| CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS: |
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Dr. Bogdan Rosa (Postdoc), 1/2006 - , Research topic: Modeling
particle-particle interactions in a turbulent background flow.
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Hui Gao (Ph.D. Candidate), 7/2006 - , Research topic: Fully resolved simulation of particle-particle and particle-turbulence interactions.
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Grace Shi (Ph.D. Candidate), 6/2007 - , Research topic: Modeling flows at gas-liquid interfaces using the lattice Boltzmann method.
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Mr. Hossein Parishani (Ph.D. student), 6/2008 - , Research topic:
Impact of air turbulence on collision-coalescence growth of cloud droplets and high-resolution DNS.
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Ms. Queming Qiu (Ph.D. student), 7/2008 - , Research topic:
Modeling colloid transport in porous media.
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Peter John (Undergraduate Researcher), 6/2007 - , Research topic: Stability analysis of the kinetic collection equation.
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| PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS: |
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Stephanie Merkler (MSME), 6/2006 - 3/2008 , Thesis topic:
The Piecewise Log-normal approximation and its application to the kinetic collection equation.
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Yan Xue (Ph.D.), 7/2002 - 5/2006, Dissertation topic: Effects of air turbulence and stochastic coalescence on the growth of cloud droplets".
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Orlando Ayala (Ph.D.), 6/2001 - 7/2005, Dissertation topic:
``Effects of turbulence on the collision rate of cloud droplets''.
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Jim DeSpirito (PhD), 1/1995 - 5/2004, Dissertation topic:
``Dispersion and Flow Modulation in Particle-Laden Jet''.
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Jeffrey Doody (MSME), 1/2000 - 10/2001, Thesis topic:
``Modeling Physical Vapor Deposition Process During Thin Film Production''.
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Orlando Ayala (MSME), 1/1999 - 7/2001, Thesis topic:
``CFD Analysis of Flow-Induced Vibrations of Gas Turbine Support Structure''.
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Rao-Yang Zhang (Ph.D.), 1995 - 12/1999, Dissertation topic:
Lattice Boltzmann Approach for Multiphase Flows. Currently a Scientist at Exa Corp,
Lexington, MA
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Yong Zhou (Ph.D.), 1/1995 - 5/1999, Dissertation topic: ``Geometric
Collision Rate of Inertial Particles in Fully-Developed Turbulence.'' Currently
working as a Research Associate at Penn State Univ.
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Xiao-Ling Tong (Ph.D.), 9/1994 - 7/1998, Dissertation topic:
``Particle Transport and Flow Modulation in Particle-Laden Mixing Layers.''
Currently a Senior Research Associate at Engineering Research Center for Computational
Field Simulation, Mississippi State University
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Adrian Gorea (MSME), 9/1997 - 1/1999, Thesis topic: ``Drag
and Heat Transfer in Laminar Flows around arbitrarily Shaped Body: A Virtual
Boundary Approach.''
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| PAST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: |
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Dr. Behnam Afsharpoya, 2/2005 -01/2006,
Research topic: LBE modeling of fluid flows in fuel cells. Now a Research Engineer at Invercon, LLC, PA.
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Dr. Murat Aktas, 9 - 10/2004, Research topic: LBE simulation of Complex channel flow. Now a faculty at a university in Turkey.
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Biswadip Shome, 11/1995-11/1996, Research topic: Airflow characterization in the pharynx and its application to
sleep apnea. Currently a Combustion Engineer at General Electric Power Systems.
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Daniel Martinez, 1/1996 - 2/1997, Research Topic: High-performance simulations of complex turbulent flows.
Currently a Research Staff at IBM Watson Research Center.
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