Research Site - Gas Surface Interactions Lab
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The Gas Surface Interaction Lab investigates the response of materials in extreme environment, such as in hypersonic flight. This is mainly accomplished by developing novel numerical models that can replicate the flow environment around a hypersonic vehicle, as well as the thermal response of the heat shield. The lab also performs space flight tests, using an orbital re-entry capsule (KRUPS), which aims at testing novel materials and instruments.
Ablation
Aerothermodynamics
Compressible Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Gas Surface Interactions
Hypersonic
Material Response
Numerical Methods
Re-Entry
École polytechnique, Montréal, Qc, Mechanical Eng., Ph.D., 2005
École polytechnique of Montréal, Qc, Mechanical Eng., M.Sc.A, 2003
University of Montréal, Qc, Physics, B.Sc, 1999
2020 - Present: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2016 – 2020: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2011 – 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2012 – pres: Associate Faculty, Center for Computational Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2009: Invited Scientist, Entry Systems and Technology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Fields, CA
2007: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Aerospace Eng., Postdoc, 2007-2010
