TPL Students

Graduated Students

PhD Students

2013-09. Drayton, Scott (CDR,USN). Title:DESIGN, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF A TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR ROTOR WITH SPLITTER BLADES
2001-09. Castro, Breno . Title:Multi-block parallel Navier-Stokes simulation of unsteady wind tunnel and ground interference effects
2002-06. Jones, James  (CDR,USN). Title:A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ALGORITHM FOR THE 3-D DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR BLADES
1993-09. Brawley, Stephen  (LT,USN). Title:Aerodynamic Design Using Parallel Processors

Master's Students

2021-06. Aspray, Connor (ENS,USN). Title:Design and Analysis of a Mach 5+, Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
2021-06. Caraher, Sean (ENS,USN). Title:COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TWIN-SKIN CLOTH SAILS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SAILING VESSELS
2021-06. Grant, Travis (ENS,USN). Title:MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT IN THE INLET OF A TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR
2021-06. Green, Jeremy (ENS,USN). Title:A Manufacturing Process to Implement Transonic Compressor Endwall Treatments
2021-06. Hardt, Ethan (ENS,USN). Title:Hydrogen Fuel Operation for Gas Turbine Engines
2021-06. Hearn, Patrick  (LT,USN). Title:Transonic Compressor Inlet Flow Field Analysis
2021-06. Heaton, Charles (ENS,USN). Title:Renewable Energy Powered Hydrogen Generation and Storage from Ambient Moisture
2021-06. Lewis, Joshua (LT,USN). Title:IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION, COMPRESSION, AND STORAGE OF HYDROGEN GAS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES
2021-06. Manjai, Thanakrit (ENS,USN). Title:VERIFICATION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PRESSURE DROP COMPONENTS
2021-06. McMahan, John (ENS,USN). Title:Air Motor Integration for a Small-Scale Compressed Air Energy Storage System
2021-06. Meinster, Benjamin (ENS,USN). Title:Stall Characteristic Prediction in a Single Passage of a Transonic Axial Compressor Rotor
2021-03. Perez, Emillenicholas O. (LT,USN). Title:GAS TURBINE CONVERSION FROM LIQUID TO GASEOUS FUEL
2020-06. McFarland, Benjamin (LT,USN). Title:SUBMARINE AUXILIARY WATERJET PROPULSION 
2020-06. Wallen, Jay (ENS,USN). Title: Inlet Mass Flow Modeling and Measurement through a Transonic Axial Compressor Fan 
2020-03. Johnson, Michael  (LT,USN). Title:SMALL-SCALE ENERGY EXTRACTION FOR COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE USING POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT RADIAL AIR MOTOR
2019-09. Harman, Keenan  (LCDR,USN). Title:CONTINUED MODERNIZATION OF THE NPS TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR TEST RIG
2019-06. Anderson, Benjamin  (ENS,USN). Title:RENEWABLE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, COMPRESSION, AND STORAGE AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM
2019-06. Brantner, Martin (LT,USN). Title:OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE FOR COMPRESSOR DESIGN USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE
2019-06. Kaufmann, Brianna  (ENS,USN). Title:IMPLEMENTATION OF A MICROTURBINE IN A HYDROGEN ENERGY STORAGE AND GENERATION SYSTEM
2019-06. Thornton, Grant  (ENS,USN). Title:FLUID-STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF A TRANSONIC ROTOR
2019-03. Tan, Han Qi Alvin (MAJ,RSN). Title:INDUSTRIAL CONTROL OF A SUPERCAPACITOR AND COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE SYSTEM
2018-12. Penley, Jennifer  (LT,USN). Title:GAS TURBINE OPERATION ON COMPRESSED HYDROGEN
2018-06. Belna, Thomas  (LT,USN). Title:UPGRADE TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR TEST RIG DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
2018-06. Birkemeier, Scott  (LT,USN). Title:INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION OF SOLAR-POWERED HYDROGEN GENERATION PLANT
2018-03. DeSousa, Erik  (LT,USN). Title:DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED CASING TREATMENTS FOR TRANSONIC COMPRESSORS
2017-12. Byrd, Andre  (LT,USN). Title:MODERNIZATION OF THE TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR TEST RIG
2017-12. Fosson, Edward  (LCDR,USN). Title:DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A HYDROGEN COMPRESSION AND STORAGE STATION
2017-12. Yu, Sen Feng (LT,USN). Title:ANALYSIS OF AN IMPROVED SOLAR-POWERED HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINED RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION
2017-06. Vranas, Todd  (LT,USN). Title:CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR POWER GENERATION FROM SMALL-SCALE COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE
2016-12. Aviles, Angel (LT,USN). Title:RENEWABLE PRODUCTION OF WATER, HYDROGEN, AND POWER FROM AMBIENT MOISTURE
2016-12. Hussein, Faisa  (LT,USN). Title:INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGE FOR RECUPERATION IN GAS TURBINE ENGINES
2016-12. Terrell, Aaron  (LT,USN). Title:TRANSONIC AXIAL SPLITTERED ROTOR TANDEM STATOR STAGE
2013-12. Lehrfeld, Michael  (LCDR,USN). Title:PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL TURBOPROPULSION LABS TRANSONIC AXIALLY SPLITTERED ROTOR
2012-03. Holmes, Wendell  (,USN). Title:Experimental and CFD Modeling of an Axial Transonic Compressor with Inlet Guide Vanes for Military
2011-12. Londono, Andrea (LT,USN). Title:NEAR-STALL MODAL DISTURBANCES WITHIN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR ROTOR
2011-12. Sor, Wei Lun (CPT,SAF). Title:AERODYNAMIC VALIDATION OF EMERGING PROJECTILE CONFIGURATIONS
2011-12. Wee, Hong Chuan (CIV,DSTA-Sing). Title:AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A CANARD MISSILE CONFIGURATION USING ANSYS-CFX
2011-12. Wong, Chee Heng (MAJ,SAF). Title:AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF M33 PROJECTILE USING THE CFX CODE
2011-03. McNab, Daniel (,USN). Title:Experimental Testing and CFD Modeling of an Advanced Transonic Compressor for Military Applications
2010-12. Tan, Wei Chieh (CPT,SAF). Title:AERODYNAMIC VALIDATION OF EMERGING PROJECTILE AND MISSILE CONFIGURATIONS
2009-06. Davis, William  (LT,USCG). Title:STALL ANALYSIS IN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR STAGE AND ROTOR
2009-06. Hedges, Collin  (ENS,USN). Title:COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC MODEL OF STEAM INGESTION INTO A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR
2008-06. Hurley, Andrew  (ENS,USN). Title:EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM-INDUCED SURGE IN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR STAGE
2008-06. Murphy, William  (ENS,USN). Title:High-speed blade vibration in a transonic compressor
2007-06. Koessler, Joseph  (ENS,USN). Title:EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM INDUCED STALL OF A TRANSONIC ROTOR
2006-09. Zarro, Sarah  (LT,USNR). Title:STEADY-STATE AND TRANSIENT MEASUREMENTS WITHIN A COMPRESSOR ROTOR DURING STEAM-INDUCED STALL AT TRANSONIC OPERATIONAL SPEEDS
2006-06. Levis, William  (ENS,USN). Title:UNSTEADY CASEWALL PRESSURE MEASURMENTS IN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR
2006-06. Rose, Christopher  (ENS,USN). Title:FLOW FIELD SURVEY IN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR RIG
2006-03. Quesenbury, Robert  (LT,USN). Title:PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV) MEASUREMENTS IN THE WAKE OF A CASCADE OF COMPRESSOR BLADES AT STALL
2005-12. Payne, Thomas  (LT,USN). Title:INLET FLOW-FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR ROTOR PRIOR TO AND DURING STEAM-INDUCED ROTATING STALL
2005-09. Bochette, Nikolaus  (ENS,USN). Title:COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW THROUGH A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR ROTOR
2005-09. Brunner, Matthew  (ENS,USN). Title:EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF FLOW IN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR INLET
2005-09. Villescas, Ivan  (LT,USN). Title:FLOW FIELD SURVEYS IN A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR PRIOR TO INLET STEAM INGESTION TESTS
2005-06. Powell, Jonathan  (ENS,USN). Title:IMPACT OF LEADING-EDGE ORIENTATION AND SHAPE ON PERFORMANCE OF A COMPRESSOR BLADE
2004-09. Papamarkos, Ioannis (LT,HN). Title:Inlet distortion generation for a transonic compressor
2004-06. Elmstrom, Michael  (LCDR,USN). Title:NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE IMPACT OF NON-UNIFORM LEADING EDGE COATINGS ON THE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF COMPRESSOR AIRFOILS
2003-06. Rodgers, Matt  (ENS,USN). Title:UNSTEADY PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ON THE CASE WALL OF A TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR
2001-09. Ramakdawala, Rizwan . Title:Preliminary Design Code for an Axial Stage Compressor
2000-06. Muller, Judith  (ENS,USN). Title:CALIBRATION TO DETERMINE PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITIES OF A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE PAINT
2000-06. O'Brien, Joseph  (ENS,USN). Title:TRANSONIC CMPRESSOR TEST RIG REBUILD AND INITIAL RESULTS WITH THE SANGER STAGE
1999-09. Coyne, Ellen (LCDR,USN). Title:COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS MACH6 — rV OF THE OFF-DESIGN PERFORMANCE OF A OPTIMIZED WAVERIDER
1998-09. Baumann, Peter (CDR,USN). Title:INVESTIGATION OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITIES OF A PRESSURE SENSITIVE PAINT
1997-09. Abdelhamid, Hazen  (MAJ,EAF). Title:INCORPORATION OF SWEEP IN A TRANSONIC FAN DESIGN USING A 3D BLADE-ROW GEOMETRY PACKAGE INTENDED FOR AERO-STRUCTURALMANUFACTURING OPTIMIZATION
1997-09. Grossman, Bart  (LT,USN). Title:TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF A TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR
1997-06. Gahagan, Shane  (LCDR,USN). Title:PRESSURE-SENSITIVE PAINT MEASUREMENTS ON A ROTOR DISK SURFACE AT HIGH SPEEDS
1997-03. Pomerantz, Boaz (MAJ,IAF). Title:AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A MODIFIED, PYLON-MOUNTED JSOW/CATM USING MULTI-GRID CFD METHODS
1997-00. Quinn, Kevin  (LT,USN). Title:PRESSURE-SENSITIVE PAINT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT FOR TURBOMACHINERY APPLICATION
1995-09. Reid, William (LT,USN). Title:TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR DESIGN CASE STUDY AND PREPARATIONS FOR TESTING
1995-06. Donovan, William  (LT,USN). Title:EXI'EIUMENTA L AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIG ATION OF FLOW THROUGH AN AN NULAR TURBINE CASCADE
1995-03. Emmert, Terence  (LT,USN). Title:A flexible plate nozzle design for an operating Mach number range of 1.4 to 2.0
1995-03. Gamerdinger, Peter  (LT,USN). Title:THE EFFECTS OF LOW-PROFILE VORTEX GENERATORS ON FLOW IN A TRANSONIC fAN-BLADE CASCADE
1995-03. Varner, Donald  (LT,USN). Title:PRESSURE SENSITIVE PAINT MEASUREMENT ON A ROTOR
1994-03. Austin, Jeffrey  (LT,USN). Title:Mach number, flow angle, and loss measurements downstream of a transonic fan-blade cascade
1994-03. Rutkowski, Richard  (LT,USN). Title:Cold Flow Simulation of the Alternate Turbopump Development Turbine of the Space Shuttle Main Engine High Pressure Fuel Turbopump
1994-03. Spitz, Joseph  (LCDR,USN). Title:laser Anemometry and Viscous Computation of the Flow Through an Annular Turbine Cascade
1993-12. Studevan, Colin  (LT,USN). Title:Design of a Cold-Flow Test Facility for the High-Pressure Fuel Turbopump Turbine of the Space-Shuttle Main Engine
1993-12. Tapp, Eric  (LT,USN). Title:Development of a Cascade Simulation of Fan-Passage Flow
1993-03. Perretta, David  (LT,USN). Title:LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENTS ACROSS A NORMAL SHOCK IN TRANSONIC FLOW
1992-12. Myre, David  (LT,USN). Title:Model Fan Passage Flow Simulation
1992-03. Golden, William  (LT,USN). Title:Static Pressure Measurements of the Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction in a Simulated Fan Passage
1991-03. Collins, Christopher  (LT,USN). Title:Preliminary Investigation of the Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction in a Simulated Fan Passage
1988-03. Baydar, Adem (LT,THK). Title:Hot-Wire Measurements of Compressor Blade Wakes in a Cascade Wind Tunnel
1986-12. Byrd, Alan . Title:TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR BLADE TIP FLOW VISUALIZATION ON A WATER TABLE
1986-03. Hegland, Michael  (LCDR,USN). Title:Investigation of a Mach 1.4 Compressor Cascade with Variable Back Pressure Using Flow Visualization
1983-09. Cornell, David  (LCDR,USN). Title:Experimental Determination of the Relative Flow at the Tip of a Transonic Axial Compressor Rotor
1980-00. Vollant, Karl  (LCDR,USN). Title:TRANSONIC CASCADE WIND TUNNEL MODIFICATION AND INITIAL TESTS
1978-00. Demo, Willard  (LT,USN). Title:CASCADE WIND TUNNEL FOR TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR BLADING STUDIES
1977-09. Larson, Vernon  (LT,USN). Title:Unsteady Effects on the Measurement of Total Pressure in Rotating Machines
1977-03. Nichols, Raymond (LT,USN). Title:Time Integration of Unsteady Transonic Flow to a Steady State Solution by the Finite Element Method
1976-12. Boatright, Billy  (LCDR,USN). Title:Analytical and Experimental Determination of the Characteristics of a Transonic Axial Turbine
1976-12. Hawkins, Wayne  (LT,USN). Title:DETERMINATION OF THE BLADE -ELEMENT PERFORMANCE OF A SMALL TRANSONIC ROTOR
1976-06. Dodge, Fredrick  (LT,USN). Title:Development of a Temperature-Pneumatic Probe and Application at the Rotor Exit in a Transonic Compressor
1976-00. Paige, Gordon  (LCDR,USN). Title:Measurement of Case Wall Pressure Signatures in a Transonic Compressor using Real-time Digital Instrumentation
1975-03. Anderson, Dennis (LT,USN). Title:Velocity Measurements in a Transonic Compressor Using a Calibrated' Pressure Probe
1972-12. Elder, Philip  (LCDR,USN). Title:A Theoretical Analysis of Unsteady Transonic Cascade Flow
1972-00. DeThomas, John (LT,USN). Title:On-Line Data Acquisition and Instrumentation Improvements for the Transonic Turbine Test Rig
1969-10. Esdaile, Stewart  (CPT,CAF). Title:An Investigation of a Transonic Turbine Test Rig
1968-06. Lenzini, Martin  (CPT,USMC). Title:CALIBRATION OF TURBINE TEST RIG .tflTH IMPULSE TURBINE AT HIGH PRESSURE RATIOS
1967-09. Commons, Patrick  (LT,USN). Title:INSTRUMENTATION OF THE TRANSONIC TURBINE TEST RIG TO DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF TURBINE INLET GUIDE VANES BY THE APPLICATION OF THE MOMENTUM AND MOMENT OF MOMENTUM EQUATIONS
1967-06. Pyle, Ronald (LCDR,USN). Title:TRANSONIC FAN FOR AIRCRAFT AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT
1967-06. York, Milton (LT,USN). Title:TRANSONIC FAN FOR AIRCRAFT AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT
1966-00. Eckert, Richard  (CDR,USN). Title:PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND INITIAL TESTS OF A TRANSONIC TURBINE TEST RIG
1966-00. Naviaux, Jacques  (CPT,USMC). Title:TRANSONIC TURBINE TEST RIG EXHAUSTER SYSTEM TESTS AND TESTS OF A REACTION TURBINE