Nadia Kianvashrad Ph.D., Dr.

Overview

Nadia Kianvashrad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.  Her research interests are computational aerodynamics, hypersonic flows, computational shock wave laminar and turbulent boundary layer interactions, unsteady aerodynamics, non-equilibrium hypersonic flows, energy deposition for flow and flight control, higher-order methods for computational fluid dynamics, automated design optimization using computational fluid dynamics, reduced order modeling of high-speed flows, and theoretical fluid dynamics with particular emphasis on the solution of engineering problems.  She is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and served on the Fluid Dynamic Technical Committee of the AIAA society. 

Academic Interests and Expertise

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, 2020. 

Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering-Aerodynamics, Sharif University of Technology, 2011. 

Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2008. 

Areas of Research Interest

• Hypersonic flow
• Entry and reentry flows
• Shock wave boundary layer interaction
• Implicit Large Eddy Simulation (ILES)
• Energy deposition for flow and flight control
• Reduced-order modeling

Areas of Teaching Interest

• Aerodynamics
• Compressible flows
• Viscous flows
• Turbulent flows
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Numerical methods
• Fluid dynamics
• Heat transfer
• Thermodynamics

Publications

The numbering order is chronological, with 1 being the oldest.

Student authors whom Nadia Kianvashrad has directly supervised are underlined.   

Books:

1. Knight, D., and Kianvashrad, N., “Hypersonic Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layers: Direct
   Numerical Simulation, Large Eddy Simulation and Experiment”, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK,
   2023.

Journal Articles:

1. Kianvashrad, N. and Knight, D., “Simulation of Hypersonic Shock-Wave-Laminar-Boundary-
   Layer Interaction on Hollow Cylinder Flare”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 55, No.1, 2017, pp. 322-326.
2. Kianvashrad, N. and Knight, D., “Nonequilibrium Effects on Prediction of Aerothermodynamic
   Loading for a Double Cone”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 57, No.7, 2019, pp. 2946-2963.
3. Kianvashrad, N. and Knight, D., “Numerical Simulation of Laser Energy Discharge for Flight
   Control”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 52, No.49, 2019, pp. 494005 (14pp).
4. Kianvashrad, N. and Knight, D., “Large Eddy Simulation of Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary
   Layers”, Fluids, Vol. 6, No. 12, 2021, pp. 449.
5. Kianvashrad, N. and Knight, D., “Effect of Thermodynamic Database and Non-Equilibrium on
   Hypersonic Flow Past Hollow Cylinder Flare”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 60, No. 5, 2022, pp 3337-
   3341.
6. Knight, D. and Kianvashrad, N., “Review of Energy Deposition for High Speed Flow Control”,
   Energies, Vol. 15, No. 24, 2022, Article No. 9645.
7. Kianvashrad, N. and Knight, D., “Edney III Type Shock-Shock Interaction over a Hemisphere
   Cylinder”, Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 136, 2023, 108233.
8. Joseph, K. and Kianvashrad, N., “Effect of Heated Region Shape on The Physics of Mach 2 Flow”, Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 177, 2026, 112741.

Professional Experience

2023 – Current, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University 

2020-2023, Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey