Publications

Ph.D. Students

John Solomon, Ph.D. 2011
Dissertation Title: "High-Bandwidth Unsteady Microactuators for Active Control of High-Speed Flows"
Currently an Adjunct Professor and Research Scientist at Florida State University

Vikas Kumar, Ph.D. 2008
Dissertation Title: "Separation Control In Adverse Pressure Gradients Using High-Speed Microjets"
Currently a Process Control Engineer for Bayer Technology Services

Isaac Choutapalli, Ph.D. 2007
Dissertation Title: "An Experimental Study of a Pulsed Jet Ejector"
Currently an Assistant Professor at University of Texas Pan American

Ning Zhuang, Ph.D. 2007
Dissertation Title: "Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Cavity Flow and Their Control"

Brent Greska, Ph.D. 2005
Dissertation Title: "Supersonic Jet Noise and its Reduction Using Microjet Injection"
Currently at Sustainable Energy Technologies

Huadong Lou, Ph.D. 2005
Dissertation Title: "Control of Supersonic Impinging Jets using Microjets"

Mehmet Alkislar, Ph.D. 2002
Dissertation Title: "Flow Field Measurements in a Screeching Rectangular Jet"
Currently working for Boeing

David Wishart, Ph.D. 1995
Dissertation Title: "The Structure of a Heated Supersonic Jet Operating at Design and Off-Design Conditions"
Currently an Engineer at Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne

M.S. Students

Chase Foster, M.S. 2011
Thesis Title: "Characterizing High Frequency Microscale Flows Using Optical Methods"
Currently an Engineer at Florida State University

Josh Hogue, M.S. 2011
Thesis Title: "Broadband Microjet Flow Control Using Piezoelectric Actuators"

Alex Wiley, M.S. 2010
Thesis Title: "Effects of Unsteady Actuation on Resonance-Dominated Impinging Jets"
Currently a Ph.D. Student at Arizonia State University

Sladana Lazic, M.S. 2008
Thesis Title: "Active Control of Hot, Supersonic Impinging Jets Using Microjets"
Currently at BMW Manufacturing

Fei Liu, M.S. 2008
Thesis Title: "Piezohydraulic Actuator Development For Active Microjet Flow Control"
Currently a Research Assistant at The City College of New York

Mike Sheehan, M.S. 2007
Thesis Title: "Supersonic Flow and its Control Over Highly Three-Dimensional Cavities"

Charney Davy, M.S. 2004
Thesis Title: "Surface Flow Measurement of Supersonic Impinging Jets"
Currently a Sr. Engineer at Becton, Dickinson, and Company

Vikram Siddavaram, M.S. 2002
Thesis Title: "The Effect of Microjet Injection of the Flow Characterstics of a Mach 0.9 Axisymmetric Jet"
Currently at the University of California Santa Barbra

Koustubh Phalnikar, M.S. 2001
Thesis Title: "An Experimental Study of Free and Impinging Supersonic Microjets"

Kartik Iyer, M.S. 1999
Thesis Title: "Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Impinging Jets in STOVL Configuration"
Currently a Sr. Reliability Engineer at Ryder System Inc.