Present and Former Students
Ph. D. Committees Chaired
- Simo Mäkiharju, “Sheet-to-Bubble Transition in Near-Wall Gas-Liquid Flows,” Winter 2009
- 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 2008
- Ryo Yakushiji, “Nuclei Effects on Vortex-vortex Cavitation Inception and Noise”, Winter 2008
- 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
- Darren Holland, “Design and Calibration of Experimental Excitation Systems and Test Procedures for System Identification of Blisks,” co-Chair with M. Castanier, Fall 2007
- Gregory Miller, “Air Layer Drag Reduction at High Reynolds Number,” Fall 2007
- Drew Romes, “Hydrodynamics of Shock Absorber Tuning,” 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
- Keary Lay, Winter 2006 – Winter 2007
- Jaehyung Choi, Fall 2005 - Fall 2006
- Kyungjin Lee, Winter 2006 – Winter 2007
- Xaiochun Shen, Spring 2004 - Fall 2005
- 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