Rate My Professor Krishna Talluru Murali

Dr. Krishna Talluru Murali is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Technology at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 2014 and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honours from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2007. His research focuses on turbulence, compressible flows, buoyancy-driven flows, natural convection, scalar dispersion, experimental fluid mechanics, flow control, wind engineering, data science, image processing, spectral analysis, and coherence. Talluru possesses expertise in low-speed and high-speed fluid-structure interactions, compressible wake flows, and developing experimental techniques for wind tunnels spanning subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic regimes. His fields of research include turbulent flows, hypersonic propulsion and aerodynamics, fluid physics, and aerodynamics.

Talluru has authored or co-authored 28 journal articles, 19 conference papers, and 1 book chapter. Key publications include 'Amplitude modulation of all three velocity components in turbulent boundary layers' (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014), 'Wavelet analysis of wall turbulence to study large-scale modulation of small scales' (Experiments in Fluids, 2015), 'High-Speed Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Panel Under Shock Impingement' (AIAA Journal, 2023), 'Entrainment and dilution in a fountain top' (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022), and 'Numerical Study on Aeroelastic Response of Cantilevered Plate Under Hypersonic Shock Impingement' (AIAA Journal, 2025). His work has advanced understanding of complex fluid dynamics with applications in emerging defence technologies, air passenger transport, wind energy, atmospheric processes, and environmental health. Talluru has received the Windows on Science Fellowship from the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research in 2022 and 2024, Best Paper Award at the AIAA Space Planes Conference in 2023, Best Paper Award at the AIAA SciTech Forum in 2022, Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2023, Melbourne International Research Scholarship in 2010, and Outstanding Student Performance Award from IIT Delhi in 2007. He collaborates on projects with NASA High Speed Working Group, DST Group, and international researchers, providing experimental data for computational validations, and mentors PhD students.