Basic Information
Ph.D. of Mechanical Engineering
1989, The Pennsylvania State University
Research Interest
- Computational Methods for High-fidelity Simulations of Combustion,
- Detonation, Gas Dynamics, Aero Acoustics, Advanced Propulsion Systems,
- Cavitation, High-strain-rate Mechanics and Spallation, and MHD.
Current Research Sponsors and Projects
- Plume dynamics of pulse detonation engines (PDE), NASA Glenn.
- High accuracy simulations of traveling detonation waves, NASA NRA Glenn.
- Simulations of shock to detonation transition (SDT) by the CESE method, ONR.
- Simulations of unsteady flows in an AF scramjet engine by the CESE method, AFOSR/WPAFB.
- Direct calculation of Electro-Magneto-Gasdynamics (EMGD) for Advanced Propulsion by the CESE Method, NASA GRC.
- Nonlinear stress in solids for metal forming and joining, NSF.
Teaching
- ME503: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
- ME504: Fluid Mechanics
- ME705: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
- ME894J: Group Studies in Mechanical Engineering (CFD)