Graduate Students
Eli Durant
Project: Computational Investigation of High-Pressure Turbulent Premixed Flames
Email: gfc148@mocs.utc.edu
Supported by NSF
Jacob Pratt
Project: Fluid Dynamics and Infectious Diseases: An Integrated Modeling Framework
Email: nxm681@mocs.utc.edu
Supported by NSF
Robert Smith
Project: Modeling of turbulent combustion
Email: nbh188@mocs.utc.edu
Supported by ME Graduate Program
Matthew Pruitt
Project: Modeling of Multi-Component Evaporation
Email: trk834@mocs.utc.edu
Matthew Brown
Project: Combustion Dynamics in Propulsion Systems
Email: nfb763@mocs.utc.edu
Justin Redden
Project: TBD
Email: justin-redden@mocs.utc.edu
Undergraduate Students
David Brown
Project: Uncertainty Quantification
Email: ffp592@mocs.utc.edu
DoD SMART Scholar
Karla Coronado
Project: Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Flames
Email: rtg289@mocs.utc.edu
Supported by NSF
Lucas Beach
Project: Simulation of high-speed flows
Email: jfd519@mocs.utc.edu
Supported by Ruth S. Holmberg Grant for Faculty Excellence
Ian Tidwell
Project: Modal Analysis of Chemically Reacting Flows
Email: kst643@mocs.utc.edu
External Collaborators
- Mickael Young (National Aerospace Solutions, TN, USA)
- Achyut Panchal (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA)
- Veeraraghava Hasti (North Carolina State University, NC, USA)
- Aditi Sengupta and Tapan Sengupta (Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India)
Visiting Students
- Steven Kitchell, Northwestern University, 2022.
Alumni
Graduate Students
- 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, Currently pursuing PhD from University of Central Florida)
- Eli Durant (MS, Fall 2023, Thesis: Numerical investigation of the wall temperature effects on shock-wave turbulent boundary layer interactions, Currently pursuing PhD from UTC)
- Amin Amiri (MS, Summer 2023, Non-Thesis, Project: Data-driven modeling of wall-bounded turbulent flows, Currently pursuing MS in Computer Science, UTC.)
- Mickael Young (MS, Fall 2022, Thesis: Modeling of laminar-to-turbulent transition using a hybrid multi-scale simulation strategy, Current Employment: Modeling and Simulation Engineer, National Aerospace Solutions, TN, USA)
- Timothy Johnston (MS, Fall 2021, Thesis: (Study of two-way coupled particle laden turbulent flow over a backward-facing step using large-eddy simulation, Current Employment: Equipment Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Technologies International, Milford, CT, USA)
- Jamie Bowers (MS, Summer 2021, Thesis: Numerical investigation of effects of pressure and chemistry on characteristics of turbulent premixed flames), Current Employment (Thermal Analysis Engineer, Boeing, Huntsville, AL, USA)
- Divyajit Mahida (MS, Spring 2021, Thesis: Numerical Investigation of Airflow and Aerosol Deposition Characteristics within Human Airways, Current Employment: Product Engineer, Daikin Applied, VA, USA)
- Jash Doshi (MS, Spring 2021, Non-Thesis, Current Employment: Mechanical Engineer, FMC Engineering, P.C., NY, USA)
Undergraduate Students
- Ashwyn Sam
- Brennan Troxel
- Collin Lowery
- Alec Blade
- Nelson Rainey
- Neka Long
- Zakaius Isom