Members

Faculty

Mirko Gamba
Mirko Gamba received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 2009 from the University of Texas Austin in experimental techniques (Volumetric PIV, OH PLIF) used to image turbulent non-premixed jet flames. Sequentially he was a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University from 2009 – 2012 where he imaged the reaction zone of transverse jets in supersonic crossflow via OH PLIF. Mirko Gamba joined the department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2012 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2018. Current research at the Gas Dynamics Imaging Laboratory (GDIL) focuses on laser diagnostics for combustion flows, rotating detonation engines, combustion instabilities, and shock-boundary layer interactions.
mirkog@umich.edu

Ph.D. Students

Alex Feleo

Ph.D. Candidate

afeleo@umich.edu

Jose Guerrero

Ph.D. Candidate

joseguer@umich.edu

Research interest include laser absorption spectroscopy, rotating detonation engines and combustion/ propulsion.

Josh Shepard

Ph.D. Candidate

jjshep@umich.edu

Rahul Ramesh

Ph.D. Candidate

rameshr@umich.edu

      

Riley Huff

Ph.D. Candidate

ryhuff@umich.edu

Research interest are in qualification and estimation of losses within a Rotating
Detonation Engine (RDE), Bayesian model calibration/parameter estimation, and Aerospace propulsion.

Visiting Scholars

Kohei Ozawa, Ph.D

kozawa@umich.edu

Alumni

Fabian Chacon, Ph.D.

fchacon@umich.edu

Thesis: Non-Ideal Phenomenon in Rotating Detonation Combustors 

Jacob France, Ph.D.

jjfrance@umich.edu

Thesis: High Temperature and Pressure Measurements from TDLAS Through the Application of 2nd Derivative Fitting and the Aggregate Boltzmann Method 

Logan White, Ph.D.

lwwhite@umich.edu

Thesis: Pulsed Mid-Infrared Upconversion Imaging in Rotating Detonation Combustors 

       

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Louis Edelman, Ph.D.

ledelman@umich.edu

Thesis: Physics and Modeling of Quasi-Steady and Forced Shock Trains 

 

 

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Robin Hunt, Ph.D.

robinlk@umich.edu

Thesis: Shock Train Structure and Dynamics 

Rohan Morajkar, Ph.D.

rohanrm@umich.edu

Thesis: Role of Secondary Flows on Flow Separation Induced by Shock/boundary-layer Interaction in Supersonic Inlets

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Yasin Abul-Huda, Ph.D.

yasinma@umich.edu

Thesis: A Study of Combustion Augmentation in Supersonic Flows via a Pulsed-Detonation Device

Undergraduates

Trevor Rosario

trosario@umich.edu