Lab Director
Lawrence Ukeiley
Larry is currently a Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the University of Florida. His primary interests are in experimental fluid dynamics and turbulence as related to flow control, aeroacoustics, fluid structure interactions and the development of low order models. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Alfred University and his MS and PhD from Clarkson University. Since graduating with his doctorate he has held positions at BEAM Technologies (Research Scientist), NASA Langley Research Center (NRC Post Doctoral Associate) and the Jamie Whitten National Center for Physical Acoustics at the University of Mississippi (Research Scientist and Research Assistant Professor) before joining the faculty at UF. Dr. Ukeiley is an active member in many professional societies such as AIAA, ASME and APS.
Current Graduate Students
Noah Compton
Control of Supersonic Flow over Open Cavities
PhD – Joined Aug. 2022
Dylan Rautenstrauch
Shock Boundary Layer Interaction with Vibratory Meta-Materials
PhD – Joined Aug. 2024
Current Undergraduate Students
- Reid McAdam
- Jainil Chokshi
- Antonio Conde Otero
- Isabella Salvoni
- Colin McEliece
- Dylan Jackson
Graduate Student Alumni
- Henry Tingle (PhD Summer 2024) (Joint with Prof. Ifju)
- Randy Ruiz (M.S. Winter 2023)
- James Goldschmidt (Ph.D. Summer 2023)
- Surabhi Singh (Ph.D. Winter 2021)
- Songqi Li (Ph.D. Spring 2021)
- Rommel Pabon (Ph.D. Fall 2018)
- Istvan Bolgar (Visiting Ph.D. Student Fall 2018)
- Adam Nickels (Ph.D. Spring 2018)
- Benjamin George (Ph.D. Spring 2017)
- Jason June (Ph.D. Spring 2017) (Joint with Prof. Sheplak)
- Alex Arce (M.S. Winter 2013)
- Kyle Hughes (M.S. Spring 2013)
- Adam Hart (Ph.D. Spring 2013)
- Joni Sytsma (Ph.D. Spring 2013)
- Amory Timpe (M.S. Spring 2012)
- Diego Campos (M.S. Spring 2012)
- Erik Sällström (Ph.D. 2011)
- William Taylor Lusk (M.S. Summer 2011)
- Jonathan Dudley (Ph.D. Winter 2010)
- Parvez Khambatta (M.S. Summer 2008)
- George Shumway (M.S. Winter 2009)
- Charles Tinney (Visiting Scientist 2007-2008)
- Richa Mann (University of Mississippi 2006)
- Nathan Murray (University of Mississippi 2006)
Undergraduate Student Alumni
- Diego Noriega Maldonado
- Jason Rosenblum
- Riley Hackworth
- Charlie Galluscio
- David Lewis
- Michael Marci
- Nicholas Sturmthal
- Brandon Walker (2021 & 2022)
- Juliana Mishur
- Alexander Browder (Fall 2022)
- Pablo Farall (Fall 2021)
- Bradley Loss
- Eric Matz
- Andrew Hull
- Josiah Badiali
- Erick Morales
- Phenpitcha Kijnijchee
- Jason Keeler
- Charles Pett
- Arthur Javandi
- Tyler Noel
- John Levenhagen
- Andres Brenes
- Stephen Bethel
- Zhizian Chen (Summer 2015)
- Rapheal Perez (Fall 2014)
- Scott Demming (Summer 2014)
- Peter Gonzalez (Summer 2014)
- Mitchell Morelock (Summer 2014)
- Josh Achiam (Fall 2012)
- Kyle Scott (Summer 2010)
- Reed White (Summer 2010)
- Haley Renn (Summer 2011)
- Anna Woods (Summer 2011)