CFDWARP is a in-house-developed 200K-line C code that simulates efficiently plasma and reactive flows occurring in aerodynamics, combustion, hypersonics, planetary entry, semiconductor manufacturing, and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). CFDWARP is a multi-block structured mesh compressible flow solver that uses high-order flux discretization schemes suitable for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and Implicit Large Eddy Simulation (ILES). CFDWARP is superior to other codes in being capable to integrate the electron and ion equations along with the bulk flow equations using aerodynamic-scale (i.e. microsecond and higher) integration steplengths, permitting the simulation of non-neutral plasmas in about the same amount of computing effort as non-ionized reactive flows (see https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J054624)....
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AIAA Plasmadynamics & Lasers Best Paper of the Year Award 2026 for the paper “Thermodynamically Consistent Vibrational-Electron Energy Exchange and Application to Hypersonic Plasmas” by FM Rodriguez Fuentes and B Parent, AIAA 2026-1819, 2026. Ranked #1 out of more than 70 PDL papers.
Physics of Fluids Editor’s Pick for the paper “Electron Density Depletion in Reentry Plasma Flows Using Pulsed Electric Fields” by FM Rodriguez Fuentes and B Parent, 2026.
Aerospace Propulsion is an undergraduate senior-level course focused on the theory behind thrust generating devices used in aeronautics and space systems. We will cover the cycle analysis of ramjets, turbojets, turbofans, turboprops, and rockets. We will also cover in detail the various components of airbreathing engines such as supersonic inlets, nozzles, and combustion chambers. ...
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The first of two graduate courses giving a broad overview of the fundamental concepts and applications of fluid mechanics, AME536A is mostly focused on inviscid flow. We'll cover the fundamental equations of motions for mass and momentum conservation, surface tension, non-dimensional analysis, kinematics of vorticity, integral solutions, irrotational flows, and potential flow for incompressible fluids. ...
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