People

Director

Kenneth T. Christensen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Faculty Affiliate, Department of Aerospace Engineering

 

Graduate Students

Blake Johnson
Ph.D. Student in MechSE (TAM Program); MS in TAM (2008)
Master's Project: Low-order models of a short fetch of highly-irregular surface roughness
Ph.D. Project: Heated plumes emitted from raised stacks in cross-flow [co-advised by Greg Elliott (Aero.)]

Anthony Licari
M.S. Student in MechSE (ME Program)
Master's Project: Modeling cumulative surface damage on turbine-blade surfaces

Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez
Ph.D. Student in MechSE (TAM Program); MS in TAM (2008)
Master's Project: The impact of dilute polymer solutions on the structure of turbulent impinging jets
Ph.D. Project: Impact of low-order models of irregular surface roughness on turbulent boundary layer

Dahhea (Hannah) Min
Ph.D. Student in MechSE (TAM Program); MS in ME (2008; U. Mich.)
Ph.D. Project: Coupled roughness and favorable-pressure-gradient effects in turbulent boundary layers

Rajat Saksena
Ph.D. Student in MechSE (TAM Program)
Ph.D. Project: Coolants and surface texturing for enhanced heat transfer in complex microvascular networks

Undergraduate Students

Kyle McElmury
Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering (UIUC)
Project: Design and construction of a heated plume apparatus

Michael Kirschneck
Undergraduate Exchange Student in MechSE from TU-Munich
Project: Assessing vortical-structure evolution in wall turbulence using direct numerical simulation data

Alumni

Vinay Natrajan
Degrees: M.S. in TAM (2007); Ph.D. in TAM (UIUC; 2009)
Current Position: Senior Consultant, Multiphase Solutions, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Yanhua (Felix) Wu
Degrees: MSME (UNM; 2004); Ph.D. in TAM (UIUC; 2008)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Wright State University

Adam Rosenbaum
Degrees: MSME (UIUC; 2006)
Current Position: Engineer, United Launch Alliance

Eiichiro Yamaguchi
Degrees: Former postdoc (2005-2006)
Current Position: Research Associate, Tulane University

Eduardo Ferrara
Degrees: Visiting Ph.D. Student from University of Sao Paulo (2004)
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Sao Paulo