Department of Mechanical Engineering
AEThER People

Laboratory Director

Dr. Pavlos P. Vlachos

B.S., National Tech. Univ. of Athens, 1995;
M.S., Virginia Tech, 1998;
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2000.

114U Randolph Hall
540-231-3366;
540-231-9100- FAX
Email :pvlachos@vt.edu

Collaborators and Affiliate Faculty

Dr. Thomas E. Diller

B.S., Carnegie-Mellon, 1972;
Sc.M., MIT, 1974;
Sc.D., MIT, 1977.

114 R Randolph Hall
540-231- 7198;
540.231.9100- FAX
Email: tdiller@vt.edu

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Research Faculty Associates and Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr Charonko John
Senior Research Associate
PIV Development, Cardiovascular flows, CFD
Email : jcharonk@vt.edu
 
Dr Mike Brady
Post-Doctoral Associate
PIV, Multiphase flows
Email : mibrady@vt.edu
 

Dr Satya P. Karri
Instructor,
Cardiovascular flows, CFD
Email: karry@vt.edu

 

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Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students  
Nick Cardwell
Two Phase Flows; Heat Transfer,Turbulence
Email:ncardwel@vt.edu
 
Daniel Cooper
Bio-fluid mechanics, bioacoustics
Email:dbcooper@vt.edu
 

David Hubble
Sensors, Thermal Fluids, Instrumentation, Turbulence
Email:dhubble@vt.edu

 
Sam Raben
Multi-phase flows, three-dimensional velocimetry methods
Email:sraben@vt.edu
 
Kelley Stewart
Bio-fluid mechanics, Heart valves, Turbulence
Email:kelleys@vt.edu
 
Jaime Schmieg
Bio-fluid mechanics, magnetic targeted drug delivery
Email:jschmieg@vt.edu
 
Chris Weiland
Interfacial stability, Fluid -Structure Interactions,Super Cavitation
Email:cweiland@vt.edu
 

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Master Students
Justin Dominic
Email : judomin1@vt.edu
 
Brady Drew
Email: drewbr@vt.edu
 
Roderic LaFoy
Email: rlafoy@vt.edu
 
Sam Koski
Masters Student
Email :skoski@vt.edu
 
Elizabeth Voigt
Email:betsyv@vt.edu
 

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PhD Graduates

Satya Prakash Karri
PhD Fall 2009
Laminar and Transitional Flow Disturbances in Diseased and Stented Arteries
Mike Brady
PhD Fall 2009
Multiphase Hydrodynamics in Flotation Systems
Charonko John
PhD Spring 2009
Studies of Stented Arteries and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Using Experimental and Clinical Analysis and Data Augmentation
Andy Gifford
PhD Spring 2009
The Physical Mechanism of Heat Transfer Augmentation in Stagnating Flows Subject to Freestream Turbulence and Related Studies
Alicia Williams
PhD Fall 2008
The Hydrodynamics of Ferrofluid Aggregates

Olga Pierrakos
PhD, May 2005

Vortex Dynamics of Left Ventricular Flows
Ali Etebari
PhD, May 2005
Wall Shear Stresses in Cardiovascular Flows

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MS Graduates


Kelley Steward
Fall 2008
A Color M-Mode Echocardiogram Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
David Griffith
Fall 2008
Development of Ionic Polymer Metallic Composites as Sensors
Sam Raben
MS 2008
Near wall high resolution particle image velocimetry and data reconstruction for high speed flows
Adric Eckstein
MS 2007
Development of Robust Correlation Algorithms for Image Velocimetry Using Advanced Filtering

Alicia Williams
MS 2007

Mixing at Low Reynolds Numbers by Vibrating Cantilevered Ionic Polymers

Chris Weiland
MS 2006

Modification of Blade-Vortex Interactions Using Leading Edge Blowing

Michael Brady
MS 2006

Novel, Subpixel Resolution Schemes For Particle Sizing and Particle Tracking Velocimetry

Hugh Hill
MS 2006
2D CFD Simulation of a Flow Control Inlet Guide Vane
Jerrod Ewing
MS 2006

Development of a Direct-Measurement Thin-Film Heat Flux Array

Vassilios Vlachakis
MS 2006

Turbulent Characteristics in a Rushton Stirring Vessel: A Numerical Investigation

Mian Hussain
MS 2005

Time-Resolved Analysis of Circulation Control over Supercritical Airfoil using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV)

John Charonko
MS 2005

A Nondimensional Scaling Parameter for Predicting Pressure Wave Reflection in Stented Arteries

Carneal Jason
MS 2004

Integration and Validation of Flow Image Quantification (Flow-IQ) System

Saami Yazdani
MS 2003

Complex Flow Patterns In Stented and Bifurcating Arteries

Ali Etebari
MS 2002

Development of a Virtual Scientific Visualization Environment for the Analysis of Complex Flows

Olga Pierrakos
MS 2002
Hemodynamic Flow Characterization of St. Jude Medical Bileaflet Mechanical and Biological Heart Valve Prostheses in a Left Ventricular Model via Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
Claude Abiven
MS 2002

Hybrid Dynamically Adaptive, Super Spatio-Temporal Resolution Digital Particle Image Velocimetry Technique For Multi-Phase Flows

 

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