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Mihai Mihaescu

PhD, Docent
Phone: +46 8 790 75 72
Fax: +46 8 790 75 77
E-mail: mihai@mech.kth.se
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Education

2013: Docent in Fluid Mechanics, KTH Mechanics, Stockholm, Sweden.

2001 - 2005: Lund University, Department of Energy Sciences, Division of Fluid Mechanics, Lund, Sweden.
Ph.D. Degree in Engineering / Fluid Mechanics, 2005. Thesis title: “Computational Aeroacoustics Based on Large Eddy Simulation and Acoustic Analogies”, Printed by KFS AB, ISBN 91-628-6443-2, 2005.

2000 - 2001: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Graduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering: "CAD in Thermal Machinery with Reduced Pollution".

1999 - 2000: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
M.Sc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, 2000.

1994 - 1999: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
B.Sc. Degree in Automotive Engineering, 1999.

Professional history

2011 - Present: Researcher, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), School of Engineering Sciences, Department of Mechanics, Stockholm, Sweden.

2009 - 2011: Research Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, School of Aerospace Systems, Gas Dynamics and Propulsion Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

2007 - 2009: Research Associate, University of Cincinnati, School of Aerospace Systems, Gas Dynamics and Propulsion Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

2005 - 2007: Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Cincinnati, School of Aerospace Systems, Gas Dynamics and Propulsion Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

2001 - 2005: Graduate Research Assistant, Lund University, Department of Energy Sciences, Division of Fluid Mechanics, Lund, Sweden.

1999 - 2001: Teaching Assistant, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Automotive Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Research and Professional Activities

Vetenskapsrådet Grant (VR 621-2012-4256): Multi-physics investigation of unsteady cyclic internal flow in order to assess airway function: developing of a non-intrusive diagnosis tool.

SIGMUND Project: Flow control technologies in supersonic jets for improving performance.

Within Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGex): Coordinator of the “Compressor Off-Design Operation Project” and of the computational efforts on method assessment and flow characterization within manifolds associated to internal combustion engines.

Publications

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Year Title
2012 Proper Orthogonal Decomposition on LES and PIV Data Sets from a Mach 0.9 Jet.
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 9-12 January 2012, Nashville, TN, USA AIAA-2012-1228 
2012 Tertiary Flow Effects on a Co-axial Ducted Jet.
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 9-12 January 2012, Nashville, TN, USA AIAA-2012-0064 14 pages
2012 Airframe Installation Effects on the Jet exhausting a Coaxial Nozzle System of a Gas Turbine Engine
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2012 GT2012-69631 
2012 Assessment of Turbulence Models for Predicting Coaxial Jets Relevant to Turbofan Engines
In the Proc. of The 15th International Conference on Fluid Flow Technologies (CMFF'12), J. Vad (Ed.) 2 716-723
2012 Numerical Investigation of Fluidic Control on Supersonic Jet of a Gas Turbine Engine
In the Proc. of The 20th International Shock Interaction Symposium  161-164
2012 Modeling of EGR Mixing in an engine intake manifold using LES
In the Proc. of Int. Conf. on LES for Internal Combustion Engine Flows (LES4ICE)  
2012 LES of the exhaust flow in a heavy-duty engine
In the Proc. of Int. Conf. on LES for Internal Combustion Engine Flows (LES4ICE)  
2011 Experimental and Numerical Study of Jets from Elliptic Nozzles with Conic Plug.
AIAA Journal. 49(3) 554-564
2011 Large Eddy Simulation of the pharyngeal airflow associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome at pre and post-surgical treatment.
Journal of Biomechanics. 44(12) 2221-2228
2011 Patterns in pharyngeal airflow associated with sleep-disordered breathing.
Sleep Medicine 12(10) 966-974
2010 Unsteady Laryngeal Airflow Simulations of the Intra-glottal Vortical Structures.
Journal of Acoustical Society of America - JASA. 127(1) 435-444
2010 The Effects of Pylon Installation on the Flow Exhausting a Bypass Turbofan Engine Model.
3rd Int. Conf. on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Sept 27-30, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA  9 pages
2010 Computational Analysis of Flow and Mixing Process Associated with Vortex Generators.
3rd Int. Conf. on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Sept 27-30, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA  
2010 Virtual Surgery: a Computational Engineering Approach to a Medical Problem.
3rd Int. Conf. on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Sept 27-30, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA  
2010 Simulations of Detonations Based Cycles in Tubes with Multiple Openings.
46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit. AIAA 2010-6745 10 pages
2010 Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis in Human Upper Airways to Understand Sleep Apnea.
48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. AIAA 2010-1264 10 pages
2010 Influence of Gender on Pharyngeal Airway Length in Obese Adolescents.
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 119 842-847
2009 Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics Methodology used for Human Upper Airway Flow Simulations.
Journal of Biomechanics. 42(10) 1553-1559
2009 Importance of Paranasal Sinuses in Computational Modeling of Nasal Airflow.
47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan 5-8, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA AIAA 2009-772 10 pages
2008 Computational Modeling of Upper Airway before Adenotonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
The Laryngoscope. 118(2) 360-362
2008 Computational fluid dynamics analysis of upper airway reconstructed from Magnetic Resonance Imaging data.
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 117(4) 303-309
2008 Large Eddy Simulation and Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Modeling of Flow in a Realistic Pharyngeal Airway Model; an Investigation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Journal of Biomechanics. 41(10) 2279-2288
2008 Modeling Flow in a Compromised Pediatric Airway Breathing Air and Heliox.
The Laryngoscope. 118(12) 2205-2211
2007 Computational Aeroacoustics of a Separate Flow Exhaust System with Eccentric Inner Nozzle.
45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2007-13 12 pages
2007 Flow-field, Acoustic and Structural Interaction behind a Ramped Step.
45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2007-1325 18 pages
2007 Flow and Acoustics Simulations Based on LES and an Acoustic Analogy; an Application to Laryngeal Airflow.
45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2007-919 13 pages
2007 Computational Aeroacoustics of the Coaxial Flow Exhaust System of a Gas Turbine Engine.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2007. 6 1531-1539
2007 Flow and Acoustics Characteristics of Chevron Nozzles in Coaxial Jets – LES and Acoustic Analogy Investigation.
13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (28th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference). AIAA 2007-3609 12 pages
2007 Jet Aircraft Propulsion Noise Reduction Research at University of Cincinnati.
43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit. AIAA 2007-5631 16 pages
2007 Modeling of the Flow and Acoustical Field due to a Single Jet with Chevrons.
43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit. AIAA 2007-5757 9 pages
2006 Computation of the Acoustic Field in an Annular Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber Using a Hybrid Approach.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2006. 6 1615-1624
2006 Flow and Acoustics of a Coaxial Nozzle: a Sensitivity Study to the Inlet Boundary Conditions.
44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2006-619 19 pages
2006 Parallel Computation of the Flow- and Acoustics Fields in a Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber.
Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, Elsevier ISBN 978-0-444-52206-1. Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics  445-452
2005 Numerical Investigations of the Acoustics of a Coaxial Nozzle.
43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2005-420 10 pages
2005 Numerical Study of Thermo-acoustic Waves Generation by a Swirling Flame Using a New Approach Based on LES.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005. 2 67-75
2005 Flow and Noise Investigations of a Separate Flow Exhaust System.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005. 6 1221-1229
2005 Coaxial Jet Noise Prediction: Grid Resolution Effect on the Numerical Solution.
11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (26th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference) AIAA 2005-3087 10 pages
2005 Computational Aeroacoustics Based on Large Eddy Simulation and Acoustic Analogies.
KFS AB, Lund University Doctoral Dissertation, ISBN 91-628-6443-2 215 pages
2004 Noise Computation of a Turbo-Engine Jet Exhaust Based on LES and Lighthill's Acoustic Analogy.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2004. 5 1723-1731
2004 Sound Generated by an Unsteady Flow Field, Using a Hybrid Method.
Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-22031-3. Modeling Fluid Flow-The State of the Art. 169-178
2003 Numerical Computation of the Acoustical Field around Wind-Turbines.
Proceedings of The Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration. The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibrations. 3 1489-1496
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