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Mixing,
Atomization, and Combustion Studies in Compressible Flows: experimental
and CFD flow research, application and development of flow diagnostics.
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Experimental
and Numerical Assessment and Optimization of Aerothermochemistry for
Advanced Airbreathing Hydrocarbon Fueled Aero-Engine Concepts: engineering,
design, manufacturing, installation, and operation of supersonic combustion
facilities, studies of fundamental and applied issues in SCRAMJET
engine designs.
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Experimental
and CFD Studies of AeroRamp Injector for High-speed Propulsion Systems.
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Combustion
Enhancement by Barbotage Effects under Cross Flow.
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Development
and Application of a Pulsating Fuel Injector to Reduce Combustion
Instability.
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CFD
Studies of Aerothermochemistry for Hydrocarbon Fueled SCRAMJET Engines:
CFD studies of the thermochemistry and the component and system performance
of SCRAMJET engines.
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CFD
Studies on Critical Unstart Parameters for Scramjet Inlets.
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Development
and Application of Conservation Element and Solution Element (CE/SE)
Method: for non-steady simulations of flow, acoustic, and other wave
equations.
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Numerical
Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Encountered in Turbomachinery.
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Microsensors
and Fiber Optic Sensors: development and testing of robust skin friction,
temperature, pressure and hydrogen sensors for engine and environmental
monitoring.
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Materials
Research: studies of SiC/SiO2 interfaces, surface modification of
SiC by laser processing.
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High
Power Optical Switch: The thrust of this program is to develop a SiC
based light activated Insulated Gated Bipolar Transistors (IGBT) device.