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Propulsion

Propulsion

Electromagnetic propulsion, pulsed power, plasma physics, magnetoinertial fusion for propulsion and terrestrial power applications – Dr. Jason Cassibry

Propulsion, verification and validation of models, experimentation and uncertainty analysis – Dr. Hugh W. Coleman

Solid, liquid and hybrid propulsion, combustion instability, missile design, multi-disciplinary design – Dr. Robert Frederick

Solid and liquid rocket combustion, combustion instability, atomization of sprays, mixing, and laser diagnostics – Dr. Marlow Moser

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Computational and experimental methods in thermal/fluid science and biomedical engineering with emphasis on simulation validation and virtual prototyping – Dr. Dawn Bardot

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), and high temperature equations of state, with applications to collisional plasmas and high temperature gas dynamics – Dr. Jason Cassibry

Turbulence, combustion, acoustics, radiative heat transfer, multiphase flow, relativistic astrophysical flows - Dr. T. J. Chung

Applied computational fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, chemically reacting flows, acoustics, fluid-structure-acoustic interactions, supersonic and hypersonic laminar, transitional and turbulent flows – Dr. Kader Frendi

Relativistic Hydrodynamics, Magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD), Plasma Dynamics and Numerical simulations methods for fluids – Dr. Georgia Richardson

Multiphase flows, turbulence, computational fluid dynamics, stochastic and probabilistic modeling of thermo-fluid flows, propulsion and high performance computing – Dr. Babak Shotorban

Magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD), Gasdynamics and Radiative Gasdynamics, Plasmadynamics, Solar phenomena, Numerical simulation methods for fluids, heat transfer, and plasma – Dr. S. T. Wu

Aerospace Structures

Mechanical behavior of materials, fatigue crack growth, fracture mechanics, high temperature materials, corrosion and oxidation behavior, reliability and component life prediction – Dr. Jeffrey Evans

Experimental stress analysis, applied optics, solid mechanics, fiber optic sensing, holographic interferometry, speckle metrology, panoramic imaging, strategically turned absolutely resilient structures - Dr. John Gilbert

Mechanics and manufacturing science of composites, computer-aided rehabilitation, the durability of composites and polymers – Dr. Vistasp Karbhari

Smart materials systems, development of smart actuators and sensors, health monitoring of composite material systems and large civil infrastructures, experimental characterization and micro-mechanics modeling of material – Dr. Mark Lin

Design of apparatus for use in microgravity environment, heat transfer, rocketry and energy conservation – Dr. Francis Wessling

Computational solid and structural mechanics, advanced constitutive models for materials, modeling ductile and brittle failure modeling of materials (metals, ceramics, explosives, solid propellants), impact and penetration mechanics – Dr. Q.H. Ken Zuo

Aerospace Systems

Aircraft and missile aerodynamics, aerospace vehicle design, computational fluid dynamics, viscous fluid mechanics, and propulsion – Dr. D. Brian Landrum

Space systems engineering, space policy, energy systems – Dr. Michael Griffin

Dynamics

Modeling dynamic behavior and developing unique control mechanisms for mechanical and aeronautical devices and optimization of control methods with application to micro air vehicles and unmanned air vehicles – Dr. Nathan Slegers

Photovoltaic system design, solar energy systems, computer-aided engineering and design (CAE and CAD) – Dr. Donald Wallace


 
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