Unsteady Aerodynamics: I have worked on the development of unsteady potential-flow and Euler/Navier-Stokes codes for the simulation of unsteady, two-dimensional flows. Topics include aeroelasticity in both the frequency and time-domains, including the effects of wake-interference, and flapping-wing propulsion and power extraction from the flow. Visit the Unsteady Aerodynamics page for more detailed descriptions of the projects, additional images and animations.
Experimental Aerodynamics: I have been involved in several experimental investigations in our school's wind and water tunnels. Without a doubt, the most interesting project has been the development of our school's micro-UAV program. We have chosen the rather ambitious task of designing, building and flying flapping-wing propelled micro-UAVs or MAVs. Click on the MAV image to find out more about our 10-inch, 1/2 ounce, radio controlled models and to see videos of them in flight.
Graphical User Interface Development: I have developed Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for several Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes. The GUI front-end for an unsteady potential-flow solver resulted in a fast, virtual wind-tunnel application. An interactive Joukowski Airfoil solver is also shown. Visit the Graphical User Interface Development page for more detailed descriptions of the projects, additional images and animations.
Waverider Design/Analysis: During my graduate studies at the University of Colorado I used several inverse design methods to design hypersonic waveriders, and developed, modified and utilized conventional CFD methods to analyze on- and off-design performance of the vehicles. Visit the Waverider Design/Analysis page for more detailed descriptions of the projects, additional images and animations.
Inverse Design: For my doctoral thesis I developed an inverse cross-stream marching flow solver for supersonic flows, and used it to generate waveriders with arbitrary shock shapes. Visit the Inverse Design page for more detailed descriptions of the projects, additional images and animations.