Graduate Students

Matthew Brown (PhD Student)
Research Area: Combustion Dynamics in Propulsion Systems
Email: [email protected]
Sponsor: N/A
Ratri Chowdhury (MS Student)
Research Area: Multi-Scale Modeling of Turbulent Combustion
Email: [email protected]
Sponsor: NSF
Fatin Hredoy (MS Student)
Research Area: Hybrid Quantum-Classical Algorithms for Modeling of Turbulent Combustion
Email: [email protected]
Sponsor: CEACSE, UTC

Matthew Pruitt (PhD Student)
Research Area: Multi-Component Evaporation in Spray Combustion
Email: [email protected]
Sponsor: N/A

Rahul Kumar (PhD Student)
Research Area: Computational Techniques for Hypersonics
Email: [email protected]
Sponsor: CEACSE, UTC
Undergraduate Students
- Cesar Arellano (Supported by Subaward from UAH)
- Joseph Sanders
- Tooba Tanveer (Supported by UAH Subaward and CEACSE, UTC)
External Collaborators
- Prof. V. R. Hasti, University of Central Florida
- Prof. S. Rani, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Prof. S. Menon, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Prof. A. Panchal, University of Cincinnati
- Prof. A. Sengupta, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Visiting Students
- Steven Kitchell, Northwestern University, 2022.
Alumni
Graduate Students
- Jacob Pratt (MS, Fall 2025, Thesis: Study of dynamics of airflow and aerosol transport and deposition in human upper airways using large-eddy simulations)
- Robert Smith (MS, Fall 2025, Thesis: Characteristics of flame-turbulence interactions in freely propagating turbulent premixed flames under decaying and forced isotropic turbulence conditions)
- Steven Thompson (MS, Summer 2024, Thesis: Study of the role of differential diffusion and equation of state on the features of stably stratified turbulent channel flow using direct numerical simulations)
- Eli Durant (MS, Fall 2023, Thesis: Numerical investigation of the wall temperature effects on shock-wave turbulent boundary layer interactions)
- Amin Amiri (MS, Summer 2023, Non-Thesis)
- Mickael Young (MS, Fall 2022, Thesis: Modeling of laminar-to-turbulent transition using a hybrid multi-scale simulation strategy)
- Timothy Johnston (MS, Fall 2021, Thesis: Study of two-way coupled particle laden turbulent flow over a backward-facing step using large-eddy simulation)
- Jamie Bowers (MS, Summer 2021, Thesis: Numerical investigation of effects of pressure and chemistry on characteristics of turbulent premixed flames)
- Divyajit Mahida (MS, Spring 2021, Thesis: Numerical Investigation of Airflow and Aerosol Deposition Characteristics within Human Airways)
- Jash Doshi (MS, Spring 2021, Non-Thesis)
Undergraduate Students
- David Brown (BS, Spring 2025, UG Honors Thesis: Uncertainty quantification of turbulent premixed flames)
- Karla Coronado
- Ian Tidwell
- Lucas Beach
- Zakaius Isom
- Neka Long
- Nelson Rainey
- Alec Blade
- Collin Lowery
- Ashwyn Sam
- Brennan Troxel