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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

Lab Manager
Hometown: Sparr, FL

Dr. Gihun Kim

Lab Manager
Hometown: Busan, South Korea

Dr. Cory Kinney

Hometown: Brandon, FL

Dr. Farhan Arafin

Lab Manager
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Graduate Students

Nicolas Berube

Lab Manager
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL

Louis Vest

Lab Manager
Hometown: Glendora, CA

Daniel Dyson

Hometown: Lehigh Acres, FL

Robert Greene

Nishan Khanal

Hometown: Columbia, MO

Marc Etienne

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

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

Nikolas Hulliger

Timothy Loye

Ahmed Safdari

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Alejandro Puerta-Alvardo

Diego Ruiz Pena

Bryan Suarez

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Lucas Pitts

Matthew Fraze

Undergraduate Students

Sam Klopp

Hometown: Warrenton, Virginia

Gabriel Duany Izaguirres

Hometown: Miami, FL

Tyler Kelly

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Aaron Guenther

Allen Benarroch

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

Amanda Maia

Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Katelyn Rickman

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Isabelle Kaltenbaugh

Jonathan Sanchez

Sreelekshmi Sreekumar

Mikayla Lindsay

Vasu Lab Alumni