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Tallahassee, Fl, Us

A core research area involving aerodynamics and aeroacoustics tests in Subsonic, Supersonic and Hypersonic regimes up to Mach 5.

University, Ms, Us

Zamudio, Vizcaya, Es

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

General Motors Project: * Design and implement experimental & computational methods to investigate oil evaporation on walls of an internal combustion engines. Aerodynamics Project: * Extensively study the transient flow structure at various instability stages of laminar separation bubble, and control them by using passive&active flow control methods.

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

Sessional Instructor for Systems Design Engineering 383 - Fluid Dynamics

Develop new methods to integrate CFD simulations and testing for cooling components of Off-Road vehicles, in order to supply cost&time effective solutions.Research & Develop of new technologies and bring government investments to fund various projects including cooling, combustion, acoustics, and turbomachinery.Responsible for cooling fan design for optimal cooling and working closely with NVH team to decrease noise for the agricultural tractor. Also, developing a methodology within the company for underhood flow analysis to control underhood thermal management by combining 1-D and 3-D softwares combined with testing. Proposed this project to the government to get an investment up to $500,000 for the testing laboratory and project expenses.

Troy, Ny, Us

BOEING PROJECT: Separation control by Using Dynamic Pins and Vortex Generators (VG)* Developed piezoelectric strips for dynamic pins and VGs in collaboration with Boeing Actuator Design Team.* Experimental and computational analyses conducted to explore the effect of dynamic pin and VGs on flow separation.* Future design and optimization will be conducted on different airfoils to build fuel-efficient planes.AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (AFOSR) PROJECT: Investigation of laminar separation bubble and stall cells on performance of different airfoils* Designed and constructed experimental setups to conduct experiments up to Rec = 9x10^6 on different airfoils. * Extensively studied the detailed flow structure at various instability stages of stall cells and laminar separation bubble, and their effects on the performance of NACA 0009, 0015, and 2218.* Simulated extensively 2-D and 3-D unsteady flow physics, and cross-compared them with experimental results. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PROJECT: Control of laminar to turbulence of transition by actively controlling Tollmien-Schlichting (T-S) waves * Designed and conducted wind tunnel experiments, and developed a method “Phase-Locking” to detect T-S waves.* Computational and experimental methods have been applied to cancel T-S waves and delay turbulence on a flat plate. * Designed an experimental setup to delay turbulence transition on a NACA 0009 airfoil.** Combined experimental and computational methods to increase efficiency of project teams.** Developed UDF’s (User Defined Functions) to implement dynamic mesh (C coding) for active flow control actuators that are used to delay turbulence transition, cancel flow separation, increase mixing, and reduce drag. ** Supervision and management of three R&D project team involving M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. ** Organizing and planning of wind tunnel facility; and educate Ph.D. students on experimental methods and testing.

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) PROJECT: Instabilities in Finite Length Unsteady Shallow Flows* Designed and constructed experimental setups for simulating river flow in order to quantitatively/qualitatively visualize the unsteady three-dimensional flow structure due to shear layer instabilities along the opening of a cavity.* Extensively studied the detailed flow structure at various instability stages, i.e., coupled and uncoupled oscillations.* Formulated the mass exchange between the cavity and river by combining the experimental and computational results.* Developed UDF’s (User Defined Functions) and subroutines to implement dynamic mesh.Computationally determined power generation due to the coupled oscillations by using Comsol Multiphysics. ** Hands-on experience in designing, installing, and conducting two- and three- dimensional Digital Particle Image Velocimetry, data acquisition, signal processing, and motion control.** Direct supervision and assistance to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students with regard to their academic studies.** Facilitate teaching instructions on graduate and undergraduate courses, involving classroom and laboratory interaction.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering