The Turbomachinery Lab Seminar Series offers a weekly, Tuesday afternoon session of technical presentations on topics covering the breadth of TL-related research each semester.
The Seminar Series was created with the purpose to showcase ongoing and related TL research and will occasionally feature external presenters. They are intended to be an academic gathering of TL faculty, students, staff, and any other interested attendees. Seminars will consist of 2, 25-min presentations for students and postdocs, or one, 50-min presentation per seminar for faculty or external speakers. Light refreshments will be available at the end of each seminar. Topics will come from the breadth of research currently ongoing at TL and related areas.
The Turbomachinery Laboratory is excited to make available the opportunity for students to present to an academic crowd; cross-fertilization of research topics and ideas within TL and related organizations; a gathering of researchers at all levels in a collegiate environment; and to learn some new things and meet new people with common interests; etc.
Time: Tuesdays at 4 P.M.
Location: Turbo Lab Classroom, TL room 163
Duration (Spring 2026): February 3 – April 21, 2026
SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE
Note: Graduate students can receive MEEN 681 Seminar credit for seminars marked with *
February 3rd –
- Dr. Raquel Juárez “High-Temperature Degradation and Solid-Deposit Formation of Lubricating Oils”
- Sean Pias “Strategies for Quantitative Detection of Atomic Oxygen in Flames”
February 17th
- Matthew Sandberg “Shock-Induced Ignition of Undiluted Methane-Oxygen Mixtures”
- Zachary Negrette “Cavitation in Liquid Methane-Oxygen Mixtures”
February 24th
- Matthew Abulail “Laser Absorption Measurements of Key Species During Ammonia Oxidation in a Shock Tube”
- Joseph Pantoya “A Laboratory-Scale Solid Rocket Motor Thrust Stand”
March 3rd
- No Seminar – heavy defense week and HE&E Research Workshop
March 10th
- No Seminar – Spring Break
March 17th
- Manuel Suarez “Effect of Flame Temperature on NO*, OH*, and NH* Emissions in Premixed Laminar NH3/H2/N2-Air Flames”
- Zachary Wideman “Methane-Air Detonation Scaling at the Detonation Research Test Facility”
March 24th
- Kanak Mantri
“Computational Modeling of Granular Metamaterials under Compaction and Shock Propagation” - Ahmed Mezghani
“Effect of Pin-Fin Height and Spacing on Heat Transfer and Friction in Single-Pass, Rotating Pin-Fin Channels with Radially Outward Flows”
March 31st
- Raphael Briceno “Dynamic Performance of Squeeze Film Dampers with Offset Supply Grooves”
- Anette Lira “Influence of Pressure and Porosity on Early-Stage Jet-Fuel Fouling for Aviation Fuel Injector Screens”
April 7th
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No Seminar – DRTF Workshop and Ribbon Cutting
April 14th
- Viet Tran “Dynamic Characterization of O-rings”
- Athena Padgiotis “Alumina-Filled Epoxy at the Limit: Decomposition and Melting at Ultra-High Strain Rates”
April 21st
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No Seminar – Turbo Lab Short Course
Seminar Format
Each seminar will consist of an hour long presentation. For student-driven presentations, two students will be given 25 minutes to discuss their research. All of the presentations are offered in a hybrid format, both in person at the Turbo Lab Classroom and over zoom. The spring 2026 Turbomachinery Laboratory Seminar Series was coordinated by Dr. Eric Petersen.
Contact Debbie Maggs at [email protected] for further questions regarding the series.