Pramudita Satria Palar

Short Biography

Pramudita Satria Palar, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. Prior to his current position, he was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan, collaborating with Associate Prof. Koji Shimoyama and Prof. Shigeru Obayashi on the improvement of Bayesian optimization and the application of surrogate-based optimization and design exploration in aerospace engineering. During his postdoctoral position, he visited Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science at Leiden University as a visiting researcher.

Dr. Palar’s research interests are primarily in the areas of aerodynamic design optimization, data-driven fluid mechanics, machine learning, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, and their applications in aerospace, biomedical, and general engineering. He heavily employs machine learning and surrogate models in his study to assist engineering design and analysis.

Dr. Palar earned his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He conducted his Ph.D. research on the topic of multi-objective aerodynamic robust optimization, where he developed and investigated a surrogate-assisted memetic algorithm method and a multi-fidelity uncertainty quantification technique based on polynomial chaos expansion. During his doctoral study, he was also a visiting researcher at the Engineering Design Center of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and wrote several collaborative papers with the Center.

Aside from his life as an academic, he enjoys playing guitar, going to cafes with his family, and reading though-provoking books. His favorite book so far is “A History of Western Philosophy” by Bertrand Russell.