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Lab Members

The Flowfield Imaging Lab is kept running by students and post docs and a dedicated full time technician. The work is often done in collaboration with professors in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering and at other universities and government labs.

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Members
Director
 Noel Clemens pic Noel T. Clemens
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
clemens@mail.utexas.edu
   
Visiting Assistant Professor
Bulent Yuceil pic Dr. K. Bulent Yuceil
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
yuceil@mail.utexas.edu
   
Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Jeremy Jagodzinski
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
jags@mail.utexas.edu
   
Grad Students
Ross Burns
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2008
rossburns.66@gmail.com
Research Topic: Supersonic flameholding
   
Mirko Gamba pic Mirko Gamba
Laurea in Ingegneria Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2004
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
mirkog@mail.utexas.edu
Research Topic: Turbulent Combustion
   
Bryan Lochman
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2008
bryan.lochman@mail.utexas.edu
Research Topic: Hypersonic Ablation
   
Kevin Marr pic Kevin Marr
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
kmarr@mail.utexas.edu
Research Topic: Turbulent Combustion
   
Zachary Murphree pic Zachary Murphree
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
zrm96@hotmail.com
Research Topic: Transitional boundary layer / shock interactions
   
Venkateswaran Narayanaswamy pic Venkateswaran Narayanaswamy
B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2004
venkateswaran@mail.utexas.edu
Research Topic: Plasma flow control
   
Sumeet Trehan
B.E. Aeronautical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed Univ.), India, 2007
strehan@mail.utexas.edu
Research Topic: Supersonic flameholding
   
Justin Wagner pic Justin Wagner
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003
jlwagner7@mail.utexas.edu
Research Topic: Supersonic inlet unstart physics and control
   
Associates
  Prof. David Dolling
Currently Dean of Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC
   
  Prof. D.K. Ezekoye
Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin
   
  Prof. Laxminarayan Raja
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics The University of Texas at Austin
   
  Prof. Philip Varghese
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics The University of Texas at Austin  
   
  Dr. Robert Barlow
Sandia National Laboratories Livermore, California
   
  Dr. Akinori Muramatsu
Visiting Associate Professor January - March, 2007
Department of Aerospace Engineering College of Science and Technology Nihon University, Japan
amura@aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp
   
Technical Staff
Eddie Zihlman pic Edward J. Zihlman Jr.
ezihlman@mail.utexas.edu
   
Alumni
 

Bharathram (Bugs) Ganapathisubramani, Post-Doc, 2004-2006
Currently Lecturer, Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College of London, UK
g.bharath@imperial.ac.uk

   
 

Pablo Bueno Ph.D. 2006
Dissertation title: "The Effects of Upstream Mass Injection by Vortex Generator Jets on Shock-Induced Turbulent Boundary Layer Separation"
Currently Aerodynamicist at Atair Aerospace
Brooklyn, New York
pbueno@atairaerospace.com

   
 

Michael Ryan Ph.D., 2006
Dissertation title: "The Interaction of an Electrothermal Plasma with JA2 Solid Propellant"
Currently at the Air Force Research Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio

   
 

Lakshminarasimhan, Krishna Ph.D. in M.E., 2006
Co-Supervised with Prof. D.K. Ezekoye ME
Dissertation title: "Characterization of strongly forced non-premixed methane jet flames"
Currently Research Engineer - Applied Combustion lab
GE Global Research, Bangalore, India
krishna.lakshminarasimhan@ge.com
   

   
  Isaac Boxx, Ph.D. 2005
Dissertation title: "The Effects of Buoyancy on Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames in Crossflow"
Currently at DLR-German Aerospace Center
Stuttgart, Germany Isaac.Boxx@dlr.de
   
  Guanghua Wang, Ph.D. 2004
Dissertation title: "Two-Point High Repetition Rate Measurements of Temperature and Thermal Dissipation in a Turbulent Non-premixed Jet Flame"
Currently Post at General Electric Global Research Center
Niskayuna, New York
wanggu@ge.com
   
 

Cherian A. Idicheria, Ph.D. 2003
Dissertation title: "Investigation of Buoyancy Effects on Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames
by using Normal and Low-Gravity Conditions"
Currently Researcher, Diesel Engine Systems Group
Powertrain Systems Research Lab, MC: 480-106-252
Warren, Michigan
cherian.idicheria@gm.com

   
  Yongxi Hou, Ph.D. 2003
Dissertation title: "Particle Image Velocimetry Study of Shock Induced Turbulent Boundary Layer Separation"
Currently Aeroacoustics Engineer at Exa Corporation
yxihou@yahoo.com
   
 

O. Haldun Unalmis, Post Doc, 1996-2002
Currently Application Engineer - eProduction Solutions
22001 North Park Drive
Kingwood, Texas 77339, U.S.A.
haldun.unalmis@ep-solutions.com  

   
  Steve Beresh, Ph.D. 1999
Dissertation title: "The Effect of the Incoming Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Shock-Induced Separated Flow Using
Particle Image Velocimetry"
Currently Senior Member of the Technical Staff  Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
sjberes@sandia.gov
   
  Jason E. Rehm, Ph.D. 1999
Dissertation title: "The Effects of Heat Release on Turbulent Nonpremixed Planar Jet Flames"
Currently at EKsigent Technologies
Livermore, CA
www.eksigent.com
   
  Michael S. Tsurikov, Ph.D. 2002
Dissertation title: "Experimental Investigation of the Fine Scale Structure in Turbulent Gas-Phase Jet Flows"
   
  Lester K. Su, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1995-1997
Currently Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
lsu@jhu.edu
   
  Jong-Uk Kim, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1998-1999
Currently Research Professor
School of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering and Center for Advanced Plasma Surface Technology
Sungkyunkwan University
Seoul, Korea
jukim@nature.skku.ac.kr
   
  James M. Kohel, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1997
Currently at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
jkohel@horology.jpl.nasa.gov
   
 

Agustin Valdivia, M.S. 2008
David Liu, M.S.
2004
Joe Whiteaker, M.S. 2003
Egbert Hood II
, M.S.
2003

Prashanth S. Kothnur, M.S. 2002
Roderick Austin, M.S. 2001
Mark Comninos, M.S. 1998
Rebecca L. Martin, M.S. 1997
Stephen C. Chan, M.S. 1996
Eric R. Lachney, M.S. 1995
Thomas Sanders, M.S. 1995
Michael F. Smith, M.S. 1995