Current Projects of Interest

Numerical Analysis of Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Viscous Media During Solidification Process

Applications

  • Additive Manufacturing Process
  • Metal Cladding

Design and Analysis of Compact Recuperators with Application to Hybrid Fuel Cell and Gas Turbine Systems

Applications

  • Fuel Cell Power Generation 

Numerical Analysis of Two-Phase (Liquid-Solid) Solidification Process   

Applications

  • Material Processing
  • Purification of Metals
  • Crystal Growth
  • Solidification of Castings/Ingots
  • Welding

Analysis of the Formation of Permanent Ice Covers in McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica  

Applications

  • Geothermal Energy
  • Biological Activity Under the Frozen Layer

Modeling of Space Auxiliary Electric Power Systems

Applications

  • Space Vehicle
  • Satellite

Modeling of Laser Microjoining of Nanocomposites

Applications

  • Neural Implants

Recently Completed Projects

Software Development for Automatic Parametric Study and Performance Optimization of Pulse Detonation Engines

Applications

  • Space Vehicles
  • Aircraft Engines
  • High Speed Propulsion

Modification of Software for Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Parallel Processing Environment

Applications

  • Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Flow
  • Parallel Processing

Laminarization of Boundary Layers on Supersonic Wind-Tunnel Test Section Walls by Surface Heating

Application

  • Space Vehicles
  • Supersonic Aircraft
  • High Speed Propulsion

Numerical Analysis of Two-Phase (Liquid-Vapor) Heat and Mass Transport in Porous Media

Applications

  • Geothermal Energy
  • Forest Fires
  • Soil Science for Agricultural Purpose

Thermal Management of Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Hypersonic Accelerators

Application

  • Hypersonic Wind Tunnel for Ground Testing of Space Vehicle

Conjugate Forced Convection Heat Transfer in Tubes

Application

  • Fouling of Heat Exchanger Tubes

Conjugate Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Thermosyphons

Applications

  • Electronic Cooling
  • Heat Removal from Nuclear Reactors
  • Heat Removal from Geothermal Processes