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Professor Karagozian’s research interests lie in fluid mechanics and combustion, with applications to improved engine efficiency, reduced emissions, alternative fuels, and advanced rocket and air breathing propulsion systems. For more information and detailed descriptions of projects and recent publications, please go to:
- UCLA MAE Energy and Propulsion Research Laboratory
- UCLA-AFRL Collaborative Center for Aerospace Sciences
Recent studies by Professor Karagozian and her collaborators have focused on:
- Transverse jet flowfields with applications to high efficiency propulsion/combustion systems
- Acoustically coupled, burning fuel droplets with applications to alternative fuels and combustion instabilities
- Numerical simulation of detonation and ionization phenomena with applications to advanced propulsion systems
- Transcritical coaxial jet instabilities with applications to liquid rocket combustion instabilities
Prior studies have concerned:
- Hydrogen leak detection with applications to aerospace safety and alternative fuels
- Hypersonic flight testing with applications to development of advanced high speed propulsion systems
- Lobed fuel injector flowfields with applications to emissions reduction from aircraft engines
- Acoustically driven dump combustors with application to hazardous waste incineration
- High speed non-forced jets in crossflow with application to aerospace propulsion systems
Professor Karagozian’s CV, with a list of representative publications, may be found at: