Dr. Ankit Sharma

About Dr. Ankit Sharma

Dr. Ankit Sharma is an experienced researcher in the field of Fire and Combustion Science with 8+ years of work experience in the academic environment and the industrial sector. He aims to develop fundamental understanding of fire and combustion mechanisms through research-based innovation and state-of-the-art experimental and computational tools for designing safe, innovative, and sustainable solutions. He is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), USA and received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India in 2021 specialised in fire dynamics. His main research interests include fire dynamics, safety, material flammability, microgravity combustion, Li-ion battery fires, wildland fires and numerical modelling. He was awarded GCI Research Fellowship in 2022 by Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Foundation for supporting the climate change working group. Previously he has worked as a Fire Engineer at Arup. For more details on the article, contact: ankit171032@ gmail.com