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Dr. Michael Knadler

Researcher

Department of Aeronautics

Dr. Knadler
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Bio

Dr. Knadler is a Contract Researcher at the United States Air Force Academy. His research has focused on shock tube testing, chemical kinetics, pressure gain combustion, thermoacoustic instabilities, and combustion modelling.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (2011)

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (2017)

Professional Experience

Contract Researcher, Aeronautics Research Center/DFAN, US Air Force Academy, Colorado (2020-present)

Post-doctoral Fellow, NRC-RAP/Aeronautics Research Center/DFAN, US Air Force Academy, Colorado (2018-2020)

Publications

Alsulami, R., Lucas, S., Hageman, M., Knadler, M., Quinlan, J.M. and Windom, B., 2021. Coupling effects of physical and chemical properties on jet fuel spray flame blowout. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(2), pp.3333-3341.

Cakmakci, A., Knadler, M. and Lee, J.G., 2017. Spatiotemporal distribution of soot temperature for flames using optical pyrometry under unsteady inlet airflow conditions. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 139(5).

Knadler, M., Cakmakci, A. and Lee, J.G., 2015. Response of soot temperature to unsteady inlet airflow under modulated condition and naturally occurring combustion dynamics. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 137(4).