Bio

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Prof. Noah Van Dam

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

New position: Mechanical Engineer at Plug Power

Jairo Vanegas (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2022)

Thesis title: Understanding Lagrangian-to-Eulerian Coupling Errors Using Kernel Density Estimation

New position: Manufacturing Engineer at Axcelis Technologies

CiCi Bolduc (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2020)

Dissertation title: Development of a Four-Fluid Model for Two-Phase Steam Flows

New position: Automation Engineer at E-Volve Systems