WHO WE ARE

MACHSTAR group is a commercial spin-off from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. With decades of experience in the fields of gas dynamics and high speed aerodynamics, this group set out to use these concepts and develop novel engineering solutions in various fields of science and engineering. It is well known that except for a couple of medical applications the commercial potential of shock waves has not been exploited properly. Today, the group has extended the scope of shock wave applications to various fields such as biology, electronics, civil engineering, nanoscience, genetic engineering, biomedical engineering, veterinary, food processing etc.

MACHSTAR has also taken upon itself to educate the budding scientists and engineers to better equip them to carve out a bright tomorrow for all mankind. In order to achieve MACHSTAR has developed incredibly simple systems to produce and study the shock waves in the laboratory without any risks associated with the existing large scale systems. Two such inventions, namely, Reddy Tube and Reddy Tunnel have been successfully launched as table top hand operated Shock Tube and Hypersonic Shock Tunnel specifically tailored to carry out laboratory experiments on shock waves and hypersonic flows by the undergraduate as well as graduate level students. These two devices provide opportunity for students to carry out practical classes in the subjects of compressible flows, shock waves, supersonic and hypersonic flows including re-entry aerodynamics. Thus Reddy tube and Reddy Shock Tunnel have formed basis for elevating the Aeronautical Engineering degree to Aerospace Engineering degree.