People:
Director of Combustion laboratory:
David Forliti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The State University of New York at Buffalo
326 Jarvis Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-4400
Phone: 716-645-2593 ext. 2321
Fax: 716-645-2883
Email
http://www.mae.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/forliti/
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Graduate students:
Kareem A Ahmed, Ph.D. student
Email: k27a@buffalo.edu
Bio: Kareem Ahmed is currently a Ph.D.
student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at
the State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed his M.S.
degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New
York at Buffalo in 2006, and completed his B.S. degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the State University of New York at Alfred 2004.
His research interests are in the area of fluid mechanics, turbulent
combustion, heat transfer, experimental methods, stability of fluid
flows, and optical diagnostics. He worked as a Mechanical Design
Engineer at Aeropanel Corp./INSCO Inc.
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Andrew Stuntz, M.S. student
Email: astuntz@buffalo.edu
Bio: Andrew Stuntz was born on a rainy afternoon
on November 10th, 1983. He is a Scorpio and enjoys short moonlit walks on
the beach. In his spare time he is an avid kite flier and juggling
aficionado. Volumes could be written in honor of his modesty and written
language barely scratches the surface of his unrelenting humility. For the
sake of brevity as well as appeasing the jealousy complexes of mere mortals
we will resort to simply listing some of his less desirous attributes.
This runs the gamut from his rugged good looks to his superior intellect;
from his humanitarian endeavors to his propensity to empathize with others.
His only flagrant short coming is his general lack of a sense of humor
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Ignacio Echavarria Diaz-Guardamino, M.S. student
Email: ie@buffalo.edu
C.V.: Complete
Bio: Ignacio Echavarria Diaz-Guardamino
is currently an M.S. student in the Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at the State University of New York at
Buffalo. He received his engineering degree from the École Nationale
Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautiques
(ENSICA) now l’Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique
et de l’Espace (ISAE) in Toulouse (France) in 2007. His research
interests are in the area of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics.
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Zakery R. Carr, M.S. student
Email: zrcarr@gmail.com
Bio: Zakery is currently a graduate student in the Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo. He is a lifelong resident of the Buffalo,
NY area. He attended high school at Saint Joseph's Collegiate Institute and received his B.S. in Aerospace
Engineering from the University at Buffalo. His interests include investigations of flame stability and flame holder
drag.
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Justin Tham, M.S. student
Email: jhtham@buffalo.edu
Bio: Justin is from Malaysia. He obtained his
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the University at Buffalo.
He has completed internships with General Mills, Buffalo NY and United
International Enterprises in Malaysia. His research focuses on the initiation
of turbulent burst in a jet flame. Other personal interest includes piano music
and military history.
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Savannah O. Kadima, M.S. student
Email: oskadima@buffalo.edu
Bio: I was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya.
I graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in May 2006
with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. I am currently a
Mechanical Engineering masters student specializing in Fluid and Thermal
Sciences with a keen interest in combustion.
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Daniel James Jason, M.S. student
Email: djjason@buffalo.edu
Bio: Mr. Daniel James Jason is a M.S. student in the department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo with a concentration in fluids
and heat transfer. He currently is a teacher assistant for the materials
laboratory and previously for the fluids/heat transfer laboratory. In 2007 he
received his B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University at
Buffalo. His research interests are in premixed flames, transition flames and
flame liftoff.
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Sann Myint Naing, M.S. student
Email: mnsann@buffalo.edu
Bio: Mr. Sann Myint Naing, a graduate student currently working on
counter flow shear layers turbulent combustion experiment. From 2001 to 2004, he worked in plastic
industry where his job included planning, designing of injection plastics mold. He graduated from the
University at Buffalo, SUNY in 2007 and, at present, he is pursuing his master's degree, specializing
in thermal fluids science.
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Undergraduate students:
Richard Linares, B.S. student
Email: Linares2@
buffalo.edu
Bio: Resident of Yonkers
New York, pursuing a bachelor of science in Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo.
My academic interests include Fluid Dynamics Thermodynamics and Propulsion. Recent research
experience in include SUNY LSAMP summer research internship and AGEP research internship.
Future academic goal are to complete my undergraduate education and pursue a graduate education in
Aerospace Engineering.
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Graduate Alumni:
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Kelvin D. Suhendra, B.S. student
Email: kds25@
buffalo.edu
Bio: Kelvin D. Suhendra is
currently an undergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently helping out with research
that is on going in the Combustion Lab.
Jack K. Moody, Graduate M.S. student
Email:
jack.ken.moody@gmail.com
Bio: Jack Moody graduated with a M.S. in
Aerospace Engineering from the department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo in 2007. At the
same institution in 2005 he completed his B.S. in Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering. His research interests are in turbulent flows
and aerodynamics. Currently Jack is a Turbine Heat Transfer
Engineer Senior Associate at Rolls-Royce Aerospace Defense Division.