Dr. Davide Viganò received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2019. His current research activities, primarily experimental, although supported by both analytical and numerical studies, focus on fundamental investigations of mixing in supersonic flows, supersonic vortex dynamics, compressible turbulence, and its application to hypersonic air-breathing propulsion. Dr. Viganò’s research work also includes high-enthalpy ground testing facilities development, and their related diagnostics.
Dr. Viganò is a member of AIAA, currently serving in the Hypersonic Technologies and Aerospace Planes (HyTASP) Technical Committee and has been co-awarded for the AIAA Hypersonics best conference paper in 2020.
Graduate Students
Joshua Gary
Ph.D. Student
Research Areas: Supersonic Mixing, Compressible Turbulence
Josiah McDermott
M.Sc. Student
Research Areas: Supersonic Vortex Dynamics
Undergraduate Students
Allie Dingfield
Research Areas: Schlieren/Shadowgraph Imaging, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Development
Cianne Arnau
Research Areas: Slug Calorimeters for high-enthalpy flows
Joseph Villareal
Research Areas: High-pressure compressor upgrade, 2-FLDI diagnostics
Connor Bell
Research Areas: High-pressure compressor upgrade, pylon injector design
Caleb Roberts
Research Areas: Sensor carriage design
Aidan Dollar
Research Areas: Supersonic Wind Tunnel Development
Nathan Truong
Research Areas: Supersonic Wind Tunnel Development
Visiting Students
Clément Bonomelli
ESTACA, France
Summer 2024
Research Areas: Pitot Probe Development
Alumni
Austin Sanders
Research Areas: Supersonic Wind Tunnel Development, Control System
Logan Banker
Research Areas: Slug Calorimeters for high-enthalpy flows
Noah Cain
Research Areas: Supersonic Wind Tunnel Development, System Modeling
Nicholas Stanfield
Research Areas: Sensor carriage design