Dr. Ravi Rajamani is seen here with a Whittle gas turbine at Cranfield University. He is an independent consultant who has accumulated many years of experience in the area of aerospace propulsion and energy, specifically in data analytics and model-based methods for controls, diagnostics, and prognostics.
He has six books to his name including Electric Flight Technology: The Unfolding of a New Future, published by SAE International Press in 2018; many book chapters, journal and conference papers, and patents. Prior to his current job, Ravi worked at Meggitt, United Technologies Corporation, and the General Electric Company. He has a BTech from IITD, an MS from IISc, a PhD from University of Minnesota, and an MBA from University of Connecticut.
He is active within various SAE technical committees dealing with prognostics and health management (PHM) and electric propulsion. He is a past chair of the HM-1 Technical Committee, and the current chair of the IVHM Steering Group.
He is active in the PHM Society, serving on its board of directors. Ravi is a Visiting Research Professor at University of Connecticut and he is the current editor-in-chief of the SAE International Journal of Aerospace. He has been elected a fellow of SAE International and of IMechE in the UK. In 2018 he received SAE’s Forest R. McFarland Award.