DegreesB.S. University of Toronto - Engineering Science (1975) M.S. California Institute of Technology - Aeronautics (1977) Ph.D. California Institute of Technology - Aeronautics (1983) Research InterestsDean Mungal's research efforts have covered subsonic and supersonic mixing and combustion, turbulent reacting jets in coflow and crossflow, image processing (volume rendering) of turbulent flows, drag reduction of bluff bodies, flame stability – liftoff and blowout, flow in microchannels, studies of drag reducing polymers in turbulent boundary layer flows, and most recently, the use of pulsed plasmas to control flame stability. He is the author or co-author of over 150 refereed and conference papers in these areas; nine examples of his research photographs and results have appeared in magazines, books or textbooks. He has won several teaching and advising awards including Stanford's Tau Beta Pi award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, and Stanford’s School of Engineering Distinguished Advisor Award. At Stanford, Mungal served as director of the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory, the Associate Chair for Student Services where he directed ABET accreditation efforts, and the Associate Dean for Graduate Policy where he implemented Stanford’s first Ph.D. exit survey. He also served as the Resident Fellow at Rinconada House, a Stanford freshman dorm. He is a member of the APS (Fellow), AIAA (Associate Fellow), ASME (Fellow), ASEE, and the Combustion Institute. He has served on several review panels for NIST, NSF, NASA and Sandia Livermore, and has given several invited lectures and short courses over the world including Australia, Belgium, France, India, Italy and Japan. Recent PublicationsJ. S. Paschkewitz, C. D. Dimitropoulos, Y. X. Hou, V. S .R. Somandepalli, M. G. Mungal, E. S. G. Shaqfeh, P. Moin and S. K. Lele (2005) “An experimental and numerical investigation of drag reduction in a turbulent boundary layer using a rigid rodlike polymer,” Phys. Fluids 17 (8),17 pages, p. 085101. L. K. Su, O. S. Sun and M. G. Mungal (2006) “Experimental Investigation of Stabilization Mechanisms in Turbulent, Lifted Jet Diffusion Flames,” Comb. Flame 144, 494–512. A. Ben-Yakar, M. G. Mungal and R. K. Hanson (2006) “Time evolution and mixing characteristics of hydrogen and ethylene transverse jets in supersonic crossflows,” Phys. Fluids 18 (2), 16 pages, p. 026101. Yongxi Hou, V. S. R. Somandepalli & M. G. Mungal (2006) “A Technique to Determine Total Shear Stress and Polymer Stress Profiles in Drag Reduced Boundary Layer Flows,” Expts. Fluids 40, 589-600. Y. Sung, W. Kim, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli (2006) “Aerodynamic Modification of Flow over Bluff Objects by Plasma Actuation,” Expts. Fluids 41, 479–486. Wookyung Kim, Hyungrok Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli (2006) “Plasma-Discharge Stabilization of Jet Diffusion Flames,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 34 (6), December 2006, 2545-2551. Wookyung Kim, Hyungrok Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli (2007) “Investigation of NO Production and Flame Structure in Plasma Enhanced Premixed Combustion,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, 3319–3326. ProjectsAFOSR/MURI – Experimental/Computational Studies of Combined-Cycle Propulsion: Physics and Transient Phenomena in Inlets and Scramjet Combustors STTR - Stability Models for Augmentor Design Tools and Technology Assessment STTR - Viscous Drag Reduction Using Hydrophobic Surface
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