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Aerospace Eng. Dept

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Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011-2271 U.S.A.

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Graduate Students in WEEA Program, Iowa State University, 2000 to present

Student

Degree/Major

Major Professor

Semester of Completion or Expected Date of Completion

Topic of Research

Arindam

Gan-Chowdhury

Ph.D.

Engineering Mechanics

P. P. Sarkar

Spring 2004

Identification of frequency domain and time domain aeroelastic parameters for flutter analysis of flexible structures

Jeffrey

Garrett

Ph.D.

Civil Engineering

P. P. Sarkar

L. Greimann

Fall 2003

Flow-induced vibration of elastically supported rectangular cylinders

Kuai

Le

Ph.D.

Geological and Atmospheric Science

W. Gallus

Summer 2005

Numerical simulations of tornado winds

Nikhil

Murgai

M.S.

Aerospace

Engineering

F. L. Haan

Fall 2004

(Ph.D. 2006)

Discrete vortex methods for simulation of flow-structure interaction

Nick

Spencer-Berger

M.S.

Aerospace

Engineering

F. L. Haan

Fall 2003

Development of a non-stationary flow device for an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel

Vasanth

Balaramudu

M.S.

Aerospace

Engineering

F. L. Haan

Spring 2007

Tornado vortex flow fields and tornado-induced wind loading

Ryan

Kardell

M.S.

Engineering

Mechanics

P. P. Sarkar

Spring 2004

Design and testing of a laboratory tornado simulator for the purpose of wind engineering

Josh

Bowman

M.S.

Aerospace

Engineering

F. L. Haan

Spring 2004

Determination of lift and drag coefficients using both three dimensional modeling and experimental methods

Jesse

Oltrogge

M.E.

Aerospace

Engineering

F. L. Haan

Spring 2005

(Ph.D. 2007)

Three-dimensional discrete vortex methods for wind engineering applications

John

Stronck

M.S.

Aerospace

Engineering

P. P. Sarkar

Fall 2004

Bridge aerodynamics

Anindya

Sengupta

Ph.D.

Engineering

Mechanics

P. P. Sarkar

G. Rajagopalan,  

Fall 2004

Physical and numerical simulation of microburst and its effects on buildings