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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

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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.​ 

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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

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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

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COMPUTATIONAL

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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​
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COMPUTATIONAL​

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Sara Arroyave

arroyaves@usf.edu

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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

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Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of South Florida

Former Ph.D. Students

Dr. Scott Vanderlan

Ph.D., 2025

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Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Reza Nouri

Ph.D., 2023

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Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Memphis

Dr. Ty Hagan

Ph.D., 2024

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Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of South Florida

Dr. Douglas Clark

Ph.D., 2021

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Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Trevor Cannon

Ph.D., 2024

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Postdoctoral Researcher at Tennessee Technological University

Former M.S. Students

Devin Roland

M.Sc., 2023

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Ph.D. Student at the University of South Florida

Hollee Sadler

M.Sc., 2021

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Launch Operations Engineer at NASA

Ryan Nash

M.Sc., 2020

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Arnold Air Force Base Wind Tunnel Facility

Warren Sims

M.Sc., 2024

 

Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Madison Dittner

M.Sc., 2020

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

Michael Hackler

M.Sc., 2021

 

Senior Associate at Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC.

Cody Long

M.Sc., 2020

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Y-12 National Security Complex

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