Faculty
Zucrow 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
Aerospace propulsion systems Rocket engine combustors Liquid propellant injection systems Hypergolic propellants High pressure and hydrogen storage systems
Spray and spray measurements Fluid mechanic instability
Multiphase combustion, particularly related to propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics Nanoscale composite energetic materials Advanced energetic materials Microscale combustion