Enjoying lunch at the Indian Garden just before Christmas Break 2008.
Current Group Members:
Bryan Abbamonte, Undergraduate Research AssistantESM class of 2009, Virginia Tech Research: Chaotic dynamics of falling disks Email: bjabbo24@vt.edu |
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Joseph Callahan, Undergraduate Research AssistantESM class of 2009, Virginia Tech Research: Ghost rods in counter-rotating vortex flows Email: joec3101@vt.edu |
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George Chamoun, Postdoctoral Research AssociatePh.D. 2008 Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Southern California Research: Reduced order modeling of vortex-dominated flows Email: chamoun@vt.edu |
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Jie Chen, Research AssociatePh.D. 2008 Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech Research: Topological chaos in cavity and channel flows Email: chen06@vt.edu |
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Xuemei Chen, Postdoctoral Research AssociatePh.D. 2008 Mechanical Engineering, Washington Univ. in St. Louis Research: Glass extrusion process analysis and optimization research Email: xuemeich@vt.edu |
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Sebastian J. Eluvathingal, Research Associate in Mechanical Eng.M.S. 2005 Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Research: Multi-physics modeling of weld pool solidification Email: sebastianje@vt.edu |
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Mohsen Gheisarieha, Graduate Research AssistantM.S. 2007 Applied Mechanics, Sharif University of Technology Research: Topological chaos and fluid mixing Email: gheisari@vt.edu |
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Pankaj Kumar, Graduate Research AssistantM.S. 2006 Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale Research: Chaos and mixing in laminar flow Email: pkumar06@vt.edu |
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Alireza Salmanzadeh, Graduate Teaching AssistantM.S. 2007 Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology Research: Point vortex models of bluff body wakes Email: alireza@vt.edu |
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Kellen Shain, Undergraduate Research AssistantESM class of 2009, Virginia Tech Research: Stirring viscous fluids Email: kshain@vt.edu |
Former Group Members:
If any of the information listed below is out of date, please let me know!
Stephen Biederman, Undergraduate Research Assistant 2008Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech Research: Stirring experiments in a viscous fluid Current Position: Undergraduate student in ESM |
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J. Alec Calhoun, Undergraduate Research Assistant 2006-2008Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech Research: Stirring a viscous fluid; Vortex wakes Current Position: Associate Engineer at Caterpillar
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Baratunde A. Cola, Master of Science 2004Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Thesis: Optimization of a Pulsed Source-Sink Microscale Mixing Device Current Position: Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech |
Narcisse A. N'Dri, Postdoctoral Research Associate 2005-2006Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Research: Computational modeling of BioMEMS Current Position: CFD Application Engineer at SEZ Austria |
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Carrie Kerna Reinholtz, Master of Science 2006Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Thesis: Experimental Analysis of Lid-Driven Cavity Flow with Split Boundaries Current Position: Engineer at Arnold Engineering Development Center |
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Debasish Roy, Visiting Scholar 2007Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech Research: Bluff body wakes Current Position: Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University |
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Zhijun 'Steven' Yu, Master of Science 2002Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Thesis: Cell-Based Nanophysiometer Microfluidic Modeling Current Position: Sourcing and After Sales Manager at MacGregor Group |

