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Meet our Team

Faculty

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Dr. Fangjun Shu

D. and A. Chapman Endowed Associate Professor

Ph.D. Purdue University

Experimental fluid mechanics (PIV, FLDI, FLEET, high-speed flow visualization); hypersonics; flow control; development of flow diagnostic methods.

 

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Dr. Andreas Gross

F. Mooney Endowed Professor

Ph.D. University of Aachen

Computational fluid dynamics; large-eddy simulation; Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes; aero-thermodynamics; aero-optics; linear stability theory; reduced-order modeling.

 

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Dr. Qiong Liu

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Computational fluid mechanics, modal and non-modal analyses (global instability analysis; resolvent analysis; data-driven approaches), passive and active flow controls, particle-laden high-speed flows and machine learning.

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Dr. Yanxing Wang

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

Computational fluid dynamics; multiphase thermal fluid dynamics in supersonic and hypersonic environment; microscale particle and droplet dynamics; fluid-particle/droplet interaction; anisotropic heat and mass transfer in multiphase flow.

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Dr. J.I. Frankel

Department Head and R. G. Myers Endowed Professor

Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech, “Society of Distinguished Alumni”)

Heat transfer (theory to benchtop experiments, mathematical physics), heat flux sensors, physics based data reduction ((parameter required and calibration).

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Dr. Francisco Torres-Herrador

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Universities of Brussels and Ghent

Materials with hypersonics application; pyrolysis and gas-surface interactions; carbon composites and thermal protection systems.

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Dr. Shabnam Mohammadshahi

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Pusan National Universities, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Experimental fluid mechanics; superhydrophobic surfaces; non-intrusive optical diagnosis.

 

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr. Sunyang Lee

Dr. Bryan Barraza Holguin

Graduate Research Assistants

Leonardo Saenz

Luke Vergeer

David Vasquez

Julian Marin Olivas

Arafat Ahmed

Morelia Enriquez Martinez

Marco Gomez

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Colin Ross

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