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Faculty

Jayanta Kapat

Professor, CATER Director

Erik Fernandez

Assistant Professor

Post Doctoral Fellows

Marcel Otto

Degree: N/A

Thesis/Dissertation: N/A

Ladislav Vesely

Degree: N/A

Thesis/Dissertation: N/A

Graduate Research Assistants

Emmanuel Gabriel-Ohanu

Degree: B.S in Aerospace engineering pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: Investigation of Effect of Inclination on SCO2 Heat Transfer in a Circular Pipe

Yakym Khlyapov

Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Fluids)

Thesis/Dissertation: Hydrogen Storage in Silica Aerogel in Cryogenic Conditions

Nandhini Raju

Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: Improving Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured High-Temperature Gas Turbine Component

Adil Riahi

Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering (thermal fluids)

Thesis/Dissertation: Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage Using the Adsorption Process

John Richardson

Degree: M.S in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Fluids)

Thesis/Dissertation: Experimental and Numerical Study of Jet Impingement with SCO2

Matthew Smith

Degree: M.S in Aerospace engineering (Thermo-fluid Aerodynamic Systems Design and Engineering)

Thesis/Dissertation: N/A

Patrick Tran

Degree: Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: Flow Induced Vibrations in Corrugated Flexhoses

Ryan Wardell

Degree: Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: The Numerical and Experimental Study on Conjugate Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cooling in a Staggered Pin Fin Array

Undergraduate Assistants

Ofek Amasay

Degree: B.S in Aerospace Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: N/A

Keith Nesbitt

Degree: Seeking B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: N/A

Elena Torres

Degree: B.S in Aerospace Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: N/A

Alumni

Weston Olson

Casting Simulations Design Engineer at Siemens-Energy

Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (thermo-fluids)

Thesis/Dissertation: Anisotropic Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Equiaxed Casting Processes

Manoj Prabakar Sargunaraj

Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Thesis/Dissertation: Thermal management of a Hypersonic Re-entry Vehicle Leading Edge