Noah Van Dam joined the Mechanical and Industrial 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, power generation, and chemical/manufacturing processes.
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
Colin Wildman (M.S., Mechanical Engineering)
Research topic: Salt-air Combustion Modeling for Naval Propulsion Systems
Aman Kumar (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2025)
Thesis title: Advancing Lagrangian-Eulerian Spray Models for Flashing Sprays: Effects of Near Nozzle Conditions and Parcel Initialization Procedures
New Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at UMass Lowell
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