Former Members of CFD and Propulsion Group

Former Research Associates/Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Name   Research Area Time Period
Dr. Lucie FRERET
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Anisotropic Adaptive Mesh Refinement and High-Order Finite-Volume Methods 2013-2021 (currently CFD Developer at Maya HTT, Montreal, Canada)
Dr. Ken MIURA
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Improved Combustion Models for Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Engines 2019-2020 (currently Director of Operations, Why Should I Care (WSIC) Civic Engagement)
Dr. Olga TRICHTCHENKO
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Improved Models for Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Engines 2017-2018 (currently Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada)
Dr. Lucian IVAN
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High-Order Finite-Volume Schemes on Cubed-Sphere Hexahedral Meshes 2013-2015 (co-supervised by Prof. De Sterck, University of Waterloo, currently Computatioanal Scientist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada)
Dr. Marc CHAREST
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Multi-Scale Adaptive Modelling and Numerical Methods for Reactive Flows 2010-2012 (currently Manager, Cloud-Based HPC, Microsoft, U.S.A.)
Dr. Mario COMMODO
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Thermal Stability of Aviation Jet Fuels 2008-2010 (co-supervised by Prof. Gülder, currently Research Scientist, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Napoli, Italy)
Dr. Manish JUGROOT
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Numerical Studies of Ion and Neutral Gas Transport Phenomena in Mass Spectrometer Systems 2001-2005 (currently Professor, Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada)
Dr. Marc RATZEL
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Numerical Investigation of Orthogonal Ion Extraction Interfaces for ICP Mass Spectrometer Systems 2002-2003 (currently Sr. Director CFD, Altair Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Former Graduate Students

Name   Thesis Degree

Isaac JAHNCKE
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Implicit Finite-Volume Scheme with Anisotropic Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Predicting Steady Three-Dimensional Reactive Laminar Flows M.A.Sc., 2023 (currently Ph. D. student, UTIAS)
Jamie SAMMON
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Evaluation of a RANS-Based Computational Framework for Predicting Sooting Turbulent Jet Flames M.A.Sc., 2023 (currently Mechanical Engineer, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Mississauga, Canada)
Joachim Andre Raymond SARR
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Interpolative-Based Maximum-Entropy Moment Closures for Predicting Real-Gas Radiative Heat Transfer Ph.D., 2023 (currently Computatioanal Scientist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada)
Eligh CORCHIS-SCOTT
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Application of Tabulated Chemistry to Laminar Co-Flow Diffusion Flames at Atmospheric and Elevated Pressures M.A.Sc., 2022 (currently Space Propulsion Engineer, Space Machines Company, Sydney, Australia)
Mohamad KHALIL
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Numerical Prediction of Lean Premixed Hydrogen-Air Deflagrations in Vented Vessels M.A.Sc., 2022 (currently Software Developer, Kindred AI, Ocado Group, Toronto, Canada)
Jacques XING
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Quadrature-Based Moment Methods for Predicting Soot Formation in Laminar and Turbulent Non-Premixed Flames Ph.D., 2022 (currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Engineering,King’s College London, U.K.)
Kevin BROOKS
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Eulerian-Based Moment Closures for the Modelling of Polydisperse Polykinetic Sprays M.A.Sc., 2021 (currently Ph. D. student, UTIAS)
Nishant NARECHANIA
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Output-Based Error Estimation and Anisotropic AMR for Numerical Prediction of Steady Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Flows Ph.D., 2020 (currently Professor Aviation Technology, Seneca College, Toronto, Canada)
Marcel GRZESZCZYK
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Numerical Study of the Transition from Regular to Mach Reflection on a Wedge and Semicylinder M.A.Sc., 2020 (co-supervised by Prof. Gottlieb, currently Ph. D. student, UTIAS)
Marthinus DE BEER
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Application and Comparison of FPI, SLFM, and FPV Chemistry Tabulation to the Prediction of Soot Formation in Laminar Diffusion Flames at Elevated Pressures M.A.Sc., 2020 (currently Project Estimator, Kingdom Builders Custom Homes, North Vancouver, Canada)
Charles Ryan TAYLOR
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Mesh Independent Large-Eddy Simulation of Hydrogen Combustion in Compromised Nuclear Facilities M.A.Sc., 2019 (currently Propulsion Test Engineer, Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), Ausburg, Germany)
Luiz TOBALDINI NETO
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High-Order Finite Volume CENO Scheme for Large Eddy Simulation of Premixed Flames Ph.D., 2019 (currently CFD Engineer, Embraer, São Paulo, Brazil)
Ken MIURA
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Development of a Multifluid Magnetohydrodynamic Model for Anisotropic Partially Ionized Plasmas Ph.D., 2019 (currently Director of Operations, Why Should I Care (WSIC) Civic Engagement)
Andy WANG
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Moment Closures Mehtods for Predicting Poly-Disperse Poly-Kinetic Sprays M.A.Sc, 2019 (currently Acoustics Software Engineer, Dassault Systemes, Toronto, Canada)
Joachim Andre Raymond SARR
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Evaluation of Maximum Entropy Moment Closures for Predicting Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena M.A.Sc., 2018 (currently Computatioanal Scientist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada)
Wasi SYED
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Conjugate Heat Transfer and Sooting Propensity of Ethanol for Laminar Coflow Diffusion Flames at Elevated Pressures M.A.Sc., 2107 (currently Senior Efficiency Model Development Engineer, CAE Analyst, Rivian, Irvine, California, U.S.A.)
Jeremie LAPLANTE
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Fourteen-Moment Maximum-Entropy-Inspired Closures for Non-Equilibrium Gases and Liquid Sprays M.A.Sc., 2017 (currently Simulation Ecosystem Senior Engineer, Electrolux, Porcia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)
Ravindu LOKUWITHANA
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Investigating the Influence of Geometric Features on the Performance of a Spill Return Nozzle M.A.Sc., 2017 (co-supervised by Prof. Sampath)
Maciej HRYNIEWICKI
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On the Transition Boundary Between Regular and Mach Reflections from a Wedge in Inviscid and Polytropic Gases Ph. D., 2016 (co-supervised by Prof. Gottlieb, currently Director, Price Waterhouse Cooper, PWC, Toronto, Canada)
Christopher LAM
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Application of Gaussian Moment Closures to Three-Dimensional Micro-Scale Flows Ph.D., 2016 (currently Lead, Risk Advisor, Cloud Security Engineering, Deloitte Canada, Toronto, Canada)
Boone TENSUDA
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Interpolative Hyperbolic Realizable Moment Closures for Non-Equilibrium Flows with Heat Transfer M.A.Sc., 2015 (co-supervised by Prof. J. G. McDonald, University of Ottawa, currently Senior Analyst, Credit Risk Analytics, Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Canada)
Roger ANTONY FRANCIS
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Investigation of Fuel Nozzle Technologies to Reduce Gas Turbine Emissions M.A.Sc., 2015 (co-supervised by Prof. Sampath, currently Principal Specialist PW800 Module Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, Mississauga, Canada)
Nikhil SHARMA
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Heat Transfer Analysis for Preliminary Design of Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber Liners M.A.Sc., 2015 (co-supervised by Prof. Sampath, currently Technical Product Manager, Wizards of the Coast, Toronto, Canada)
Adam O'BRIEN
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Numerical Simulation of Thermoacoustic Response of Laboratory Scale Premixed Multi-Slit Burner Flames M.A.Sc., 2015 (co-supervised by Prof. Gülder, currently Software Engineer, Self Driving Vehicles, Mountain View, California, U.S.A.)
Nasim SHAHBAZIAN
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Subfilter Scale Combustion Modelling for Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Premixed Flames Ph.D., 2015 (co-supervised by Prof. Gülder, currently Research Engineer, Machine Learning & Computer Vision, EagleView, Seattle, U.S.A.)
Martin JUHAS
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Adaptive Mesh Refinement Based on a Posteriori Error Estimation M.A.Sc., 2014 (currently Mechanical Project Engineer, General Motors, Oshawa, Canada)
Vishal SINGH
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Numerical Investigation of Sooting Propensity of Ethanol at Elevated Pressures M.A.Sc., 2014 (currently Research Associate, Universiti Sains, Malaysia)
Ali AFSHAR
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Evaluation of Liquid Fuel Spray Models for Hybrid RANS/LES and DLES Prediction of Turbulent Reactive Flows M.A.Sc., 2014 (currently Engineer, Kepstrum Inc., Vaughan, Canada)
Weichao (Winston) WANG
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Structure and Extinction Limits of Biofuels in Laminar Counterflow Diffusion Flames M.A.Sc., 2014 (co-supervised by Prof. Gülder, currently Senior Product Manager, Autodesk, Toronto, Canada)
Alamin AZIZ
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High-Order CENO Reconstruction Scheme For Three-Dimensional Unstructured Mesh M.A.Sc., 2014 (currently Mechanical Engineer, Curtiss-Wright - Indal Technologies, Mississauga, Canada)
Scott NORTHRUP
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A Parallel Implicit Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithm for Predicting Unsteady Fully-Compressible Reactive Flows Ph.D., 2014 (currently HPC Principal Consultant, Lenovo, Toronto, Canada)
Michael WILLIAMSCHEN
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Parallel Anisotropic Block-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Flows M.A.Sc., 2013 (currently Application Engineer, KeyW Corporation, Hanover, USA)
Michael MARCHAND
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Multi-Dimensional Carbon Monoxide Emission Predictor for Preliminary Gas Turbine Combustor Design Optimization M.A.Sc., 2013 (co-supervised by Prof. Sampath, currently Manufacturing Engineer, Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems, Dartmouth, Canada)
Hasnain LANEWALA
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Multi-Dimensional Nitric Oxide Emissions Predictor for Preliminary Gas Turbine Combustor Design Optimization M.A.Sc., 2013 (co-supervised by Prof. Sampath, currently Simulation Engineer, SCIEX, San Francisco, U.S.A.)
Shawn PRASAD
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Parallel Block-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement Finite-Volume Scheme for Solution of the Three-Dimensional Favre-Averaged Navier Stokes Equations M.A.Sc., 2013 (currently Research Engineer at C-FER Technologies Inc., Edmonton, Canada)
Abhishek BARNWAL
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Combustion Properties of Biologically Sourced Alternative Fuels M.A.Sc., 2012 (currently Machine Learning Engineer, Snap Inc., Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.)
Doreen FAN
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Evaluation of Maximum Entropy Moment Closure for Solution to Radiative Heat Transfer Equation M.A.Sc., 2012 (co-supervised, Dr. F. Liu, NRC, currently Machine Learning Software Engineer, Google, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Jason ZHENG
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Block-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement Finite-Volume Schemes for Hybrid Multi-Block Meshes M.A.Sc., 2012 (currently Senior Engineer, System Modeling, Range, & Efficiency, Lucid Motors, Newark, California, U.S.A.)
Jeff NIJSSE
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Numerical Modelling of Staged Combustion Aft-Injected Hybrid Rocket Motors> M.A.Sc., 2012 (currently Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology, Aukland, New Zealand)
Prabhakar REGMI
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A High-Order Finite-Volume Scheme for Large-Eddy Simulation of Premixed Flames on Multi-Block Cartesian Mesh M.A.Sc., 2012 (currently Software Development Manager, Kinaxis, Ottawa, Canada)
Pradeep JHA
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Modelling Detailed-Chemistry Effects on Turbulent Diffusion Flames Using a Parallel Solution-Adaptive Scheme Ph.D., 2011 (currently Teacher, Jethiyahi, Madhubani, Bihar, India)
Jenmy ZHANG
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Parallel Anisotropic Block-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement Finite-Volume Scheme M.A.Sc., 2011 (currently Principal Research Scientist, Autodesk Research, Toronto, Canada)
Francisco HERNÁNDEZ-PÉREZ
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Subfilter Scale Modelling for Large Eddy Simulation of Lean Hydrogen-Enriched Turbulent Premixed Combustion Ph.D., 2011 (co-supervised Prof. Gülder, currently Research Scientist, Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST)
Christopher LAM
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Application of the Gaussian Moment Closure to Three-Dimensional Micro-Scale Flows M.A.Sc., 2011 (currently Lead, Risk Advisory, Cloud Security Engineering, Deloitte Canada, Toronto, Canada)
Sintia BEJATOVIC (JAWORSKI)
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Evaluation of Discrete Explicit Filtering for an Approximate Deconvolution Approach to LES M.A.Sc., 2010 (co-supervised Prof. Gülder, currently Researcher, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Sean McDONALD
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Development of a High-Order Finite-Volume Method for Unstructured Meshes M.A.Sc., 2010 (currently Facilities Engineer, Shell Oil, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Samuel WONG
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A Parallel Adaptive-Mesh Method for Predicting Flows Through Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines M.A.Sc., 2010 (currently Software Developer, Paymentus, Markham, Canada)
Marc CHAREST
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Numerical Modelling of Sooting Laminar Diffusion Flames at Elevated Pressures and Microgravity Ph.D., 2010 (co-supervised Prof. Gülder, currently Manager, Cloud-Based HPC, Microsoft, U.S.A.)
James McDONALD
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Extended Fluid-Dynamic Modelling for Numerical Solution of Micro-Scale Flows Ph.D., 2010 (currently Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)
Lucian IVAN
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Development of High-Order CENO Finite-Volume Schemes with Block-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement Ph.D., 2010 (currently Computatioanal Scientist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada)
Wen LIN
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Large-Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion Using Flame Surface Density Approach Ph.D., 2010 (co-supervised Prof. Gülder)
Stephen GUZIK
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Accurate Residual-Distribution Schemes for Accelerated Parallel Architectures Ph.D., 2010 (currently Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.)
Ramy RASHAD
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Development of a High-Order Finite-Volume Method for the Navier-Stokes Equations in Three Dimensions M.A.Sc., 2009 (currently Research and Technology, Pratt & Whitney, Mississauga, Canada)
Willem DECONINCK
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Design and Application of Discrete Explicit Filters for Large Eddy Simulation of Compressible Turbulent Flows M.A.Sc., 2008 (currently Numerical Scientist, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMRWF), Reading, Berkshire, U.K.)
Xinfeng GAO
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A Parallel Solution-Adaptive Method for Turbulent Non-Premixed Combusting Flows Ph.D., 2008 (currently Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.)
Alistair WOOD
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A Parallel Implicit AMR Scheme for Hypersonic Flows M.A.Sc., 2008 (currently Software Developer, GIRO, Montreal, QC, Canada)
Kheredine BELHIMEUR
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On the Transition from Regular to Mach Reflection M.A.Sc., 2007 (co-supervised Prof. Gottlieb, currently Technical Consultant, Kinetrics, Toronto, Canada)
Marc ROBIN
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Discrete Explicit Filtering for LES of Compressible Turbulent Flows M.A.Sc., 2007 (currently Co-Founder \& Partner, Studio Lumen Photography, Calgary, Canada)
Dagmara BISKUPSKA (MAKARSKI)
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Hypersonic Flow Solution Using High-Temperature Equation of State M.A.Sc., 2007 (currently Technical Director, DAGMA Inc., Toronto, Canada)
Jai SACHDEV
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Parallel Solution-Adaptive Method for Predicting Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Core Flows Ph.D., 2007 (co-supervised Prof. Gottlieb, currently Computational Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, U.S.A.)
James McDONALD
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Numerical Modelling of Micron-Scale Flows Using the Gaussian Moment Closure M.A.Sc., 2005 (currently Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)
Tomoki OHSAWA
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Development of an Extended Multi-Fluid Magnetohydrodynamic Model for Fully- and Paritally-Ionized Anisotropic Plasmas M.A.Sc., 2005 (currently Associate Professor, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.)
MingYao DING
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CFD Analysis of Off-Design Centrifugal Compressor Operation and Performance M.A.Sc., 2005 (currently CEO at Singularity Engineering, San Francicso, CA, U.S.A.)
Ken MIURA
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Development of an Extended Magnetohydrodynamic Model for Anisotropic Plasmas M.A.Sc., 2004 (currently Director of Operations, Why Should I Care (WSIC) Civic Engagement)
Scott NORTHRUP
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A Parallel Adaptive Mesh Refinement Scheme for Predicting Laminar Diffusion Flames M.A.Sc., 2004 (currently HPC Principal Consultant, Lenovo, Toronto, Canada)
Eric LI
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A Parallel Multigrid Method for Predicting Compressible Flow in Turbomachinery M.A.Sc., 2004 (currently Building Flow Simulation Scientist, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI), Guelph, Canada)
Kalvin TSANG
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Parallel Implicit Newton-Krylov-Schwarz Method for Predicting Compressible Turbomachinery Flows M.A.Sc., 2003 (currently Mechanical Engineer, Canadian Natural, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada)

Former Visiting Students

Name   Thesis Degree
Romain JANODET
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Numerical Evaluation of the Transition Boundary Between Regular and Mach Reflections for a Moving Shock Interacting with a Wedge in Sulfur Hexafluoride Masters Thesis, 2017 (Ecole centrale Paris, France)
Matthias VAN HOVE
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Assessment and Development of Subfilter-Scale Models for Performing Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reactive Flows Diploma Thesis, 2011 (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Sebastian SIKORA
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Discretization of the Diffusion Operator for High-Order Finite-Volume Methods Diploma Thesis, 2010 (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Billy ARAÚJO
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Integrated Filling and Cooling Simulation of Injection Moulds Ph.D. Thesis, 2009 (co-supervision, University of Minho, Portugal)