# overview
My research interests includes experimental aerodynamics, laminar-to-turbulent transition, wind-turbine aerodynamics, dynamic stall, and surface roughness effects.

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

# keywords[]
4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

# keywords[]
4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

# keywords[]
4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

# keywords[]
4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

# keywords[]
4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

# keywords[]
4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Case Western Reserve University - (Cleveland, Ohio, United States)

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Case Western Reserve University - (Cleveland, Ohio, United States)

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Arizona State University - (Tempe, Arizona, United States)

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Numerical Simulations of Asymptotic Theory for Distributed Roughness

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-Based Flow Control on a Two-Dimensional Wing with Flap

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Mechanics of Distributed Roughness Shielding for Suppression of Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Gravitational influences on flame propagation through non-uniform premixed gas systems

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Speckle technique for dynamic drop profile measurement on rough surfaces

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Redesign of a Sting Mount Pitch Actuator for Improved Data Quality

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Receptivity of stationary transient disturbances to surface roughness

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Multicomponent and Unsteady Velocity Measurements of Transient Disturbances

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Secondary instability of crossflow vortices

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Secondary instability of roughness-induced transient growth

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Influence of high-amplitude noise on boundary-layer transition to turbulence

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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On the Evolution of Streamwise Vortices over Solid Surfaces: Theory, Experiments and Matched Direct Numerical Simulations

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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3D-Printed Quasi-Random Distributed Roughness for Turbulent Boundary Layer Analysis on Hypersonic Ogive Nosecones

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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A comparison of odor plume-tracking behavior of walking and flying insects in different turbulent environments.

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Interactions of Tollmien-Schlichting Waves and Stationary Transient Disturbances

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Distributed-Roughness-Induced Transient Growth in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Boundary-Layer Stability Measurements of a Variably Swept and Pitched, Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Tollmien-Schlichting Wave Suppression and Transition Delay Using Stationary Transient Disturbances

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Transient growth of stationary disturbances in a flat plate boundary layer

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Lock-in of Elastically Mounted Airfoils at High Angles of Attack

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Distributed Roughness Shielding in a Blasius Boundary Layer

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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A runback criterion for water drops in a turbulent accelerated boundary layer

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Leading-Edge Roughness Effects on 63(3)-418 Airfoil Performance

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Effect of pressure gradients on the different stages of roughness induced boundary layer transition

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Performance of a Subscale CPAS Conical Ribbon Drogue Parachute in a Turbulent Wake

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using Modal Decomposition of a Modified Orr-Sommerfeld Equation

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Free-stream turbulence and the development of cross-flow disturbances

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Roughness-Induced Transient Growth on a Hypersonic Blunt Cone

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Disturbances Generated by Random and Periodic Surface Roughness: Experiments and Models

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Lock-in of elastically mounted airfoils at a 90 angle of attack

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On the Role of High- and Low-speed Streaks in Turbulent Wedge Lateral Spreading

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Mechanisms of Roughness-Induced Boundary-Layer Transition Control by Shielding

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Continuous spectrum analysis of roughness-induced transient growth

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Boundary Layer Turbulence Flight Experiment in Memory of Mike Holden: Pre-Flight Mission Design

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Acoustic Forcing and Control of Reflected Waves in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Roughness-induced transient growth in a flat-plate boundary layer

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Realistic Leading-Edge Roughness Effects on Airfoil Performance

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Super-Lift and Thrusting Airfoil of Coflow Jet Actuated by Micro-Compressors

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Technique for Measurement of Droplet Profiles for Use in Icing Physics Studies

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Secondary Instability of Roughness Wakes and Optimal Disturbances

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Computational analysis of insect impingement patterns on wind turbine blades

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Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using Modal Decomposition of a Modified Orr-Sommerfeld Equation

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Structure of turbulent wedges created by isolated surface roughness

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Active Noise Control in a Closed-Circuit Wind Tunnel

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Transient Growth due to Surface Roughness: Theory, Simulation and Experiment

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Influence of 2D Steps and Distributed Roughness on Transition on a NACA 63(3)-418

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Correction: Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-based Flow Control on a Multi-Element High-Lift Airfoil

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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On the Mechanics and Control of Boundary Layer Transition induced by Discrete Roughness Elements

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Roughness receptivity and shielding in a flat plate boundary layer

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Roughness-induced transition and turbulent wedge spreading

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A Computational Approach to Simulating the Effects of Realistic Surface Roughness on Boundary Layer Transition

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Experiments on Streamwise Vortex Mitigation Using Two-Dimensional Shielding Strips

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Experimental Contribution Analysis of External Aeroacoustic Noise Components to Interior Noise of Simplified, Scaled Automobile Model in Wind Tunnel

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Suppression of Transition Behind a Discrete Roughness Element Using a Downstream Element

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Measurements of Crossflow Vortices and Tollmien-Schlichting Waves on a Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Direct Numerical Simulations of Flow Past Random Distributed Roughness

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Analysis of the Impact of Leading Edge Surface Degradation on Wind Turbine Performance

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Toward A Generalized Roughness-Induced-Transition Mitigation Strategy Using A Streamwise Array of 2D Flat Strips.

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Application of variable leading-edge roughness for transition control on swept wings

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Instantaneous Wind-Tunnel Model Vibration Measurements Using a Kalman Filtering Approach

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Measurements of Water Droplet Movement in a Stagnation Point Boundary Layer

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Upgrades to the Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low-Speed Wind Tunnel for M=0.4 Operation

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Flow Quality Measurements in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Experimental Investigation of the Crossflow Instability in Moderate Freestream Turbulence

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Spectral analysis of phase-shifting measurements of crossflow waves

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Drop Interface and Airflow Unsteadiness in Wind-Forced Drop Depinning

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Unsteady and Transitional Flows Behind Roughness Elements

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Using laminar-flow velocity profiles to locate the wall behind roughness elements

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STABILITY AND TRANSITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS

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Experimental Measurement and CFD Model Development of Thick Wind Turbine Airfoils with Leading Edge Erosion

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Receptivity and Transient Growth of Roughness-Induced Disturbances

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Experiments on dynamic aeroelastic response of wind turbine blades

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-based Flow Control on a Multi-Element High-Lift Airfoil

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Passive Laminar Flow Control at Low Turbulence Levels

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Experiments on surface roughness effects in ice accretion

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Mitigation of Airfoil Boundary-Layer Transition due to Leading-Edge Roughness Using Shielding Strips

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Upgrades to the Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low-Speed Wind Tunnel for M=0.4 Operation

# publications[].publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Boundary-layer receptivity to freestream disturbances and its role in transition

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Transient growth and transition induced by random distributed roughness

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Real-Time Measurement of Skin Friction Using Calibrated Multi-Element Hotfilm Arrays

# publications[].publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Evolution of disturbances due to distributed surface roughness in laminar boundary layers

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Experimental Study of the Role of High- and Low-speed Streaks in Turbulent Wedge Spreading

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Stability of Partially Wetting Droplet in Wind

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Hypervelocity Expansion Facility for Fundamental High-Enthalpy Research

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United States Department of the Navy - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Hypersonic Boundary Layer Turbulance (BOLT-II) Flight Test Experiment

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United States Air Force - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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DOD-Air Force-Office of Scientific Research

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IUSE/PFE: RED: REvolutionizing Diversity Of Engineering (REDO-E)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Theory and Experiments for Distributed Roughness Effects in Laminar Boundary Layers

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Aerospace Engineering; 3141 TAMU

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Schmucker, Jason (2012-10). Experimental Investigation of Wind-Forced Drop Stability. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ehrmann, Robert Schaefer (2014-06). Effect of Surface Roughness on Wind Turbine Performance. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Guthery, John (2013-12). Assessment of Flow Efficiency Through a Closed Circuit Wind Tunnel with Recommendations for Improvements. Master's Thesis.

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Recla, Benjamin Jeremiah (2013-04). Developing a Practical Wind Tunnel Test Engineering Course for Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students. Master's Thesis.

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Sharp, Nicole Susanne (2014-04). Hypersonic Measurements of Roughness-Induced Transient Growth. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Monschke, Jason Andrew (2015-09). Most-Critical Transient Disturbances in an Incompressible Flat-Plate Boundary Layer. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Denissen, Nicholas Allen (2012-07). Roughness-induced Transient Growth: Continuous-spectrum Receptivity and Secondary Instability Analysis. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Kutz, Douglas M (2014-05). An Updated Procedure for Tare and Interference Wind Tunnel Testing of Strut-Mounted Models. Master's Thesis.

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Freels, Justin Reed (2012-10). An Examination of Configurations for Using Infrared to Measure Boundary Layer Transition. Master's Thesis.

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Downs, Robert 1982- (2012-08). Environmental Influences on Crossflow Instability. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Kuester, Matthew Scott (2014-04). Distributed Roughness Receptivity in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Stanford III, John William (2016-06). Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis Method for a Pyramidal External Balance. Master's Thesis.

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Kuester, Matthew (2012-07). Acoustics in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel: Background Identification, Forcing, and Active Control. Master's Thesis.

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Herring, Alexander (2015-03). Dynamic Pressure Improvements to Closed-Circuit Wind Tunnels with Flow Quality Analysis. Master's Thesis.

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Hidore, John Preston (2013-04). Investigation of Data Quality for Wind Tunnel Internal Balance Testing. Master's Thesis.