Faculty

Chemical propulsion and design methodologies

Pressure gain combustion
Turbomachinery
High-speed internal flows
Aero-thermal focus on the integration of experiments with computational fluid dynamics

Experimental fluid dynamics
Development of flow diagnostic techniques
Flow dynamics in stratified environment
Turbulent flow measurements and modeling

Laser-absorption spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, & IR imaging sensors for gas temperature, pressure, velocity, and chemical species
Molecular spectroscopy, photophysics, & energy transfer in gases
Energetic materials (e.g., explosives & propellants) detection & combustion
Combustion and propulsion systems (small and large scale)
Biomedical sensing

Sustainable energy and environment
Combustion and turbulent reacting flows
Combustion and heat transfer in materials
Biomedical flows and heat transfer
Global policy research

Application of Artificial Intelligence for Data-Driven Modeling, Analysis, Optimization, and Control
Physics Informed Machine Learning and Reduced-Order Modeling
Turbulence, Combustion, Sprays, and Particle Laden Flows
Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation
Computational Fluid Dynamics and High-Performance Computing
Energy Systems Modeling, Multi-Criteria Analysis and Decision Making
Renewable Energy and Smart Energy Systems

Aerothermal aspects of turbomachinery
Axial and radial compressor performance
Experimental methods in fluid mechanics

Laser diagnostics
Diode-laser-based sensors
Gas turbine and internal engine combustion
Materials processing and synthesis
Combustion science
Fluid mechanics and heat transfer

Dissimilar material 3D printing
Additive manufacturing of energetic materials
Additive manufacturing of materials for high temperature applications
Quality control in additive manufacturing

Laser spectroscopy and imaging for combustion, sprays, energetics, hypersonics, plasmas, and non-equilibrium flows
Applications to gas-turbine, rocket, internal combustion, and scramjet engine performance, efficiency, and emissions
Thermal-fluid behavior at the extremes, including turbulent, high-temperature, high-pressure, multiphase, and non-equilibrium reacting flows

Compact high speed turbomachinery: Design, analysis (experimental-numerical), cavity and tip flows, flow control
High speed propulsion: Novel cycle development, intakes, nozzles, rotating detonation combustors
Development of measurement techniques and data processing

Synthesis of energetic materials
Chemistry of nitrogen-rich compounds
Characterization of explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics
Electrochemical synthesis
Thermochemistry of energetic material synthesis
Reactive and agent defeat materials

Aerospace propulsion systems
Rocket engine combustors
Liquid propellant injection systems
Hypergolic propellants
High pressure and hydrogen storage systems

Multiphase combustion, particularly related to propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics
Nanoscale composite energetic materials
Advanced energetic materials
Microscale combustion