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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. Ramees Rahman

Assistant Professor

Hometown: Kerela, India

Dr. Justin Urso

Assistant Professor

Hometown: Sparr, FL

Dr. Farhan Arafin

Lab Manager

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Ritesh Ghorpade

Dr. Michael Pierro

Hometown: Tampa, FL

Graduate Students

Nicolas Berube

Lab Manager Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL

Louis Vest

Lab Manager
Hometown: Glendora, CA

Daniel Dyson

Hometown: Lehigh Acres, FL

Nishan Khanal

Hometown: Columbia, MO

Marc Etienne

Jonathan McGaunn

Hometown: Naples, FL

Christopher Dennis

Louis Yovino

Hometown: Parkland, FL

Andrew DeRusha

Marzuqa Ahmed

Christopher Loving

Garrett Mastantuono

Priyankar Garai

Zuhayr Mohammed

David Zamora

Michelle Franzen

Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil

Shahzad Bobi

Hometown: Punjab, Pakistan

Marley Albright

Hometown: St. Augustine, FL

Hamil Patel

Hometown: Coral Springs, FL

Koby Rouviere

Hometown: Miami, FL

Anthony Aguilera

Hometown: Hialeah, FL

Nikolas Hulliger

Timothy Loye

Ahmed Safdari

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Alejandro Puerta-Alvardo

Diego Ruiz Pena

Bryan Suarez

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Lucas Pitts

Matthew Fraze

Kesly Lubin

Valerie Rodriguez

Tyler Kreuscher

Oli Valenzuela

Zachary Morris

Hometown: Boynton Beach, FL

Fawzan Ahmed

Sam Klopp

Hometown: Warrenton, VA

Guillermo Barrios

Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela

Bright Katey

Mikayla Lindsay

Braden Venger

Jae Kim

Aaron Guenther

Gabriel Duany Izaguirre

Hometown: Miami, FL

Rodrigo Yuraszeck

Hometown: Viña del Mar, Chile

Tomas Ruiz

Undergraduate Students

Amanda Maia

Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Allen Benarroch

Anya Ambarish

Hometown: Sterling, VA

Jonathan Sanchez

Colton Ashworth

Esteban Diaz-Rodriguez

Henry Mack

Nicholas Walsh

Avril Elmer-Santiago

Brianna Rick

Matt Ziegler

Ashley Thornton

Savannah Fowler

Savannah Taylor

Thuy-Linh Le

 

Tariqullah Wardak

 

Jordan Flick

 

Katherine Coyle

Vasu Lab Alumni