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Principal investigator

Ahmad Vaselbehagh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Aerospace Engineering Director

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of South Florida

vaselbehagh@usf.edu

813-974-7664

Office: ENC 3505 & BEH 300D

I joined the University of South Florida's Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in the Spring of 2024, where I also serve as the director of the Aerospace Engineering Program. Previously, I served as an Associate Professor (2024) and Assistant Professor (2017-2024) of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University. Before joining Tennessee Tech, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Delaware (2015-2017). I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, in 2015. My research interests include thermal fluid sciences for energy and aerospace applications. I teach Turbulence, Propulsion, and Fluid Systems at USF. I taught Fluid Mechanics, Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, Atmospheric Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Conduction Heat Transfer, and Turbulence at Tennessee Tech. 

Visit our department website here.

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Mohammad Doranehgard, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Research

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of South Florida

doranehgard@usf.edu

813-974-7664

Office: BEH 320

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From left to right: Mohamed Abbasi, Abdelrahman Abdelrady, Ahmad Vaselbehagh, Ty Hagan, Dexter Limcangco, Michael Edgemon

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

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Dr. Mohamed Abassi

COMPUTATIONAL

mabassi@usf.edu

PH.D. STUDENTS

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Devin Roland

​​daroland@usf.edu
 

COMPUTATIONAL

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Torge Bohlken 

tbohlken@usf.edu

COMPUTATIONAL

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Sara Arroyave

arroyaves@usf.edu

COMPUTATIONAL

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Mike Edgemon

michaele1@usf.edu
 

COMPUTATIONAL

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Abdelrahman Abdelrady

abdelrady@usf.edu
 

COMPUTATIONAL

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Yoseph Keisi

keisi@usf.edu
 

COMPUTATIONAL

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Ahmed Tolba

ahmedtolba@usf.edu
 

EXPERIMENTAL

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Dexter Limcangco

dexterlimcangco@usf.edu
 

COMPUTATIONAL

CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

  1. Kevin Ferrer Sanchez

  2. Conner Schilaty

  3. Sebastian Andres Carias Fortin

LAB ALUMNI

Former Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Ty Hagan

Ph.D., 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of South Florida

Former Ph.D. Students

Dr. Scott Vanderlan

Ph.D., 2025

Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Reza Nouri

Ph.D., 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Memphis

Dr. Ty Hagan

Ph.D., 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of South Florida

Dr. Douglas Clark

Ph.D., 2021

Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Trevor Cannon

Ph.D., 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher at Tennessee Technological University

Former M.S. Students

Devin Roland

M.Sc., 2023

Ph.D. Student at the University of South Florida

Hollee Sadler

M.Sc., 2021

Launch Operations Engineer at NASA

Ryan Nash

M.Sc., 2020

Arnold Air Force Base Wind Tunnel Facility

Warren Sims

M.Sc., 2024

 

Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Madison Dittner

M.Sc., 2020

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Michael Hackler

M.Sc., 2021

 

Senior Associate at Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC.

Cody Long

M.Sc., 2020

Y-12 National Security Complex

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