Ashvin Hosangadi, Ph.D, is Vice-President at CRAFT Tech where he leads a development team for CFD software.  Dr. Hosangadi received his B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, India, and his Ph.D. from Penn State both in Mechanical Engineering. He has co-authored a chapter on “CFD Analysis of Flow and Performance” for the Pump Handbook. Among other awards, he received the 2013 Sankaraiyer Gopalakrishnan-Flowserve Pump Technology Award for expertise in pump technology. Dr. Hosangadi has also received three Space Achievement Act Awards from NASA for the development of software related to cryogenic fluid analysis for liquid rocket engine.