People
Dr. Joseph Kuehl
Assistant Professor – Department of Mechanical Engineering
jkuehl@udel.edu – Joe Kuehl CV
Joseph Kuehl is an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He holds Ph.D.s in Mechanical Engineering and Physical Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island and Graduate School of Oceanography (2009) and received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Michigan Technological University in 2004.
His research interests include hypersonic boundary-layer stability (numerical laminar-turbulent transition), nonlinear vibrations (time series analysis, modal decomposition techniques and finite time invariant manifold analysis) and geophysical fluid dynamics (gap-leaping boundary currents, geophysical boundary layer dynamics and transport phenomena). He was the recipient of the AFOSR Young Investigator Award (2015) for his hypersonic boundary layer stability and transition research, is member of the National Academy of Science Committee on Advancing Understanding of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Dynamics as well as a member of the NATO STO AVT-240 working group on Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Prediction.
Charles "Cary" McMahon
Ph.D. Graduate 2020 - Mechanical Engineering
mcmahon@udel.edu
Research Area – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Cary first attending Baylor University where he earned a BS in mechanical engineering. He then decided to pursue a PhD because he favored the fluid dynamics and math he learned. He joined Dr. Kuehl’s group, focusing his studies to fluid dynamics of the ocean. He enjoys doing research at the intersection of mechanical engineering and physical oceanography. The dynamical study of the ocean offers a rich confluence of all types of analyses (theoretical, experimental, observational, numerical, etc.) as they pertain to the complex field of fluid dynamics. His current research includes Loop Current systems, bottom-boundary layer processes, and mixing (with specialty in the theoretical and experimental).
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware – 2020
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University – 2016
Arham Amin Khan
Ph.D. Student - Mechanical Engineering
arham@udel.edu
Research Area – Aerospace
His research interest is computational science focusing on the receptivity problem in boundary layer and understanding the underlying Physics of transition from laminer to turbulence. This work has application in the fields of Hypersonic flows and Oceanography. Currently he is working on nonlinear energy transfer between disturbances to study the blunt body paradox.
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware – 2021 (Projected)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology – 2015
Armani Batista
Ph.D. Graduate 2019 - Mechanical Engineering
abatista@udel.edu
Research Area – Aerospace
His research topic was on investigating the physical mechanisms of hypersonic, laminar to turbulent boundary layer stability and transition. He performs CFD and numerical analyses with comparisons to experimental data and theoretical foundations of streamlined bodies such as cones and wedges applying US3D for steady state solutions, and JoKHeR (linear stability theory, linear and nonlinear parabolized stability equations) for stability analysis.
His research interests are in: high-speed aircraft (hypersonics, stability/transition, & re-entry), propulsion, rockets, and spacecraft.
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware – 2019
Ph.D. Student (Transferred), Electrical & Computer Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University – 2015-2017
24 Units of Post-Master’s Study, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University – 2013-2015
M.S. Computer Science, CSU San Bernardino – 2012
B.S. Computer Science, CSU San Bernardino – 2010
Tony Liang
Ph.D. Student - Mechanical Engineering
tliang@udel.edu
Research Area – Aerospace
Tony Liang is a MS student at the University of Delaware. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University. He is currently researching 1st – 2nd mode instabilities arising in boundary layer laminar to turbulent transitions during hypersonic flow conditions.
His research interests are in: computational & experimental hypersonics, aerospace technologies
Education
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware – 2019 (Projected)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University – 2017