Former Students

This page lists the former Ph.D and M.S. students as well as post-doctoral research associates who have worked in our lab.

Former Ph.D. Students

Jongsoo Park, “Turbulent Heat Transfer Enhancement in Rectangular Channels with Two, Opposite Rib-Roughened Walls,” August 1986. (DOE, Morgantown, West Virginia)

Pankaj R. Chandra, “A Study of Local Heat/Mass Transfer Distribution in Multi-Pass Channels for Turbine Blade Cooling,” August 1987. (Currently, Distinguished Professor, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana)

Chung-Der Young, “Influence of Jet-Grid Turbulence on Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer,” August 1989. (GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio)

Anant B. Mehendale, “Effect of Mainstream Turbulence on Leading Edge Heat Transfer and Film Cooling,” August 1990. (Currently, Staff Engineer, GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio)

Shichuan Ou, “Leading Edge Film Cooling and Heat Transfer Including the Effect of Mainstream Turbulence,” August 1991. (Currently, Research Engineer, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio)

Soo-Yong Kim, “Local Heat Transfer in a Rotating Cavity with Axial Through Flow,” December 1992. (Currently, Head of Fluid Mechanics, Korea Institute of Machinery and Metals, Daejeon, Korea)

Luzeng Zhang, “Influence of Mainstream Turbulence and Unsteady Wake on Turbine Blade Heat Transfer,” May 1993 (Currently, Senior Engineer, Solar Turbines, San Diego, California)

Sandip Dutta, “An Experimental and Numerical Study of Turbulent Heat Transfer from Orthogonally Rotating Two-Pass Ducts,” August 1995. (Formerly, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; currently, AFLAC Software Research Center, Norcross, Georgia)

Srinath V. Ekkad, “Gas Turbine Film Cooling and Heat Transfer Measurements Using a Transient Liquid Crystal Technique,” December 1995. (Formerly, Allison Engine Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; currently, Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the ASME inaugural Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award winner 2004)

James A. Parsons, “Jet Impingement Heat Transfer in Rotating Coolant Passages,” December 1995. (Formerly, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Orlando, Florida; currently, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi)

Hui Du, “Detailed Film Cooling Measurement for a Gas Turbine Blade With Air and CO2 Injection,” December 1996. (Currently, Schlumberger, Rosharon, Texas)

Kumar Akella, “Jet Impingement on Rotor Blade Coolant Passage Heat Transfer,” December 1998. (Currently, Knowledge-Based Systems, Inc., College Station, Texas)

Shuye Teng, “Gas Turbine Blade Film Cooling and Blade Tip Heat Transfer,” December 1999. (Currently, Heat Transfer Research, Inc., College Station, Texas)

Yong-Jun Jang, “Numerical Prediction of Flow and Heat Transfer in the Coolant Passages of Gas Turbine Rotor Blade,” August 2000. (Currently, Research Associate, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom)

GM Salam Azad, “Measurement and Analysis of Gas Turbine Blade Tip Heat Transfer,” August 2000. (Currently, Siemens-Westinghouse Power Company, Orlando, Florida).

Sang Young Son, “Stationary and Unstationary Turbulent Flow Measurements Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV),” Co-chair with Professor Kenneth Kim, August 2000, (Currently, Staff Scientist, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio).

Mohammad Al-Qahtani, “Computation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Rotating Rectangular Channels With Angled Rib Turbulators for Gas Turbine Blades,” August 2001. (Currently, Assistant Professor, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia)

Laui Al-Hadhrami, “Rotating Heat Transfer in Turbine Rotor Blade Cooling Channels with Turbulence Promoters,” May 2002. (Currently, Assistant Professor, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia)

Jae Su Kwak, “Analysis and Measurement of Turbine Blade Tip Film Cooling and Heat Transfer,” August 2002. (Currently, Senior Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea).

Jung Ho Choi, “An Experimental Investigation of Turbine Blade Heat Transfer and Turbine Blade Trailing Edge Cooling,” December 2004.

Wen-Lung Fu, “Aspect Ratio Effect on Heat Transfer in Rotating Two-Pass Rectangular Channels with Smooth Walls and Ribbed Walls,” May 2005.

Guoguang Su, “Numerical Prediction of Flow and Heat Transfer in High Aspect Ratio Rotating Rectangular Cooling Channels with Shaped Turbulators,” August 2005.

Jaeyong Ahn, “Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer Measurements on Rotating Turbine Components,” August 2005.

Francesco Montomoli, “Physics of Gas Turbine Cooling: Improvement of Design Tools,” Co-supervisor with Professor Francesco G. Martelli at The University of Florence, Italy, August 2005.

Former M.S. Students

Daniel W. Ortman, “Computer Model for Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, Including a Comparison of Steam to Air as a Cooling Medium,” May 1982. (Mobil Company, Houston, Texas)

Han-Way Chen, “Film Cooling and Heat Transfer of Steam Through an Inclined Injection Hole,” May 1983.

Chiang-Kuo Lei, “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Square Duct with Two Opposite Repeated Rib-Roughened Walls,” December 1983.

Peng Zhang, “Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Distributions in Three-Pass Rectangular Channels with Rib Turbulators,” August 1988. (Kellog Company, Houston, Texas)

F.K. Kumaran, “Heat Transfer in Trailing Edge Cooling Channels of Turbine Blades,” December 1989.

Jie Joy Huang, “Heat Transfer in a Square Channel with One-Wall or Two-Wall Rib Turbulators,” December 1991.

Eric P. Madsen, “Effect of Film Hole Geometry on Flat Plate Heat Transfer Coefficient and Film Effectiveness,” May 1994.

Huan Wanda Jiang, “Effect of Film Injection Location on Heat Transfer Coefficient and Film Effectiveness from a Gas Turbine Blade,” December 1994. (Applied Materials, California)

Dyrk O. Zapata, “The Effect of Injection Hole Orientation on Flat-Plate Film Cooling and Heat Transfer Using a Transient Liquid Crystal Technique,” December 1994.

Yizhe Huang, “Impingement Cooling and Heat Transfer Measurement Using Transient Liquid Crystal Technique,” May 1996. (Currently, Motorola, Austin, Texas)

Yuming Zhang, “Jet Impingement Heat Transfer in Two-Pass Rotating Rectangular Channels,” August 1996. (Currently, The Boeing Company – NASA Systems, Houston, Texas)

Jesus Luna, “Turbine Blade Cooling Using Liquid Crystal Image Method,” May 2000.

Mohammad Jalal Uddin, “Heat Transfer Measurement in Rotating Rectangular Cooling Passages with Trip Strips,” August 2000. (Currently, Compressor Design Engineer, Rolls Royce Energy, Inc., Ohio)

Joon Ho Lee, “Measurement of Turbine Vane End-Wall Heat Transfer,” December 2001.

Todd Griffith, “Heat Transfer Measurement in Rotating Rectangular Cooling Channels with Ribs and Dimples,” December 2001. (Currently, ExxonMobil Development Company, Houston, Texas)

Eungsuk Lee, “Rotating Heat Transfer in High Aspect Ratio Rectangular Cooling Passages with Shaped Turbulators,” May 2003.

Lesley Wright, “Heat Transfer in Rotating Cooling Channels with Pins,” May 2003. (Currently, Ph.D. Candidate, TAMU)

Trent Varvel, “Shaped Hole Effects on Film Cooling Effectiveness and a Comparison of Multiple Effectiveness Measurement Techniques,” December 2004.

Yao-Hsien Liu, “Turbine Blade Cooling Study,” August 2005.

Research Associates/Post-Doctorals

Dr. Yue Huang, “TBC Effect on Friction and Heat Transfer,” and “Triple-Wire Technique for Boundary Layer Flow Measurement,” June 1989-August 1991.

Mr. Yuming Zhang, “Innovative Cooling Techniques,” and “Rotating Channel Heat Transfer,” July 1989-December 1994.

Dr. Anant B. Mehendale, “Unsteady Wake Effect on Turbine Blade Film Cooling Heat Transfer,” June 1991-August 1994.

Dr. Shichuan Ou, “High Turbulence Unsteady Wake Effect on Turbine Blade Film Cooling and Heat Transfer,” September 1991 to August 1992.

Dr. Srinath Ekkad, “Turbine Blade Tip Heat Transfer Study,” September 1995-November 1996.

Dr. James Parsons, “Turbine Rotor Blade Coolant Passage Heat Transfer,” January 1996-May 1996.

Mr. Yuming Zhang, “Rotor Coolant Passage Heat Transfer,” January 1997-May 1997.

Dr. Jae Su Kwak, “Turbine Blade Film Cooling,” September 2002-August 2003.

Visiting Professors/Scholars

Professor W.Z. Gu, Chinese Academy of Science, China, “Turbine Blade Cooling,” September 1992-November 1992.

Dr. Dong Kee Sohn, Seoul National University, Korea, “Turbine Blade Film Cooling Study,” April 1997-March 1998.

Professor Shong-Leih Lee, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, “Numerical Heat Transfer,” July 1998-Sept. 1998.

Mr. Francesco Montomoli, Ph.D. candidate, University of Florence, “Turbine Blade Film Cooling Study,” July 2004- November 2004.