
Principal investigator
Ahmad Vaselbehagh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Aerospace Engineering Director
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of South Florida
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.
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Mohammad Doranehgard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of South Florida
813-974-7664
Office: BEH 320

From left to right: Mohamed Abbasi, Abdelrahman Abdelrady, Ahmad Vaselbehagh, Ty Hagan, Dexter Limcangco, Michael Edgemon
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
PH.D. STUDENTS






CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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Kevin Ferrer Sanchez
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Conner Schilaty
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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
