Seminars/Reviews

CCAS Joint Seminars and Basic Research Reviews

Friday, April 1, 2022, 11am-12pm, Yuanhang Zhu, Brown University, “Nonlinear instabilities in hydrodynamic and aeroelastic systems“. Recording of the seminar here (passcode 3gM6HA+B).

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 12:00-1:30pm, Richard Abrantes, AFRL, “Enabling reduced-order collisional-radiative modeling for reactive plasma physics simulation“. Recording of the seminar here (passcode =&135iGj).

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97162170785?pwd=YWtxaTZ2eTJsUTd0eXFobStUM3Jxdz09, 12:00-1:30pm, Prof. Artur Davoyan, UCLA, “Light sailing for breakthrough space exploration“.

Friday, July 19, 2019, 37-124 Engineering IV, 10:30-11:30am, Chengzhe Zhou, Ph.D. candidate, CalTech, “Electrohydrodynamic Shaping and Control: From Space Micropropulsion to Soft Lithography“.

Friday, January 19, 2018, 11am-12pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Falling clouds of particles,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Dr. Elisabeth Guazzelli, Aix Marseille University, CNRS, and IUSTI, Marseille, France.

Thursday, November 16, 2017, 4-5pm, 47-124 Engr IV: “Natural and Forced Dynamics of Reacting Wakes,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Professor Tim Lieuwen, Professor and David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Monday, November 6, 2017, 11am-12pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Summation-by-parts methods, from structured to unstructured meshes: a brief introduction and survey of current research directions,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Dr. David C. Del Rey Fernández, National Institute of Aerospace and NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.

Thursday, October 26, 2017, 12-1pm, 37-124 Engr IV: “Minimal Gain Marching Schemes: Searching for Unstable Steady-States with Unsteady Solvers,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Prof. Leo Alves, Mechanical Engineering Department, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 11am-12pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Influence of Fuel Additives on the Dynamic Combustion Behavior of Liquid Rocket Propellants,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Dr. Mark A. Pfeil, U.S. Army AMRDEC, Redstone Arsenal, AL.

7-8 February 2017, JP Eliopulos Hellenic Center in Lancaster, CA: “AFRL Rocket Lab, Basic Research Review.”

Friday, July 29, 2016, 12-1pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Prognosis of an Impending Combustion Instability,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Professor R. I. Sujith, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 12-1pm, 47-124, Engr IV: “Structure and Extinction of Water-Laden Methane/Air Non-Premixed Flames,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Rosa Padilla, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine.

Friday, May 13, 2016, 12-1pm, 47-124 Engr IV: “Thermal ignition using moving hot particles,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Stephanie Coronel, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 12–1 pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Understanding the Role of Multifunctional Nanoengineered Particulate Additives on Supercritical Pyrolysis and Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Hyung Sub Sim, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.

Monday, March 21, 2016, 12–1 pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “High-speed Visualization Experiments in Supersonic Flow,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Bryan Schmidt, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology.

Friday, March 4, 2016, 12–1 pm, 47-124 Engr IV: “The Simulation and Modeling of Turbulent Flows,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Professor Krishnan Mahesh, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota.

Tuesday, January 26 and Wednesday, January 27, 2016, Air Force Research Lab, Edwards AFB: AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division, Basic Research Review, held at Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA. Please contact Dr. Tae Woo Park (tae.park.2.ctr@us.af.mil) to RSVP for this event by January 21. The agenda for the meeting may be found HERE.

Thursday, November 12, 2015, 12–1 pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Combustion for clean energy: From low emissions to low CO₂,” Joint MAE Thermo/Fluids and AFRL-UCLA CCAS Seminar, Professor Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015: Plasma Fest, hosted by the UCLA Plasma Science and Technology Institute (PSTI). Symposium held from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm in Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) Room 1-434; Lunch, Poster Session, and Discussions from 12:30–5:30 pm in Covel Commons 3rd floor. Attendance is free, but please register online by Tuesday, September 15. See http://psti.ucla.edu/plasmafest/index.html for details.

Thursday, September 17, 2015, 12–1 pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Sharp and Blunt Trailing Edge Airfoils in Reverse Flow,” Joint MAE/CCAS Seminar by Prof. Anya Jones, University of Maryland.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 12-1pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Construction of Non-Equilibrium Hydrodynamic Models for Atmospheric Entry Plasmas,” Professor Marco Panesi, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 3-4pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Recent Progress and Future Directions of Propulsion Research with a special focus on an Experimental Study on the Effects of Varying the Impingement Distance of Like-Doublet Injectors,” by Professor Robert A. Frederick, Jr., Director, UAH Propulsion Research Center, and Mr. Brian Sweeney, PhD Candidate, The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Thursday, June 11, 2015, 1-2 pm (refreshments at 12:30 pm), Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) Room 4-330: “Probabilistic modeling of stochastic plasma phenomena using information geometry,” by Dr. Geert Verdoolaege, Ghent University.

Friday, June 5, 2015, 12-1pm, 38-138 Engr IV: “Modeling of Nonequilibrium Reactive Gases and Plasmas: Fluid Models and Beyond,” by Dr. Hai Le, UCLA.

Dr. John Bennewitz, University of Alabama at Huntsville, “High-Frequency Combustion Instability Control through Acoustic Modulation at the Inlet Boundary,” Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 2-3 pm, 38-138 Engr IV.

Prof. Baki Cetegen, University of Connecticut, “Experimental Studies on Premixed Reacting Jets in Hot Vitiated Crossflow,” Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12 noon, 38-138 Engr IV.

Prof. Igor Mezic, UC Santa Barbara, “Koopman Operator Theory in Fluid Mechanics,” Friday, February 20, 2015 at 12 noon, 38-138 Engr. IV.

AFRL – UCLA CCAS Basic Research Review, Tuesday, January 20, 2015.