Present and Former Students
Ph. D. Committees Chaired
- Mohammed Elsouht, Characterization of Vortex Inception with Machine Learning, Winter, 2026
- Nicholas Lucido, High Speed X-ray imaging for Multiphase Flows, Winter 2024,
- Jane Kim, Flow Around a Prolate Spheroid at High Reynolds Number, Winter 2024, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Daniel Knister, Cavitation Associated with Vortex Pair Instabilities, Summer 2023
- Elizabeth Callison, Demonstration of Turbulent Drag Reduction on a Towed Body and Two-phase Mixing Through a Narrow Gap, Winter 2023, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Anubhav Bhatt, Influence of Unsteadiness on Cavitation Intensity, Fall 2021, co-chair with H. Ganesh
- Juliana Wu, Shock and Re-entrant Jet Formation in Partial Cavities, Summer 2019
- Joel Hartenburger, Effect of Roughness and Biofilms on Wall Bounded Shear Flows, Fall 2018, co-chair with M. Perlin
- James Gose, Passive and Active Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Friction Drag Reduction, Fall 2017, co-chair with M. Perlin
- Seongjin Yoon. High Frame-Rate X-Ray Tomography System for Multiphase Flow, Winter 2017, co-chair with S. Mäkiharju
- Casey Harwood, Flow Structure Interaction of a Surface Piercing Hydrofoil, Fall 2016, co-chair with Y. Young
- In-Ho Lee, Dynamics of Bubble Populations Around Ship Hulls, Summer 2015
- Harish Ganesh, Influence of Polymer Injection on the Formation of Tip-Vortex Cavitation, Fall 2014
- Simo Mäkiharju, Sheet-to-Bubble Transition in Near-Wall Gas-Liquid Flows, Fall 2011
- Adam Steinberg, High Resolution Cinema-Stereo PIV for the Measurement of Turbulent Flame Dynamics, Winter 2009, co-chair with J. Driscoll
- Alexander Mychkovsky, Advanced Diagnostics for Temporally Evolving Multiphase Flows, Winter 2010
- Ryo Yakushiji, Nuclei Effects on Vortex-vortex Cavitation Inception and Noise, Winter 2009
- Brian Elbing, Polymer and Microbubble Drag Reduction at High Reynolds number, Winter 2008, co-chair with M. Perlin
- Chinar Ramchandra Aphale, Analysis of Cavitation in Friction Clutches, Winter 2007, co-chair with W. W. Schultz
- Eric Winkel, Polymer and Microbubble Drag Reduction at High Reynolds number, Winter 2007, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Natasha Chang, Acoustic detection and localization of sub-visual cavitation, Fall 2006, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Shiyao Bian, Cinemagraphic PIV Analysis of a Turbulent Jet, Fall 2006, co-chair with J. Driscoll
- Jia Li, Mistuning Identification, Winter 2005, co-chair with C. Pierre
- Jaehyung Choi, Vortex-vortex Interactions and Cavitation Inception, Winter, 2005
- Paul Tortora, Electrical Impedance Tomography for Gas-Solid Flows, Fall, 2004
- Jinhyun Cho, Evaluation of Electrical Impedance Methods for the Measurement of Near Surface Gas Distributions, Spring 2004, co-chair with M. Perlin
- Wendy Sanders, Friction Drag Reduction, Fall 2003, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Ghanem Oweis, Dynamics and Scaling of Leakage Vortex Cavitation Inception, Summer 2003
- Dwayne Bourgoyne, Examination of the High Reynolds Number Flow Over Lifting Surface, Winter 2003, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Ansis Upatnieks, Cinemagraphic PIV Investigation of the Lifted Turbulent Jet Flame Stabilization Region, Winter 2002, co-chair with J. Driscoll
- John Judge, Experimental-Based Development of Phenomenological Mistuning Models For Bladed Disks, Winter 2001, co-chair with C. Pierre
- Claudia Iyer, Investigation of Cavitating Shear Flows, Summer 2000
- Judy Che, Metal Drop Deposition and Droplet Based Manufacturing, Winter 1999, co-chair with G. Tryggvason
- K. Laberteaux, Generation of Flow Structures in the Closure Region of Attached Cavitation, Fall 1998
- S. Chambers, Mechanics of Erythrocyte Hemolysis and Thrombosis During the Transport of Blood, Fall 1998, co-chair with R. Bartlett
- Darin George, Electrical Impedance Methods for the Measurement of Multiphase Flows, Fall 1998
- Jaehoon Han, Drop Deposition Manufacturing: Numerical Studies, Winter 1997, co-chair with G. Tryggvason
- Ann Tassin, Investigation of the Inception Region of Attached Cavitation, Fall 1996
- C.-Y. Li, Interaction of Traveling Bubbles with the Boundary Layer and Attached Cavitation, Fall 1995
- Po-Wen Yu, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Bubble and Sheet Cavitation, Fall 1995
- Yi-Jou Jan, Computational Studies of Bubble Dynamics, Spring 1994, co-chair with G. Tryggvason
M. S. Committees Chaired
- Josh Parmet, High Resolution Measurements of Turbulent Flow Along Biofilm Layers,Winter 2019
- Nassim Abdul Samad, Design, fabrication and testing of a Metal Window for Corrosion Testing, Fall 2011, co-chair G. Was
- Richard Mooney, Void Fraction Measurements in Air Layers, Fall 2010
- Drew Romes, Hydrodynamics of Shock Absorber Tuning, Winter 2008
- Darren Holland, Design and Calibration of Experimental Excitation Systems and Test Procedures for System Identification of Blisks, Fall 2007, co-Chair with M. Castanier
- Gregory Miller, Air Layer Drag Reduction at High Reynolds Number, Fall 2007
- Elizabeth Ivy, Characterization of the Microbubble Layer During Microbubble Drag Reduction in a Turbulent Boundary Layer at High Reynolds Number, Winter, 2003, co-chair with D. Dowling
- Josh Hamel, Pressure Measurements in the Large Cavitation Channel, Fall 2001
- Daniel Peterman, Design of a Recirculating Water Tunnel, Fall 2000
- Evert-Jan Foeth, Observations of a three-dimensional sheet cavity on a hydrofoil, Winter 2000 (student at T-U Delft, with Prof. G. Kuiper)
- Peter Kilcline, Construction of a Small Water Tunnel, Spring 1994
Post Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars
- Andreas Rauch, Winter 2023 - present (with V. Raman)
- Soumarup Bhattacharyya, Winter 2023 - present (with H. Ganesh)
- Elijah Andrews, Winter 2023 - present (with H. Ganesh)
- Harish Ganesh, Summer 2015 - Winter 2017
- Simo Mäkiharju, Winter 2012-Summer 2014
- Inwon Lee, Winter 2010-Winter 2011
- Bu Guen Paik, Winter 2010-Winter 2011
- Brian Elbing, Winter 2009 - Summer 2010
- Natasha Chang, Summer 2007 - Summer 2009
- Keary Lay, Winter 2006-Fall 2009
- Jaehyung Choi, Fall 2005-Fall 2006
- Kyungjin Lee, Winter 2006-Winter 2007
- Xaiochun Shen, Spring 2004-Fall 2005
- Marek Rebow, Fall 2003-Fall 2004
- Ghanem Oweis, Fall 2003-Fall 2005
- S. Gayton Liter, Winter 2001-Fall 2002 (supported by and in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM)
- Carolyn Judge, Fall 2000-Fall 2002
- Kathy Laberteaux, Winter 1999