heading a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Defense award to develop high-performance fuels for hypersonic propulsion./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/nThis new research project is based off Ahmed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u2019s work on /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u201cscramjet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u201d, or supersonic combustion ramjet engines. The key feature of a scramjet engine is its ability to combust air at supersonic speeds without slowing it down to subsonic speeds, as is done in traditional jet engines./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/n
Ahmed and his research team have developed an aerothermodynamic model for the hypersonic, morphing scramjet engine and are currently in the stage of experimental testing it to assess the performance. Aerothermodynamics analyzes the interaction of gases at high speeds and elevated temperatures./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u201cWe are very happy for being selected for the program,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u201d Ahmed says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u201cOur lab has been a leader and innovator in high-speed and hypersonic propulsion and this program gives our group the opportunity to contribute and make an impact./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/n
Ahmed joined UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, part of UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/u2019s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in 2014. He is also a faculty member of the Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research and the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion. He served more than three years as a senior aero/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975//thermo engineer at Pratt & Whitney military engines working on advanced engine programs and technologies. He also served as a faculty member at Old Dominion University and Florida State University. At UCF, he is leading research in propulsion and energy with applications for power generation and gas-turbine engines, propulsion-jet engines, hypersonics and fire safety, as well as research related to supernova science. He earned his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics associate fellow and a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Office of Naval Research faculty fellow./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136975/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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