Faculty
Venkat Narayanaswamy
Associate Professor
vnaraya3@ncsu.edu
919-515-7544
Email: vnaraya3@ncsu.edu
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Graduate Students
Abinash Sahoo
Ph.D. Student
B.S. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2018
Research Topic: Laser Diagnostics
Vaibhav Varigonda
Ph.D. Student
B.S. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2018
Research Topic: Hypersonic Fluid Structure Interactions
Jerod Schwandt
Ph.D. Student
North Carolina State University, 2021
Research Topic: Shock boundary layer interactions around control surfaces
Ryan DeBoskey
Ph.D. Student
B.S. North Carolina State University, 2022
Research Topic: Solid fuel ramjet engines
Matt Schram
Ph.D. Student
B.S. Michigan Tech, 2021
Research Topic: Scramjet inlets
Soumen Chakravarthy
Ph.D. Student
B.S. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2021
Research Topic: Fluid structure interactions in supersonic inlets
Anil Mohan
Ph.D. Student
M.S. KTH Sweden, 2021
Research Topic: High speed aeroelasticity
Emma Cavanaugh
Masters Student
B.S. North Carolina State University, 2022
Research Topic: Morphing hypersonic propulsion systems
Ethan Johnson
Masters Student
B.S. North Carolina State University, 2020
Research Topic: Scramjet inlets
William Stramecky
Masters Student
B.S. North Carolina State University, 2022
Research Topic: Scramjet inlets
Bailey Autry
Masters Student
B.S. Davidson College, 2020
Research Topic: Flow diagnostics for high speed flows
Michael “Dean” Leonard
Ph.D. Student
B.S. North Carolina State University, 2016
Research Topic: Inlet Unstart Physics
Alumni
Dr. Dominic Zelenak
Ph.D. dissertation: “An Investigation of the Krypton Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectral Lineshape for Composition-Independent Thermometry Applied to Combustion Environments”, 2018
Current Employer: NASA Marshall Research Center
Aravind Ramachandran
Ph.D. dissertation: “An Experimental Study of Flame Stabilization Mechanisms in Turbulent Non-Premixed Jet Flames Under Autoignitive Conditions”, 2019
Current Employer: TU Graz, Austia
Joshua Pickles
Ph.D. dissertation: “Sharp-Fin Induced Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interactions over a Cylindrical Surface”, 2018
Current Employer: Self employed
Morgan Funderburk
Ph.D. dissertation: “Investigation of Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interactions”, 2018
Current Employer: Blueforce LLC
Kevin Ley
Ph.D. dissertation: “A Parametric Study on the Laser-Forced Ignition of Laminar and Turbulent Round Jets in Non-ideal Environments”, 2018
Current Employer: Blue Origin LLC