Teaching

ME EN 415: Flight Vehicle Design

Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022

• Aerodynamics
• Structures
• Stability
• Propulsion
• Performance
• Integrated Design

ME EN 515: Aerodynamics

Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2022

• Incompressible Aerodynamics
• Finite Wings
• Viscous Aerodynamics
• Compressible Aerodynamics
• Propellers
• Computational Fluid Dynamics

ME EN 575: Optimization Techniques in Engineering

Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022

• Application of computer optimization techniques to nonlinear unconstrained and constrained optimization problems
• Gradient-based and gradient-free algorithms
• Computing derivatives
• Robust design methods
• Surrogate-based optimization.
• Project-based

ME EN 372: Mechanical System Design Fundamentals

Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Winter 2019

• Static and dynamic stress of mechanical systems
• Buckling and deflection
• Failure analysis
• Introduction to finite element analysis using ANSYS

ME EN 412: Applications of Fluid Dynamics

Fall 2015, Fall 2016

• Lift and drag, airfoils, wings
• Propellers and turbines
• One-dimensional compressible flow, shocks, expansions, nozzles
• Turbomachinery design and performance
• Introduction to CFD with applications