Mirko Gamba
Assistant Professor

ADDRESS: 3045 FXB
PHONE: (734) 764-6675
FAX: (734) 763-0578
EMAIL: mirkog@umich.edu

Mirko Gamba is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Department. His interests include laser diagnostics for fluids and reacting flows, low- and high-speed mixing and combustion. His research has focused on experimental investigation of supersonic combustion phenomena in scramjet-type environments, hypersonic impulse facilities, development and application of PLIF-based techniques for mixing and thermometry in supersonic flows, and turbulent nonpremixed combustion.

Honors and Awards:

• AIAA Propellants and Combustion Best Paper: Ignition and Near-Wall Burning in Transverse Hydrogen Jets in Supersonic Crossflow, M. Gamba, M.G. Mungal, and R.K. Hanson. Paper No. AIAA-2011-0319
• AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper: Requirements, Capabilities and Accuracy of Time-Resolved PIV in Turbulent Reacting Flows, M. Gamba and N.T. Clemens. Paper No. AIAA-2011-0362
• ENI Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2000-2002

Specialization and Research Interests:

• Scalar imaging and velocity measurements in turbulent reacting flows
• Subsonic and supersonic mixing and combustion
• Laser diagnostics for fluid flows (reacting and nonreacting)

Education

• PhD in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
• Laurea in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
• MSE in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Society Memberships

• The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics

Teaching Interests

• AEROSP 520 – Compressible Flow