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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to combustion and propulsion, education of future aerospace engineers, and service to the country.
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For extensive contributions in the fluid mechanics of combustion systems, including the study of jets in crossflow, strained flames distorted by complex flows, acoustically driven reactive cavity flows, and detonation phenomena

Overview

Ann Karagozian is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a significant focus on Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, along with contributions to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research topics encompass a wide range related to fluid dynamics and combustion, including:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

Ann Karagozian has published extensively in prominent scientific venues. Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • AIAA Journal
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • Combustion Science and Technology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ann Karagozian are:

  • Laminar Microjet Diffusion Flame Response to Transverse Acoustic Excitation, 2020, Combustion Science and Technology
  • On the origins of transverse jet shear layer instability transition, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Transverse jet lock-in and quasiperiodicity, 2020, Physical Review Fluids
  • Effect of tabs on transverse jet instabilities, structure, vorticity dynamics and mixing, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Balancing aspects of numerical dissipation, dispersion, and aliasing in time-accurate simulations, 2020, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Elijah Harris
  • Andrea Besnard
  • Andres Vargas
  • Takeshi Shoji
  • Douglas G. Talley

Ann Karagozian's research contributions have been recognized through several awards, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 for contributions to combustion and propulsion, education of aerospace engineers, and national service. They were also named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013 and Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2004, the latter recognizing extensive work in the fluid mechanics of combustion systems, jets in crossflow, strained flames, acoustically driven reactive cavity flows, and detonation phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Transverse jets and their control

    Ann R. Karagozian

  • On the formation of the counter-rotating vortex pair in transverse jets

    L. Cortelezzi;A. R. Karagozian

  • The actively controlled jet in crossflow

    R. T. M’Closkey;J. M. King;L. Cortelezzi;A. R. Karagozian

  • Transverse-jet shear-layer instabilities. Part 1. Experimental studies

    S. Megerian;J. Davitian;L. S. De B. Alves;A. R. Karagozian

  • The jet in crossflow

    Ann R. Karagozian

  • An analytical model for the vorticity associated with a transverse jet

    A. R. Karagozian

  • Study of a Diffusion Flame in a Stretched Vortex

    Ann R. Karagozian;Frank E. Marble

  • Optimization of Controlled Jets in Crossflow

    Stephen R. Shapiro;Jonathan King;Robert T. M'Closkey;Ann R. Karagozian

  • Numerical resolution of pulsating detonation waves

    P Hwang;R P Fedkiw;B Merriman;T D Aslam

  • Liquid fuel jet in subsonic crossflow

    T. T. Nguyen;A. R. Karagozian

  • Structural and stability characteristics of jets in crossflow

    D. R. Getsinger;L. Gevorkyan;O. I. Smith;A. R. Karagozian

  • Mixing enhancement in a lobed injector

    L. L. Smith;A. J. Majamaki;I. T. Lam;O. Delabroy

  • Transition to global instability in transverse-jet shear layers

    J. Davitian;D. Getsinger;C. Hendrickson;A. R. Karagozian

  • Transverse-jet shear-layer instabilities. Part 2. Linear analysis for large jet-to-crossflow velocity ratio

    Leonardo S. De B. Alves;Robert E. Kelly;Ann R. Karagozian

  • Transverse jet mixing characteristics

    L. Gevorkyan;T. Shoji;D. R. Getsinger;O. I. Smith

  • Numerical Simulation of Pulse Detonation Engine Phenomena

    X. He;A. R. Karagozian

  • Strategic Control of Transverse Jet Shear Layer Instabilities

    J. Davitian;C. Hendrickson;D. Getsinger;R. T. M'Closkey

  • The flame structure and vorticity generated by a chemically reacting transverse jet

    A. R. Karagozian

  • Flame Structure and Fuel Consumption in the Field of a Vortex Pair

    A. R. Karagozian;B. V. S. Manda

  • An analytical model for the vorticity associated with a transverse jet

    A. Karagozian;I. Greber

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank E. Marble
Frank E. Marble California Institute of Technology
Chaouki Ghenai
Chaouki Ghenai University of Sharjah
Stanley Osher
Stanley Osher University of California, Los Angeles
Laurent Pilon
Laurent Pilon University of California, Los Angeles
Ronald Fedkiw
Ronald Fedkiw Stanford University
Björn Engquist
Björn Engquist The University of Texas at Austin
Vijay K. Dhir
Vijay K. Dhir University of California, Los Angeles

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