The Team
Students and scholars who have worked in the lab since 2005.
Current members
Dr. Khaled Sallam
Lab Director
Tawhidur Rahman
Ph.D. Student
Lihui Cai
Ph.D. Student
Steven Wilson
M.Sc. Student
Esther Villalobos
URS Scholar
Graduate alumni
28 theses and reports, advised by K.A. Sallam at Oklahoma State University
Bipin Kafle Ph.D. August 29, 2025“Dynamics of the Apparent Contact Angle on Porous and Dense Cylindrical Surfaces”
Chris Scott M.S. April 3, 2024“Effect of Injector Intrusion for Aerated Liquid Jets in Supersonic Crossflows”
Saqib Raza M.S. April 15, 2022“Primary Breakup of Liquid Sheets in Crossflow and Liquid Jets in Gaseous Coflow”
Andrew Williamson M.S. April 15, 2022“Simulation of Combustion Noise of Premixed Flames in OpenFOAM”
- Elo-Oghene Enwa M.S. July 14, 2021
“Solar Thermal Desalination Technology Development”
Alex Sheridan M.S. July 16, 2019“The Effects of Injection Angle on the Structure of Choked Gaseous Jets”
Abhijit Choudhari M.S. November 3, 2016“Simulation of Supersonic Injection of Underexpanded Aerated Liquid Jet”
- Nikolas Davis M.S. Report August 1, 2016
“Cake Fouling Model for a Novel High Speed Dynamic Membrane Filtration System”
Adam Harrington M.S. Report May 1, 2015“Solid Particle Seeder Design and PIV of Diffusion Flame”
- Adegboyega Adebayo M.S. July 16, 2014
“Drop Size and Velocity Distributions of the Spray of Aerated Injection in Subsonic Crossflow”
Atanu Banerjee M.S. Spring 2013“Application of Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry in Bubbly Flow”
- David Olinger Ph.D. Spring 2012
“3D Size and Velocity Measurements of Sprays using Digital Holography”
Saumya Simon M.S. Fall 2011“Simulation of the Flow of a Single Stranded DNA in a Channel using Dissipative Particle Dynamics”
- Samuel Ariekela M.S. Spring 2011
“Numerical Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Focusing Phenomena in a Microflow Cytometer”
Anu Osta Ph.D. Fall 2010“Effect of Nozzle Length-to-Diameter Ratio on Atomization of Turbulent Liquid Jets”
Ramanjeet Singh M.S. Report Fall 2010“Spatial-Calibration of Double-View Holographic Particle Analyzer”
- Etesh Vaishnav M.S. Fall 2010
“Investigating the Aerodynamic Performance of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine”
- Khushwant Saini M.S. Fall 2010
“Applying Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry to Sprays”
Parvez Deshmukh M.S. Report Fall 2009“Harnessing Wind Energy by a Symmetric Airfoil Rotating around a Fixed Axis”
Jaiho Lee Ph.D. Spring 2009“Digital Holographic Diagnostics of Near-Injector Region”
- Atul Narasimhan M.S. Fall 2008
“Formation of Fibers and Spheres by Electrospinning of Polyethylene Oxide Solution”
- Vimal Joseph M.S. Report Spring 2008
“CFD of Cylindrical and Spherical Wakes”
Rohit Shukla M.S. Fall 2007“Effect of Liquid Transparency on Laser-Induced Motion of Drops”
Chee-Loon (Kelvin) Ng Ph.D. Fall 2006“Deformation, Wave Phenomena, and Breakup Outcomes of Round Nonturbulent Liquid Jets in Gaseous Crossflow”
Brian Miller M.S. Fall 2006“Digital Holographic Diagnostics of Aerated-Liquid Jets in a Subsonic Crossflow”
Todd Crane M.S. Summer 2006“Jet Breakup and Pinch-off in Liquid-Liquid Systems”
- Vern Skach M.S. Report Fall 2005
“Design and Construction of a Shock Tube”
Ram Sankarakrishnan M.S. Fall 2005“Breakup of Turbulent Round Liquid Jets in Uniform Crossflow”
Visiting scholars
- A.M. El-LeathyVisiting Professor · Nov. 2006 – April 2007
- Bruno Valim Marques Da SilvaVisiting Ph.D. Student · Feb. 2021 – Jan. 2022
- Lihui CaiVisiting M.Sc. Student · 2022/2023
Undergraduate researchers
- Samuel KasuniUndergraduate Student · Spring 2026
- Jamin KreighbaumUndergraduate Student · Spring 2026
- Mason ParkUndergraduate Student · Fall 2025
- Omar ElsousiUndergraduate Student · Fall 2025
- Steven WilsonUndergraduate Student · Fall 2025 · Now an M.Sc. student in the lab
- Jonathan MerhebUndergraduate Visiting Student · Summer 2022
- Jacob BrownUndergraduate Research Scholar · Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
- Nathan JohnsonUndergraduate Research Scholar · Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
- Erik PerezUndergraduate Research Scholar · Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
- Christopher ValleryUndergraduate Research Scholar · Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
- Andrew WilliamsonUndergraduate Research Assistant · Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 · Later an M.S. student in the lab
- Saqib RazaUndergraduate Research Assistant · Fall 2017 – Fall 2019 · Later an M.S. student in the lab
- John WrightUndergraduate Research Assistant · Spring 2018
- Zach MandevillUndergraduate Research Assistant · Spring 2018
- Jubal KurudamannilFreshman Scholar · Fall 2010
- Golnaz BassiriUndergraduate Research Assistant · Summer 2005 · Dr. Sallam's first undergraduate research assistant
Faces of the lab
Undergraduate Student, Spring 2026
Undergraduate Student, Spring 2026
Undergraduate Student, Fall 2025
Undergraduate Visiting Student, Summer 2022
Undergraduate Research Scholar, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
Undergraduate Research Scholar, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Feb. 2021 – Jan. 2022
The lab through the years
