Noah Van Dam joined the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the Fall of 2018. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015, after which he joined Argonne National Laboratory as a postdoc in the Energy Systems division. His research focuses on modeling and simulation of multi-phase, reacting flows for applications including internal combustion engines, gas turbines and aerospace propulsion, and chemical and manufacturing processes.
Contact: Noah_VanDam [at] uml.edu
Current Thesis Students
Aman Kumar (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering)
Research topic: Flash Boiling Fuel Spray Modeling
Shailendra Rana (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering)
Research topic: Ammonia/Hydrogen Combustion Modeling
Sai Annavajjala (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering) (Co-advised with Prof. Jan Kosny)
Research topic: Thermal Energy Storage for Building Applications
Former Students
Ahmed Almeldein (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Thesis title: Accelerating the Chemical Kinetics Calculations in Combustion Simulations using Physics Informed Neural Networks
New Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John Fernandez (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2022)
Thesis title: Spray Model Setup for Combustion Simulations in a Low-Pressure Swirl Burner using CFD