Team - THERMOFLUIDS-LAB

The Team

Current Members:
1. Dr. Khaled Sallam, Lab Director
2. Bipin Kafle, Ph.D. Student
3. Tawhidur Rahman, Ph.D. Student
4. Lihui Cai, Ph.D. Student

Bipin Kafle

Lihui Cai

Tawhidur Rahman

Lab Alumni:
Visiting Scholars:

A.M. El-Leathy, “Electrospinning of biodegradable nanofibers and nano spheres,” Nov. 2006 - April 2007.
Bruno Valim Marques Da Silva, Visiting Ph.D. Student (2/2021-1/2022).
Lihui Cai, Visiting M.Sc. Student (2022/2023).

Graduate Students:

Ram Sankarakrishnan, “Breakup of Turbulent Round Liquid Jets in Uniform Crossflow,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2005.
Vern Skach, “Design and Construction of a Shock Tube,” M.S. Creative Component Report, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2005.
Todd Crane, “Jet Breakup and Pinch-off in Liquid-Liquid Systems,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Summer 2006.
Brian Miller, “Digital Holographic Diagnostics of Aerated-Liquid Jets in a Subsonic Crossflow,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor:K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2006.
Chee-Loon (Kelvin) Ng, “Deformation, Wave Phenomena, and Breakup Outcomes of Round Nonturbulent Liquid Jets in Gaseous Crossflow,” Ph.D. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, fall 2006.
Rohit Shukla, “Effect of Liquid Transparency on Laser-Induced Motion of Drops,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2007.
Vimal Joseph, “CFD of Cylindrical and Spherical Wakes,” M.S. Creative Component Report, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2008.
Atul Narasimhan, “Formation of Fibers and Spheres by Electrospinning of Polyethylene Oxide Solution,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor:K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2008.
Jaiho Lee, “Digital Holographic Diagnostics of Near-Injector Region,” Ph.D. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, spring 2009.
Parvez Deshmukh, “Harnessing Wind Energy by a Symmetric Airfoil Rotating around a Fixed Axis,” M.S. Creative Component Report, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2009.
Khushwant Saini, “Applying Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry to Sprays,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2010.
Etesh Vaishnav, “Investigating the Aerodynamic Performance of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2010.
Ramanjeet Singh, “Spatial-Calibration of Double-View Holographic Particle Analyzer,” M.S. Creative Component Report, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2010.
Anu Osta, “Effect of Nozzle Length-to-Diameter Ratio on Atomization of Turbulent Liquid Jets,” Ph.D. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2010.
Samuel Ariekela, “Numerical Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Focusing Phenomena in a Microflow Cytometer,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2011.
Saumya Simon, “Simulation of the Flow of a Single Stranded DNA in a Channel using Dissipative Particle Dynamics,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2011.
David Olinger, “3D Size and Velocity Measurements of Sprays using Digital Holography,” Ph.D. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, spring 2012.
Atanu Banerjee, “Application of Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry in Bubbly Flow,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, spring 2013.
Adegboyega Adebayo, “Drop Size and Velocity Distributions of the Spray of Aerated Injection in Subsonic Crossflow,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University 7/16/2014.
Adam Harrington, “Solid Particle Seeder Design and PIV of Diffusion Flame,” M.S. Creative Component Report, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 5/1/2015.
Nikolas Davis, “Cake Fouling Model for a Novel High Speed Dynamic Membrane Filtration System,”M.S. Creative Component Report, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 8/1/2016.
Abhijit Choudhari, “Simulation of Supersonic Injection of Underexpanded Aerated Liquid Jet,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 11/3/2016.
Alex Sheridan, “The Effects of Injection Angle on the Structure of Choked Gaseous Jets,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 7/16/2019.
Elo-Oghene Enwa, "Solar Thermal Desalination Technology Development," M.S. Thesis, Co-advisor: K.A. Sallam, with Advisor: Dr. P. Bikkina, Oklahoma State University, 7/14/2021.
Andrew Williamson, “Simulation of Combustion Noise of Premixed Flames in OpenFOAM,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 4/15/2022.
Saqib Raza, “Primary Breakup of Liquid Sheets in Crossflow and Liquid Jets in Gaseous Coflow,” M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 4/15/2022.
Chris Scott, "Effect of Injector Intrusion for Aerated Liquid Jets in Supersonic Crossflows," M.S. Thesis, Advisor: K.A. Sallam, Oklahoma State University, 4/3/2024.