Joseph (Max) Cirtwill (MASc Candidate)

Max graduated from McMaster University's Mechanical Engineering and Management degree program in 2015. He is currently conducting research on the onset of thermoacoustic instabilities in aeronautical gas turbine engines. This research uses high speed optical diagnostics and several analytic techniques borrowed from dynamical systems and complex systems theory to determine causal relationships between the pressure fluctuations and heat release distribution within the turbine combustor at the onset of instability. This research aims to improve the engine design process.