Awesome Prelim!
June 2023
Evan Bond successfully passed his prelim! Congrats, Evan!
Star Defense!
May 2023
Adam Coon successfully defended his Master's thesis! Awesome work, Adam!
Well Tuned Defense!
May 2023
Jhansi Reddy triumphantly defended her Master's thesis! Great job, Jhansi!
Staggeringly Smooth Defense!
March 2023
Amanda Beach triumphantly defended her Master's thesis! Congrats, Amanda!
Model Defense!
August 2022
Mark Shapochka successfully defended his Master's thesis! Awesome work, Mark!
Awesome Prelim!
July 2022
Andrew Cusator successfully passed his prelim! Congrats Andrew!
Additively Manufactured Defense!
May 2022
Matt Meier expertly defended his PhD dissertation! Congrats Matt!
Masters!
May 2022
Andrew Cusator was awarded a Master's degree on his way to a PhD!
Perfect Prelim!
May 2022
Doug Matthews triumphantly passed his prelim! Woo - congrats Doug!
Awesome Defense!
April 2022
Evan Bond successfully defended his Master's thesis - congratulations, Evan! Evan will be continuing his work as PhD student!
Successful Defense!
December 2021
Yuning Dai successfully defended her Master's thesis and will be continuing on to a PhD!
Fantastic Defense!
October 2021
Nicholas Kormanik successfully defended his PhD dissertation! Awesome work, Dr. Kormanik!
Qualified
October 2021
Congrats to William Brown and Joey Brown for passing all area exams for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Patent Pending!
March 2021
A provisional patent was filed with the Purdue Research Foundation for an algorithm that detects early compressor stall!
Purdue innovators develop new stall warning technology for gas turbine engines - March 31, 2021
Masterful Defense!
December 2020
William Brown topped off the year by successfully defending his Master's thesis. Congratulations, Master Will!
Qualified
October 2020
Andrew Cusator passed all area exams for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering! Great job Andrew!
Pandemic Prelim!
August 2020
Matt Meier successfully passed his PhD preliminary exam. Nice job, Matt!
CFDefending a Thesis!
July 2020
Matt Fuehne finished his Master's thesis and will be continuing at the lab as a Research Engineer. Great work, Master Fuehne!
Lab Expansion!
June 2020
Construction crews broke ground on an expansion to ZL1 for 2 new Compressor Lab test cells! Stay tuned for updates on the Compressor Lab's newest project - a transonic fan!
Laser-Focused Defense!
April 2020
Will Gooding triumphantly defended his PhD dissertation and is headed to Blue Origin. Congratulations, Dr. Gooding!
Super-Model Defense!
February 2020
Trey Harrison successfully completed all of his requirements for a PhD. Congratulations, Dr. Harrison!
Moving on Up!
November 2019
Dr. Nicole Key is promoted to Associate Head for Graduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering! Congrats, Dr. Key!
Patent Pending!
October 2019
A provisional patent was filed with the Purdue Research Foundation for a blade vibration monitoring system!
'Listening' to engine blades to stop failures, disasters - October 31, 2019
ISABE 2019 - Presenting with the 'Roos!
September 2019
Will Gooding traveled to ISABE in Canberra, Australia to present a paper on Laser Doppler Velocimetry!
AIAA P&E 2019 - Representing Indiana!
August 2019
Yujun Leng, Trey Harrison, and Nick Kormanik all traveled to Indianapolis, IN to present papers at the AIAA Propulsion & Energy Conference.
IGTI TurboExpo 2019 - Best Poster Award!
June 2019
The compresssor lab travelled to Phoenix, AZ where Yujun Leng, Matt Meier, and Will Gooding presented papers. Matt Fuehne, William Brown, and Trey Harrison presented posters and Trey even won best poster!
Perfect Prelim!
December 2018
Will Gooding passed his preliminary exam on using LDV to examine unsteady diffuser flows. Pew-Pew! Congrats, Will!
Victorious Defense!
November 2018
Nitya Kamdar successfully defended his Master's thesis and will be headed to Cummins. Congrats, Nitya!
Passionate Prelim!
May 2018
Trey Harrison triumphantly passed his preliminary exam! One step closer to graduation! Congrats, Trey!
3D Defense!
May 2018
Ruben Adkins-Rieck additively manufactured a thesis. Congrats, Ruben!
Successful Defense!
November 2017
Doug Matthews successfully defended his Master's thesis and will continue on to a PhD at Purdue. Congrats, Doug!
Majestic Defense
November 2017
Razvan Rusu majestically defended his Master's thesis on inlet distortion in axial compressors. Congrats, Razvan!
Promotion
August 2017
Dr. Nicole Key is promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering - congrats, Dr. Key!
ISABE 2017
September 2017
Will Gooding travelled to ISABE in Manchester, UK to present paper ISABE 2017-21417.
IGTI Turbo Expo 2017
June 2017
The compressor lab travelled to Charlotte, NC to attend IGTI Turbo Expo 2017.
Back-to-Back-to-Back
May 2017
Nick Kormanik, Cameron Davis, and James Wallace all successfully defended their Master's theses - Nick will pursue a PhD at the compressor lab. Cameron and James will begin working at Pratt and Whitney.
Qualified
February 2017
Amelia Brooks qualified for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering by passing area exams - great job, Amelia!
Master
December 2016
Trey Harrison was awarded a Master's degree on the way to his PhD!
Best Paper Award
December 2016
Natalie Smith was awarded best paper at ISABE 2015 for her paper Effects of Blade Row Interactions on Unsteady Stator Surface Pressures in an Embedded Compressor Stage!
Qualified
October 2016
Will Gooding qualified for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with high marks on his area exams!
Masterful Defense
August 2016
Nyansafo Aye-Addo succesfully defended his Master's thesis - congratulations, Nyansafo!
IGTI Turbo Expo 2016
June 2016
Dr. Nicole Key, Fangyuan Lou, and Will Gooding travelled to Seoul, South Korea for Turbo Expo 2016. Fangyuan presented paper GT2016-56188 and Will presented paper GT2016-56683.
Supreme Defender
December 2015
Fangyuan Lou expertly defended his dissertation to earn a PhD. Congratulations Dr. Lou!
Qualified
November 2015
Trey Harrison passed all three qualifying exams for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Top Poster
August 2015
José Rivas earned the Award of Excellence for Top Resarch Poster at the Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Poster Symposium. Congratulations José!
Leaping Defense
July 2015
Reid Berdanier spotlessly completed all of his requirements for a PhD. Congratulations Dr. Berdanier!
Defense Success
June 2015
Matthew Dolan successfully defended his MS thesis, and is now working with Alambic Investment Management.
June 2015
All members of the High Speed Compressor Research Laboratory attended Turbo Expo 2015 in Montréal, Canada. Natalie Smith presented paper GT2015-43508 while Fangyuan Lou and Trey Harrison presented poster GT2015-44228 and Jeanne Methel presented poster GT2015-44204.
Supreme Defender
April 2015
Natalie Smith completed all of the requirements to fulfill the requirements for a PhD. Congratulations Natalie!
CoE Outstanding Student Award
March 2015
Congratulations to our star lab members, Natalie Smith and Reid Berdanier, for winning the prestigious College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award for AAE and ME respectively!
Defense Success
December 2014
Dave Monk successfully defended his MS thesis, and is now working with Siemens Energy.
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2014 Old Man Awards
May/June 2014
Congratulations to Bill Murray and Bryce Heckaman who both successfully completed their MS degrees. Good luck!
ASME Early Career Award
January 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Key, the recipient of the 2014 ASME/IGTI Dilip R. Ballal Early Career Award!
Fabian to the Rescue
January 2014
John Fabian has officially joined the Compressor Lab family as a Senior Research Scientist!
Tenure Announcement
April 5, 2013
Congratulations to Dr. Key for her promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure! Let's roast a hawg!
Kings of Quals
March 2013
Reid Berdanier and Nick Pohl both passed all three ME PhD qualifier exams! Let the celebrations begin!
Happy Mustache March!
March 1, 2013
The Compressor Lab would like to wish you a happy Mustache March!
Aerospace Sciences Meeting
January 7-10, 2013
Natalie Smith traveled to Grapevine, TX to present research results on unsteady boundary layer response to rotor-rotor interactions.
Brossman Moves to Blue
January 21, 2013
John Brossman moved on to a position as a rocket test stand engineer with Blue Origin.
Queen of Quals
November 2012
Natalie Smith successfully passed both AAE PhD qualifier exams! Party time!
Brossman Defends PhD
October 1, 2012
John "JB" Brossman successfully defended his PhD dissertation!
AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Join Propulsion Conference
July 29 - August 1, 2012
Several HSCL students traveled with Dr. Key to present research results at the Joint Propulsion Conference in Atlanta, GA. Two papers were presented.
Berdanier Defends MSME
July 13, 2012
Reid Berdanier successfully defended his MSME thesis!