Principal Investigator –
PI: Chunlei Liang, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program Awardee, 2014.
Dr. Liang also directs a team for modeling and simulations of solar convection and solar dynamo.
Present Members –
Aurabinda Swain
Postdoc
September 2024 –
Ibrahim Fetuga
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering
August 2024 –
Seyi Oluwadare
M.S./Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, co-advised by Professor Craig Merrett
June 2024 – Present
Peter Parrish
Undergraduate Research Student in Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2023 – Present
Otto Winter
Undergraduate Research Student in Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2025 – Present
Former Members –
Stephen Monroe,
Master’s Student, Fall 2022 – Spring 2024.
MS Thesis: URANS and LES Studies of Turbulent Flows in an ONR Waterjet Pump using Unstructured Grids with Sliding Mesh Interfaces.
Current Job: Computational Engineer, NSWC Carderock Division
Drew Safford, Master’s Student, Fall 2020-Spring 2023
M.S. Thesis: Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Simulations of A Ducted Wind Turbine
Chi Ding, Master’s Student, Fall 2019-Spring 2021
M.S. Thesis: Large Eddy Simulations of A Ducted Wind Turbine, co-advised by Prof. Ken Visser
Kuangxu “Scott” Chen, Master’s Student, Fall 2018-Spring 2020
M.S. Thesis: A 3D Parallel High-Order Solver With Curved Local Mesh Refinement for Predicting Arterial Flow Through Varied Degrees of Stenoses
Current Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Tech University
Dr. Christopher Cox, Ph.D. Dissertation, The George Washington University (2018), co-advised by Professor Mike Plesniak.
He is currently employed by Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Dr. Andrew DeJong, Ph.D. Dissertation, The George Washington University (2015).
He is currently employed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD).
Todd Dillon, BS, The George Washington University (2014).
He is currently employed by Lockheed Martin.