Monday, April 26, 2010
Contact: Madge Gibson
news@utsi.edu
Two students from the University of Tennessee Space Institute
attending the 2010 Southeastern Regional Student Conference of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) were
awarded second and third place in the Masters Division. Nadim Zgheib
won second place with his paper entitled “Asymptotic Solutions for
Longitudinal Waves in Solid Rocket Motors” and Michel Akiki won
third place with his paper entitled “Compressible Integral
Formulation of the Two-Dimensional Porous Channel Flow”. The studies
focused on the analytical and numerical modeling of either wave
propagation or compressible mean flow description in simulated solid
rocket motors. The two studies were carried out under the
supervision of UTSI Professor, Dr. Joseph Majdalani who appears as
second author on both papers. First place went to Filippo Cadadei
from Georgia Tech. Awards were presented by Col. Keith J. Kosan,
Commander, 46th Operations Group, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
The conference, held in Destin, Florida on April 8-9, included over
300 delegates from 14 universities from the southeastern region. The
student branches from Auburn and Tuskegee Universities co-hosted the
event.
UTSI Executive Director, Dr. Robert “Buddy” Moore remarked “We are
very proud of Nadim and Michel, and their successes further confirm
the quality of our graduate students, faculty and programs at UTSI.”
Nadim Zgheib and Michel Akiki are both from Kesrouan, Lebanon, and
both graduated from Notre Dame University in 2007 shortly before
joining UTSI. In 2009, they received their Master’s degree in
aerospace engineering. Michel is currently working toward his PhD
degree in mechanical engineering at UTSI. Nadim has received a
graduate school fellowship to pursue his PhD in mechanical
engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
Nadim
Zgheib, second place winner, Dr. Joseph Majdalani, UTSI Professor,
and Michel Akiki, third place winner
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