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Principal Investigator

Dr. Subith Vasu

Research Activities
Alternative fuels for propulsion and internal combustion engines, supercritical CO2 power cycles, shock wave physics and chemistry, detonations and explosions, energy conversion processes, laser diagnostics and sensors for combustion and emission, laser spectroscopy, space sensors, chemical kinetics experiments and modeling, non-equilibrium aerothermodynamics, laser ignition, high-altitude balloon measurements, and advanced propulsion engines.
Work History
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 2021-Present
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 2018-2021
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 2012-2018
Post Doctoral Appointee, Combustion Research Facility Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 2010-2011
Post Doctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2010-2010
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (major) Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2004-2010
M.Tech, Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India 2004
B.Tech, Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India 2004

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Dr. Justin Urso

Lab Manager
Hometown: Sparr, FL

Dr. Gihun Kim

Lab Manager
Hometown: Busan, South Korea

Dr. Ramees Rahman

Hometown: Kerela, India

Dr. Cory Kinney

Hometown: Brandon, FL

Dr. Farhan Arafin

Graduate Students

Nicolas Berube

Lab Manager
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL

Jackie Higgs

Lab Manager
Hometown: Discovery Bay, CA

Daniel Dyson

Hometown: Lehigh Acres, FL

Jessica Baker

Robert Greene

Marc Etienne

Nishan Khanal

Hometown: Columbia, MO

Jonathan McGaunn

Hometown: Naples, FL

Sydney Briggs

Hometown: Rome, NY

Juan Cruz Pellegrini

Hometown: Rosario, Argentina

Michael Pierro

Hometown: Tampa, FL

Shubham Kesharwani

Hometown: Allahabad, India

Christopher Dennis

Louis Yovino

Andrew DeRusha

Marzuqa Ahmed

Christopher Loving

Garrett Mastantuono

Priyankar Garai

Alex Pothen

Hometown: Oviedo, FL

Zuhayr Mohammed

Louis Vest

Hometown: Glendora, CA

David Zamora

Michelle Franzen

Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil

Shahzad Bobi

Hometown: Punjab, Pakistan

Anthony Aguilera

Marley Albright

Hometown: St. Augustine, FL

Jose Bobren

Hamil Patel

Hometown: Coral Springs, FL

Koby Rouviere

Hometown: Miami, FL

Timothy Loye

Nikolas Hulliger

Undergraduate Students

Sam Klopp

Hometown: Warrenton, Virginia

Gabriel Duany Izaguirres

Hometown: Miami, FL

Tyler Kelly

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Aaron Guenther

Benjamin Hajder

Matthew Fraze

Fawzan Ahmed

Guillermo Barrios

Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela

Anya Ambarish

Hometown: Sterling, VA

Abby Caraway

Rodrigo Yuraszeck

Hometown: Viña del Mar, Chile

Nathaniel Root

Hometown: Winter Garden, FL

Alejandro Puerta-Alvardo

Amanda Maia

Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ahmed Safdari

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Katelyn Rickman

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Isabelle Kaltenbaugh

Diego Ruiz Pena

Jonathan Sanchez

Sreelekshmi Sreekumar

Vasu Lab Alumni