Tejas Puranik
Tejas Puranik is a Research Engineer II at the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory. His research interests include physics-based performance modeling, data-driven predictive analytics, machine learning applications in engineering, safety and certification.
Office: Weber SST building - Room 308
Email: tejas "dot" puranik "at" gatech.edu
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Education and Work Experience
Education
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 2018, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2016, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- B.Tech. with Honors, Aerospace Engineering, 2013, Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, India
Work Experience
- Ernst and Young LLP, Senior Consultant in Project Portfolio Optimization, Atlanta, GA (June - December 2018)
- Federal Aviation Administration, Summer Intern at System Safety Section, Atlantic City, NJ (May - August 2017)
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Summer Intern in Verification and Validation Team, Savannah, GA (May - August 2014)
- Altair Engineering, Summer Intern in Meshing Technology Group, Bengaluru, India (May - August 2012)
Awards and Honors
- Sam Nunn Security Program Fellowship - Georgia Tech (2017-18)
- FAA Center of Excellence Fellowship - Federal Aviation Administration (2017)
- PEGASAS Outstanding Student Researcher of the Year - Federal Aviation Administration (2015-16)
- J.N. Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education of Indians - J.N. Tata trust (2013)
Publications
Thesis
- Puranik, T, "A Methodology for Quantitative Data-driven Safety Assessment for General Aviation", Ph.D. Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018. Link to PDF
Journal
- Puranik, T., and Mavris, D. N., "Anomaly Detection in General-Aviation Operations Using Energy Metrics and Flight-Data Records", Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2018), pp. 22-36, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Link to PDF
- Puranik, T., Jimenez, H., and Mavris, D. N., "Energy Based Metrics for Safety Analysis of General Aviation Operations", Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 54, No. 6 (2017), pp. 2285-2297, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Link to PDF
Conference
- Puranik, T., Harrison, E., Min, S., Chakraborty, I., and Mavris, D. N., "A Framework for General Aviation Aircraft Performance Model Calibration and Validation", AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, June 2018. Link to PDF
- Rao, A., and Puranik, T., "Retrospective Analysis of Approach Stability in General Aviation Operations", AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, June 2018. Link to PDF
- Rajaram, D., Cai, Y., Chakraborty, I., Puranik, T., and Mavris, D.N., "Integrated Sizing and Multi-objective Optimization of Aircraft and Subsystem Architectures in Early Design", AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, June 2017. Link to PDF
- Puranik, T., and Mavris, D. N., "Identifying Instantaneous Anomalies in General Aviation Operations", AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, June 2017. Link to PDF
- Puranik, T., Jimenez, H., and Mavris, D. N., "Utilizing Energy Metrics and Clustering Techniques to Identify Anomalous General Aviation Operations", AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan 2017. Link to PDF
- Puranik, T., Harrison, E., Min, S., Jimenez, H., and Mavris, D. N., "General Aviation Approach and Landing Analysis using Flight Data Records", AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, June 2016. Link to PDF
- Puranik, T., Harrison, E., Min, S., Jimenez, H., and Mavris, D. N., "Energy Based Metrics for General Aviation Flight Data Record Analysis", AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, June 2016. Link to PDF