Expertise

Research in the lab utilizes a water tunnel and wind tunnel with emphasis on vortical flows of bluff body wakes, jets and unsteady aerodynamics of delta wings, synthetic jets and flow control. Aero-optics of boundary layers in compressible and incompressible flows is also of interest.

Keywords: Vortex Dynamics and Basic Fluid Flows

Research Interests:

  • Vortex Study and Analysis
  • Instabilities of Ring Vortex - Flow Visualization and Reconstruction
  • Aero-Optics
  • Synthetic Jets
  • Juncture Vortex System
  • Bluff Body Wakes
  • Missile Aerodynamics
  • Air Dispensed Objects
  • Wind Tunnel Testing
  • Water Tunnel Testing
  • Flow Visualization
  • Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles
  • Viscous Drag Reduction
  • Forward Facing Cavity Flow
  • Plasma - Flow Interactions
  • Chaotic Dynamics & Mixing
Communities
Aerospace Engineering
Degrees
PhD, Wichita State University, Aerospace Engineering, 1985
MS, Wichita State University, Aerospace Engineering, 1981
BS, Peshawar University, Pakistan, Mechanical Engineering, 1976
Keywords
aerospace engineering