Faculty Profile

Dr. Farrukh Alvi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, joined the Department in 1993. He received his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from University of California at Berkeley in 1987 and his Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 from The Pennsylvania State University. He teaches courses in thermal sciences (thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer) and conducts experimental research in fluid dynamics at the Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory. His research interests include shock boundary layer interactions, the study of high speed jets and the associated problems of compressible mixing and jet noise, and the development of diagnostics, especially non-intrusive techniques, for fluid dynamics applications.

• Alvi, F. S. and Iyer, K., "Mean and Unsteady Properties of Supersonic Impinging Jets with Lift Plates," AIAA Paper 99-1829, May, 1999.
• Krothapalli, A., Rajakuperan, E. Alvi, F. S. and Lourenco, L., "Flow field and Noise Characteristics of a Supersonic Impinging Jet," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 392, August 1999, pp. 155-181.
• Shih, C., Alvi, F. S., and Washington, D., "Effects of Counterflow on the Aeroacoustic Properties of a Supersonic Jet," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 36, No. 2, March/April 1999, pp. 451-457.
• Alvi, F. S. and Strykowski, P. J. "Forward Flight Effects on Counterflow Thrust Vector Control of a Supersonic Jet," AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, Feb 1999, pp. 279-281.
• Alvi, F. S., Krothapalli, A., Washington D., and King, C. J. "Aeroacoustic Properties of a Supersonic Diamond-Shaped Jet," AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 8, August 1996, pp. 1562-1569.
• Alvi, F. S., Krothapalli, A. and Washington D., "Experimental Study of a Compressible Countercurrent Turbulent Shear Layer," AIAA Journal. Vol. 34, No. 4, April 1996, pp. 728-735.
• Alvi, F. S. and Settles, G. S., "Physical Model of the Swept Shock Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Flowfield," AIAA Paper 91-1768, AIAA Journal., Vol. 30, No. 9, Sept. 1992, pp. 2252--2258..
• Kim, K. S., Lee, Y., Alvi, F. S., Settles, G. S., and Horstman, C. C., "Skin-Friction Measurements and Computational Comparison of Swept Shock/Boundary-Layer Interactions," AIAA Journal, Vol 29, No. 10, October 1991, pp.1643-1650.