Souma Chowdhury
PhD
Associate Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor
Research Interests
Nature inspired computing (evolutionary, swarm, and neural algorithms) for design and AI; metamodeling and multi-fidelity optimization; MINLP; swarm systems and swarm-bots; autonomous systems; and unmanned aerial vehicles
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2012
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Florida International University, 2008
- BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, 2007
Awards and Honors
- NSF CAREER Award, 2021.
- SEAS Early Career Researcher of the Year 2019.
- Renewable Energy Top Paper Award, Elsevier, 2015.
- Awarded $5,000 Summer Foundry funding by RPI for tech start-up, 2012.
- Awarded NYSERDA CleanTech start-up funding through the Syracuse Tech Garden.