Present and Former Students – Steven L. Ceccio

Ph. D. Committees Chaired

Mohammed Elsouht, Characterization of Vortex Inception with Machine Learning, Winter, 2026
Nicholas Lucido, High Speed X-ray imaging for Multiphase Flows, Winter 2024,
Jane Kim, Flow Around a Prolate Spheroid at High Reynolds Number, Winter 2024, co-chair with D. Dowling
Daniel Knister, Cavitation Associated with Vortex Pair Instabilities, Summer 2023
Elizabeth Callison, Demonstration of Turbulent Drag Reduction on a Towed Body and Two-phase Mixing Through a Narrow Gap, Winter 2023, co-chair with D. Dowling
Anubhav Bhatt, Influence of Unsteadiness on Cavitation Intensity, Fall 2021, co-chair with H. Ganesh
Juliana Wu, Shock and Re-entrant Jet Formation in Partial Cavities, Summer 2019
Joel Hartenburger, Effect of Roughness and Biofilms on Wall Bounded Shear Flows, Fall 2018, co-chair with M. Perlin
James Gose, Passive and Active Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Friction Drag Reduction, Fall 2017, co-chair with M. Perlin
Seongjin Yoon. High Frame-Rate X-Ray Tomography System for Multiphase Flow, Winter 2017, co-chair with S. Mäkiharju
Casey Harwood, Flow Structure Interaction of a Surface Piercing Hydrofoil, Fall 2016, co-chair with Y. Young
In-Ho Lee, Dynamics of Bubble Populations Around Ship Hulls, Summer 2015
Harish Ganesh, Influence of Polymer Injection on the Formation of Tip-Vortex Cavitation, Fall 2014
Simo Mäkiharju, Sheet-to-Bubble Transition in Near-Wall Gas-Liquid Flows, Fall 2011
Adam Steinberg, High Resolution Cinema-Stereo PIV for the Measurement of Turbulent Flame Dynamics, Winter 2009, co-chair with J. Driscoll
Alexander Mychkovsky, Advanced Diagnostics for Temporally Evolving Multiphase Flows, Winter 2010
Ryo Yakushiji, Nuclei Effects on Vortex-vortex Cavitation Inception and Noise, Winter 2009
Brian Elbing, Polymer and Microbubble Drag Reduction at High Reynolds number, Winter 2008, co-chair with M. Perlin
Chinar Ramchandra Aphale, Analysis of Cavitation in Friction Clutches, Winter 2007, co-chair with W. W. Schultz
Eric Winkel, Polymer and Microbubble Drag Reduction at High Reynolds number, Winter 2007, co-chair with D. Dowling
Natasha Chang, Acoustic detection and localization of sub-visual cavitation, Fall 2006, co-chair with D. Dowling
Shiyao Bian, Cinemagraphic PIV Analysis of a Turbulent Jet, Fall 2006, co-chair with J. Driscoll
Jia Li, Mistuning Identification, Winter 2005, co-chair with C. Pierre
Jaehyung Choi, Vortex-vortex Interactions and Cavitation Inception, Winter, 2005
Paul Tortora, Electrical Impedance Tomography for Gas-Solid Flows, Fall, 2004
Jinhyun Cho, Evaluation of Electrical Impedance Methods for the Measurement of Near Surface Gas Distributions, Spring 2004, co-chair with M. Perlin
Wendy Sanders, Friction Drag Reduction, Fall 2003, co-chair with D. Dowling
Ghanem Oweis, Dynamics and Scaling of Leakage Vortex Cavitation Inception, Summer 2003
Dwayne Bourgoyne, Examination of the High Reynolds Number Flow Over Lifting Surface, Winter 2003, co-chair with D. Dowling
Ansis Upatnieks, Cinemagraphic PIV Investigation of the Lifted Turbulent Jet Flame Stabilization Region, Winter 2002, co-chair with J. Driscoll
John Judge, Experimental-Based Development of Phenomenological Mistuning Models For Bladed Disks, Winter 2001, co-chair with C. Pierre
Claudia Iyer, Investigation of Cavitating Shear Flows, Summer 2000
Judy Che, Metal Drop Deposition and Droplet Based Manufacturing, Winter 1999, co-chair with G. Tryggvason
K. Laberteaux, Generation of Flow Structures in the Closure Region of Attached Cavitation, Fall 1998
S. Chambers, Mechanics of Erythrocyte Hemolysis and Thrombosis During the Transport of Blood, Fall 1998, co-chair with R. Bartlett
Darin George, Electrical Impedance Methods for the Measurement of Multiphase Flows, Fall 1998
Jaehoon Han, Drop Deposition Manufacturing: Numerical Studies, Winter 1997, co-chair with G. Tryggvason
Ann Tassin, Investigation of the Inception Region of Attached Cavitation, Fall 1996
C.-Y. Li, Interaction of Traveling Bubbles with the Boundary Layer and Attached Cavitation, Fall 1995
Po-Wen Yu, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Bubble and Sheet Cavitation, Fall 1995
Yi-Jou Jan, Computational Studies of Bubble Dynamics, Spring 1994, co-chair with G. Tryggvason

M. S. Committees Chaired

Josh Parmet, High Resolution Measurements of Turbulent Flow Along Biofilm Layers,Winter 2019
Nassim Abdul Samad, Design, fabrication and testing of a Metal Window for Corrosion Testing, Fall 2011, co-chair G. Was
Richard Mooney, Void Fraction Measurements in Air Layers, Fall 2010
Drew Romes, Hydrodynamics of Shock Absorber Tuning, Winter 2008
Darren Holland, Design and Calibration of Experimental Excitation Systems and Test Procedures for System Identification of Blisks, Fall 2007, co-Chair with M. Castanier
Gregory Miller, Air Layer Drag Reduction at High Reynolds Number, Fall 2007
Elizabeth Ivy, Characterization of the Microbubble Layer During Microbubble Drag Reduction in a Turbulent Boundary Layer at High Reynolds Number, Winter, 2003, co-chair with D. Dowling
Josh Hamel, Pressure Measurements in the Large Cavitation Channel, Fall 2001
Daniel Peterman, Design of a Recirculating Water Tunnel, Fall 2000
Evert-Jan Foeth, Observations of a three-dimensional sheet cavity on a hydrofoil, Winter 2000 (student at T-U Delft, with Prof. G. Kuiper)
Peter Kilcline, Construction of a Small Water Tunnel, Spring 1994

Post Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars

Andreas Rauch, Winter 2023 – present (with V. Raman)
Soumarup Bhattacharyya, Winter 2023 – present (with H. Ganesh)
Elijah Andrews, Winter 2023 – present (with H. Ganesh)
Harish Ganesh, Summer 2015 – Winter 2017
Simo Mäkiharju, Winter 2012-Summer 2014
Inwon Lee, Winter 2010-Winter 2011
Bu Guen Paik, Winter 2010-Winter 2011
Brian Elbing, Winter 2009 – Summer 2010
Natasha Chang, Summer 2007 – Summer 2009
Keary Lay, Winter 2006-Fall 2009
Jaehyung Choi, Fall 2005-Fall 2006
Kyungjin Lee, Winter 2006-Winter 2007
Xaiochun Shen, Spring 2004-Fall 2005
Marek Rebow, Fall 2003-Fall 2004
Ghanem Oweis, Fall 2003-Fall 2005
S. Gayton Liter, Winter 2001-Fall 2002 (supported by and in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM)
Carolyn Judge, Fall 2000-Fall 2002
Kathy Laberteaux, Winter 1999