SUCCESSFULLY SUPERVISED UAH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT THESES

1.Valerie Hietsch, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Thesis. Co-Advised with Professor Bernhard Weigand, Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. “Heat Transfer Enhancement From Elastic Turbulence in Rotating Couette Flow With Different Gap Heights.” Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. September 2018.

2. Austin Click, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Double Wall Cooling of an Effusion Plate With Simultaneous Cross Flow and Impingement Jet Array Internal Cooling.” December 2018.

Austin CLICK

3. Adrian Pippert, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Thesis. Co-Advised with Professor Bernhard Weigand, Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. “Scalar Transport and Scalar Spectral Energy Content for Flows With Elastic Instability and Elastic Turbulence in Rotating Couette Flows.” Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. August 2019.

4. Erin Shae McNabb, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Recent Investigations of Shock Wave Effects and Interactions.” December 2019.

Erin McNabb

5. Avery Stone Fairbanks, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Louver Slot Cooling and Full Coverage Film Cooling With Combination Coolant.” December 2019.

Avery Fairbanks

6. Maggie Hockensmith, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Cold-Side Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Double Wall Plate With a Louver Slot and Impingement Jet Array Cooling.” May 2020.

Maggie Hockensmith

7. Jacob Moseley, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Development of a Transonic Cascade for Heat Transfer Research.” May 2020.

Jacob Moseley

8. Matthew Cox, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Investigation of Dusting Hole Film Cooling on a Transonic Turbine Blade Tip With a Squealer.” May 2021.

9. Sophie Nitschke, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Thesis. Co-Advised with Professor Bernhard Weigand, Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. “Shock Wave-Turbulence Interactions: Correlation of Local Flow Events With Unsteady Variations of Surface Heat Flux and Surface Temperature.” Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. July 2022.

10. Grayson Fulmer, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Experimental Investigation of a Unique Upper Pressure Side Film Cooling Arrangement Supplied by Two Separate Plenums for a Transonic Squealer Turbine Blade Tip.” May 2023.

11. Anthony Michael Ciccarelli, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Unsteady Flow Characteristics Associated With a Normal Shock Wave in Supersonic Flow.” June 2023.

12. Andy Thien Hoang, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Development of an Innovative Transonic Linear Cascade for Aerodynamic Loss Assessments.” November 2023.

13. Katy Day, Bachelor of Science – B.S. – Honors Capstone Thesis, “Review of Literature Related to Research on Rarefaction Slip Phenomena, Including Analytic Models Which Quantify Rarefaction Slip.” May 2025.

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