Mona K. Email & Phone Number

Hampton, Virginia, United States

Garching, Bavaria, Germany

Institute of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Mountain View, California, United States

At the Computational Physics Branch of NASA Research Center, in Predictive Material Modeling group, we tackle challenges of developing new tools for entry systems modeling, in particular by focusing on improving accuracy in predicting flight data and hence lower margin. I am responsible for the following simulation, design concepts, and mentorship and training tasks:- High-Performance Computational Fluid Dynamics- Aerothermal calculation: boundary layer flows on entry capsule- Stagnation-point wall heating- Laminar-turbulent transition prediction in hypersonic boundary layers- Chemical Kinetics & blowing effects - Coupling b/w flow field calculation & material response analysis- Thermal Protection System Modeling- Thermal management, heat shield, and ablation- Train Interns in learning CFD codes and visualization techniques- Supervise Master students from ISAE-SUPAERO, École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, for their final thesis.

- Model lifetime of fog life cycle in Paris-Charles De Gaulle airport- Simulate cloud-topped planetary boundary layers to understand the role of turbulence generation in low-level clouds and stratified flows.- Test the viability of using Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) as reference tools for large-eddy simulations (LES) in perturbed atmospheric flows.- Model cloud thickness & lifetime: effect of turbulence, latent heat, emission, and radiative transfer at cloud boundaries.- Analyze environmental conditions affecting the atmospheric boundary layers and clouds inconjunction with the field campaigns e.g. DYCOMS II.

Atlantic Ocean

Collaboration Effort b/w NASA Goddard Space Center (AERONET) & Max Planck Institut:Scientist Staff on the trans-Atlantic expedition cruise METEOR 145, mission to the Central and South-western tropical Atlantic ocean:- Sunphotometer measurement and calculation of the maritime aerosol optical depth.- CTD measurementfor the calibration of moored instrumentation- Calculation of microstructure profiles of velocity shear and temperature

San Diego, California, United States

Collaboration effort b/w UCSD & MPI:- Develop dynamical down-scaling of mesoscale meteorological models to microscale CFD. - Simulate nocturnal boundary layers: Formation of Low-level jets formation considering non-homogeneous & baroclinic conditions with application to wind energy in the Great Plains.

Galveston, Tx

- Teach following courses: Foundations of Engineering I & III, Fluid Mechanics, Project Management & Engineering Economics, and Computer-Aided Engineering. - Advise senior students with their capstone design projects: financial feasibility in design & manufacturing.

College Station, Texas, United States

- Develop a graduate curriculum for a newly founded program: Master of Engineering - Subsea Engineering- Survey and analyze courses on project management, detailed technical modeling & design of subsea systems, and subsea production operations. - Coordinate meetings among two academic colleges and industry partners.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Researcher jointly working in Aerospace Engineering Dept. & Department of Mathematics- Stability Analysis and transition modeling- High-Performance Computational Fluid Dynamics- Turbulence modeling- Low-speed and hypersonic flows- Rarefied gas dynamics Taught following courses:- Viscous heat transfer and flow- Compressible flows- Gas Dynamics- Numerical solution methods in the CFD: Lattice Boltzmann Method, Gas Kinetic Methods- Geometry creation and grid generation for CFD applications

College Station, Texas, United States

Instructor of Thermal-Fluids Analysis and Design and Thermodynamics.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Computational Mathematics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering