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Dr. Adam M. Steinberg

Associate Professor
Danial Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Montgomery Knight, Rm. 415
270 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta GA 30313
Phone: 404-894-1130
Email: adam.steinberg@nullgatech.edu

Previous Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Toronto, 2016-2017
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 2011-2016
Research Scientist, German Aerospace Center, 2009-2011

Education

PhD, University of Michigan, 2009
MSE, University of Michigan, 2006
BASc, University of Toronto, 2004

Selected Awards and Distinctions

Best Paper Award in Propellants and Combustion, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2019)
Research Excellence Award, The Combustion Institute
Associate Editor, Combustion and Flame
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Canada Research Chair in Turbulent Reacting Flows, Government of Canada
Colloquium Co-Chair (Turbulent Flames), 37th International Symposium on Combustion
Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award, The Combustion Institute
Editorial Board, Combustion and Flame
McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction, University of Toronto
Early Career Research Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Best Paper Award in Propellants and Combustion, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2012)
Distinguished Paper Award in Turbulent Flames, The Combustion Institute (2010)
Best Paper Award in Propellants and Combustion, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2010)

Research Engineers and Post-doctoral fellows

Vedanth Nair Dr. Vedanth Nair (Research Engineer II)
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
MS, Georgia Institute of Technology
BTech, IIT Madras
Research Interests: Combustion, jets in crossflows, laser diagnostics, engineering education
Link to publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dAz8ga4AAAAJ&hl=en

Current Graduate Students

Askar Kazbekov
MASc, University of Toronto
BASc, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Tomographic PIV; PLIF, turbulent combustion, vorticity dynamics.
Mitchell Passarelli
MASc, University of Toronto
BASc, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Thermoacoustic instabilities; gas turbine combustors.
Manya Subbaramaiah
BS, Purdue University
Research Interests: Turbulent combustion; supercritical reacting fluids.
Sam Wonfor Sam Wonfor
BS, Purdue University
Research Interests: Combustion for supersonic engines; fuel/air mixing; laser diagnostics.
Boni Yraguen Boni Yraguen
BS, University of South Alabama
Research Interests: Ducted fuel injection; diesel engine combustion; low emission engines; engineering education.
Jean Louis Suazo-Betancourt Jean Luis Suazo-Betancourt (Co-Supervised with Prof. Mitchell Walker)
BS, University of Maryland
Research Interests: Electric propulsion; plasma physics; Thomson scattering.
Ketana Teav (at U. Toronto)
MEng, University of Toronto
BASc, Queen’s University
Research Interests: Filtered Rayleigh scattering; supercritical fluids; turbulent combustion and mixing; quantum mechanics.
Rahul Vishwanath (at U. Toronto, Co-Supervised with Prof. Ömer Gülder)
MS, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
BS, Aeronautical Society of India
Research Interests: Gas turbine combustors; spray combustion; high pressure combustion; laser diagnostics.
Keishi Kumashiro (at U. Toronto, Co-supervised with Prof. Masa Yano)
MASc, University of Toronto
BEng, McGill University
Research Interests: Fluid velocimetry; turbulence; experimental methods.

Alumni

Nathan Brown (PhD, 2020), Sam Grauer (Post-Doc, 2020), Anish Shenoy (MS, 2020), Tim Wabel (Post-Doc, 2019), Qiang An (PhD, 2019), Wing Yin Kwong (PhD, 2019), Anish Shenoy (MS, 2020), Leslie Hsaio (MS, 2020) Keishi Kumashiro (MASc Thesis, 2019), Mitchell Passarelli (MASc Thesis, 2019), Christopher Schneider (MASc Thesis, 2019), Askar Kazbekov (MASc Thesis, 2018), Benjamin Luymes (MASc Thesis, 2018), Sina Kheirkhah (Post-doc), Max Cirtwill (MASc Thesis, 2017), Will Richards (MASc Thesis, 2018), Pankaj Saini (MASc Thesis, 2016), Benjamin Geraedts (MASc Thesis, 2015), Sarah Ramji (MASc Thesis, 2015), Wing Yin Kwong (MASc Thesis, 2014), Vincent Caux-Brisebois (MASc Thesis, 2013)