inverse Transform Sampling, 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and

Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23-26, 2012.

12. Mehmani, A., Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S. and Messac, A., Surrogate-based Design Optimization with

Adaptive Sequential Sampling, 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and

Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23-26, 2012.

13. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S. and Messac, A., Domain Segmentation based on Uncertainty in the Surrogate

(DSUS), 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference,

Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23-26, 2012.

14. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Characterizing the Influence of Land Configuration

on the Optimal Wind Farm Performance, ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical

Conferences (IDETC), Washington, DC, August 28-31, 2011.

15. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., Zhang, J.Q and Castillo, L., Surrogate Modeling of Complex Systems

Using Adaptive Hybrid Functions, ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences

(IDETC), Washington, DC, August 28-31, 2011.

16. Messac, A., Chowdhury, S., and Zhang, J., Modelingthe Uncertainty in Farm Performance Introduced by the

Ill-predictability of theWind Resource, 41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu,

Hawaii, June 27-30, 2011.

17. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Developing a Flexible Platform for the Optimal

Design of Commercial-Scale Wind Farms. ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy

Sustainability, Washington DC, August 7-10, 2011.

18. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Castillo, L., Multivariate and Multimodal Wind Distribution

Model Based on Kernel Density Estimation, ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy

Sustainability, Washington DC, August 7-10, 2011.

19. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., A Comprehensive Measure of The Energy Resource

Potential of A Wind Farm Site, ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability,

Washington DC, August 7-10, 2011.

20. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Characterizing the Uncertainty Propagation from the

Wind Conditions to the Optimal Farm Performance, 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural

Dynamics and Materials Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 4-7, 2011.

21. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S. and Messac, A., A New Robust Surrogate Model: Reliability Based Hybrid

Functions, 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference,

Denver, Colorado, April 4-7, 2011.

22. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Exploring Key Factors Influencing Optimal Farm

Design Using Mixed-Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization, 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and

Optimization Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, September 13-15, 2010.

23. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., and Khire, R., Developing a Non -gradient Based Mixed-Discrete Optimization

Approach for Comprehensive Product Platform Planning (CP3), 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis

Optimization Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, September 13-15, 2010.

24. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Economic Evaluation of Wind Farms Based on Cost

of Energy Optimization. 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Fort

Worth, Texas, September 13-15, 2010.

25. Zhang, J.Q., Messac, A., Chowdhury, S. and Zhang, J., Comparison of Surrogate Models Used for Adaptive

Optimal Control of Active Thermoelectric Windows, 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and

Optimization Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, September 13-15, 2010.

26. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., Zhang, J., Castillo, L., and Lebron, J., Optimizing the Unrestricted Placement of

Turbines of Differing Rotor Diameters in a Wind Farm for Maximum Power Generation, ASME 2010

International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Paper No. DETC2010-29129, Montreal,

Canada, August 15-18, 2010.

27. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., Castillo, L., and Lebron, J., Response Surface Based Cost Model for

Onshore Wind Farms Using Extended Radial Basis Functions, ASME 2010 International Design Engineering

Technical Conferences (IDETC), Paper No. DETC2010-29121, Montreal, Canada, August 15-18, 2010.

28. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A. and Khire, R., Comprehensive Product Platform Planning Framework:

Presenting a Generalized Product Family Model, 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural

Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2010.

29. Zhang, J.Q., Messac, A., Chowdhury, S. and Zhang, J., Adaptive Optimal Design of Active Thermally

Insulated Windows Using Surrogate Modeling, 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural

Dynamics and Materials Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 12-15, 2010.

30. Chowdhury, S., Moral, R. J. and Dulikravich, G. S., Modified Predator-Prey Algorithm for Constrained

Multi-Objective Optimization, Evolutionary Methods for Design Optimization and Control, CIMNE,

Barcelona, Spain, 2009.

31. Chowdhury, S., Moral, R. J. and Dulikravich, G. S., Predator-Prey Evolutionary Multi-Objective

Optimization Algorithm: Performance and Improvements, 7th ASMO-UK/ISSMO International Conference on

Engineering Design Optimization, Bath, UK, July 2008.

Abstracts, Workshops, Presentations and Posters

1. Messac, A., Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J. and Notaro, S., Wind Farm Layout Optimization and Cost of Energy,

National Wind Resource Center (NWRC) Symposium on Wind Farms' Underperformance and Partnerships:

Building Partnerships to Meet the 2030 Grand Challenge. March 28-29, 2012, Texas Tech University,

Lubbock, TX.

2. Messac, A., Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., and Castillo, L., Exploring and Quantifying the Role of Resource

Uncertainties in Wind Project Planning, 1000 Island Energy Research Forum. November 11-13, 2011,

Alexandria Bay, New York.

3. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A., and Castillo, L., Influence of Global Parameters on Wind Farm

Design, NSF Workshop on Wind Energy & Turbulence. February 24 -26, 2011, Universidad del Turabo,

Caguas, Puerto Rico.

4. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., Castillo, L. and Zhang, J., A Design Platform for Optimal Wind Farm Planning,

NSF Workshop on Wind Energy & Turbulence. February 24-26, 2011, Universidad del Turabo, Caguas,

Puerto Rico.

5. Zhang, J., Messac, A., Chowdhury, S. and Castillo, L., Wind Power Potential and Economic Model for Wind

Farms, NSF Workshop on Wind Energy & Turbulence. February 24-26, 2011, Universidad del Turabo,

Caguas, Puerto Rico.

6. Messac, A., Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S. and Castillo, L., Global Optimization, Uncertainties & Economic

Model for Wind Energy Array, NSF Workshop on Wind Energy & Turbulence. February 24 -26, 2011,

Universidad del Turabo, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

7. Castillo, L., Meneveau, C., Cal, R., Lebron, J., Kang, H., Messac, A., Zhang, J. and Chowdhury, S., The

Importance of Turbulence in Wind Energy, Advanced Energy 2010, New York, NY, November 8-9, 2010.

Relevant Software Skills

Programming Languages: C, C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB, and R

Simulation Tools: FLUENT, ANSYS

Other Software: Mathematica, Tecplot

Affiliations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Awards

One of six finalists for the Best Student Paper Competition, 53rd AIAA SDM Conference, Honolulu, HI, 2012

3rd place in the ASME Innovation Showcase Competition, Montreal, Canada, 2012

2nd place in the RPI Business Plan Competition, 2012

Professional Experience

Session Organizer for ISSMO 10th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 2013

Orlando, FL, May 2013

Session Chair and Reviewer for the 14th AIAA Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization (MAO)

Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2012

Session Chair and Reviewer for the ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conference

(IDETC), Chicago, IL

Session Coordinator and Reviewer for the 2011 ASME International Design Engineering Technical

Conference (IDETC), Montreal, Canada

Reviewer for the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference (IDETC), 2010

Co-Reviewer for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) and the Structural and Multidisciplinary

Optimization (SMO) journal

Reviewer for the journal of Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering

Moderator for the Aerospace Department Chair Association (ADCA) website and content distribution

Presenting author for numerous papers in ASME and AIAA affiliated conferences.

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