Dr. Marc D. Polanka, PhD

Professor of Aerospace Engineering

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PhD Dissertations Advised

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED

1. Barringer, Michael D., 2006 “Developing and Testing a Combustor Simulator for Investigating High Pressure Turbine Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer”, August 2006, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2. Sanders, Darius D., 2009 “CFD Modeling of Separation and Transitional Flow in Turbine Blades at Low Reynolds Number”, September 2009, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3. LeBay, Kenneth D., 2012 "Characterizing Centrifugally-Loaded Flame Migration for Ultra-Compact Combustors", March 2012, Air Force Institute of Technology
4. Greiner, Nathan J., 2014 “Convective Heat Transfer with and without Film Cooling in High Temperature Fuel Rich and Lean Environments”, September 2014, Air Force Institute of Technology
5. Andrus, Ionio Q., 2016 “A Premixed Rotating Detonation Engine: Design and Experimentation”, June 2016, Air Force Institute of Technology
6. Ausserer, Joseph A., 2016 “The Scaling of Loss Pathways And Heat Transfer in Small Scale Internal Combustion Engines”, September 2016, Air Force Institute of Technology
7. Cottle, Andrew , 2016 “Flow Field Dynamics in a High-G Ultra-Compact Combustor”, December 2016, Air Force Institute of Technology
8. Bohan, Brian T., “Combustion Dynamics and Heat Transfer in an Ultra Compact Combustor”, Sept 2018, Air Force Institute of Technology
9. Snow, Nathan J., “Integration of a Rotating Detonation Engine and a Scramjet”, Sept 2022, Air Force Institute of Technology
10. DeMarco, Kevin J., “Combustion Characteristics, Gravity Effects, and Ram Air Cooling in Compact Combustors”. June 2023, Air Force Institute of Technology