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REDHA WAHIDI, PhD
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Track
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
4901 E. University Blvd
Odessa, TX 79762
(432) 552-4219
[email protected]
RESEARCH INTEREST
Unsteady aerodynamics; separation and transition; vortex dynamics; flow control; boundary layer flows;
flow measurement techniques
EDUCATION
PhD Aerospace Engineering
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Dissertation Title: An Experimental Investigation on Airfoils with Laminar Separation Bubbles and
Effects of Distributed Suction
Academic Advisor: Dr. David Bridges
December 2009
MS Mechanical Engineering (Thermal/Fluid Science)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kuwait University, Khaldiya, Kuwait
Thesis Title: Investigation of a Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow over a Flat Plate with DifferentlyConfigured Square Grooves
Academic Advisor: Professor Walid Chakroun
January 2005
BS Marine Systems Engineering (ABET Accredited)
Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME, USA
December 1998
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor - Aerospace Engineering August 2016 – Present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, USA
Postdoctoral Associate May 2016 – August 2016
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Associate Research Scientist June 2014 – March 2016
Renewable Energy Group, Energy and Building Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research,
Kuwait
Postdoctoral Associate August 2010 – June 2014 (Visiting Scholar August 2012- August 2013)
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Lecturer January 2010 – May 2010
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Graduate Research Assistant August 2005 – December 2009
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
REDHA WAHIDI, PhD
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Wahidi, R., Hubner, J. P. and Ölçmen, S., “On the Streamwise and Normal Vortices Forming on
Plates with Spanwise Periodic Cambering,” Aerospace Science and technology, Vol. 58, 2016, pp.
453-466.
Wahidi, R., Zhang, Z. and Hubner, J. P., “3D Measurements of Separated Flow over Rigid Plates
with Spanwise Periodic Cambering at Low Reynolds Number,” Journal of Fluids and Structures,
Vol. 49, 2014, pp. 263-282.
Wahidi, R., Lai, W., Hubner, J. P. and Lang, A., “Time-Averaged and Time-Resolved Volumetric
Velocimetry Measurements of a Laminar Separation Bubbles on an Airfoil,” European Journal of
Mechanics / B Fluids, Vol. 41, 2013, pp. 46-59.
Wahidi, R. and Bridges, D. H., “Effects of Boundary-Layer Suction on the Size and Location of
Laminar Separation Bubbles,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3, March 2012, pp. 523-539.
Wahidi, R., Chakroun, W. and Al-Fahed, S., “The Behavior of the Skin-Friction Coefficient of a
Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow over a Flat Plate with Differently Configured Transverse Square
Grooves,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 30, 2005, pp. 141-152.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS
Wahidi, R., Ölçmen, S., and Hubner, J. P., “POD Analysis of Volumetric PIV Data of Periodically
Cambered Plates,” 11th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 14-16
September 2015, Santa Barbara, CA.
Wahidi, R., Ölçmen, S., and Lai, W., “Volumetric Three-Component Measurements of Air Jet
Flows of Different Diffuser Designs,” 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 5-9
January 2015, Kissimmee, FL.
Wahidi, R., Lang, A., and Wilroy, J., “Effects of Grooves on the Formation of the LEV of an
Impulsively-Started Flat Plate,” 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 5-9 January
2015, Kissimmee, FL.
Wahidi, R. and Hubner, J. P., “Description of the Vortices and Vorticity around a Low-Aspect
Ratio Flat Plate,” 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 07-10 January, 2013, Grapevine, TX.
Wahidi, R. and Bridges, D. H., “Suction Effects on the Transition and Reattachment of a
Transitional Bubble,” 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 07-10 January, 2013, Grapevine,
TX.
Wahidi, R., Lai, W., Hubner, J. P. and Lang, A., “Volumetric Three-Component Velocimetry and
PIV Measurements of Laminar Separation Bubbles on a NACA4412 Airfoil,” 16th International
Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, 09-12 July, 2012, Lisbon,
Portugal.
Wahidi, R., Smith, J. A. and Lang, A., “PIV and Volumetric 3-Component Measurements of
Separated Turbulent Boundary Layers on a NACA4412 Hydrofoil,” Proceedings of 50th AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 9-12 January 2012, Nashville, TN.
Wahidi, R., Zhang, Z. and Hubner, J. P., “Volumetric Three-Component Measurements of the
Flowfield around Low Aspect Ratio Flat and Periodically-Cambered Plates,” Proceedings of 50th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 9-12 January 2012, Nashville, TN.
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Wahidi, R., Lai, W., Smith, J. and Lang A., “Measurements of Laminar Separation Bubbles on a
NACA4412 Airfoil using 3D3C Measurement Technique,” 9th International Symposium on Particle
Image Velocimetry, July 21– 23 2011, Tsukuba, Japan.
Wahidi, R. and Bridges, D. H., “Effects of Distributed Suction on the Drag and Size of the Laminar
Separation Bubble on an Airfoil at Low Reynolds Number,” AIAA paper No. 2010-4714,
Proceedings of AIAA 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference, 28 June – 1 July 2010, Chicago, IL.
Wahidi, R. and Bridges, D. H., “Experimental Investigation of the Boundary Layer and Pressure
Measurements on Airfoils with Laminar Separation Bubble,” AIAA paper No. 2009-4278,
Proceedings of 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 22 - 25 June 2009, San Antonio, TX.
Wahidi, R. and Bridges, D. H., “Control of Laminar Separation Bubbles with Distributed Suction –
Preliminary Studies,” AIAA paper No. 2008-738, Proceedings of 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit, 7 - 10 January 2008, Reno, NV.
Wahidi, R., Chakroun, W. and Al-Fahed, S., “Investigation of Boundary Layer Flows over a Flat
Plate with Different-Size Transverse Square Grooves at s/w = 10,” FEDSM2007-37173,
Proceedings of FEDSM 2007, 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, July 30August 2, 2007, San Diego, CA.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Elliott, C., Lang, A., Wahidi, R. and Wilroy, J., “Roughness Effects on the Formation of a Leading
Edge Vortex,” 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid
Dynamics (DFD), November 20-22, 2016, Portland, OR
Lang, A., Wilroy, J., Wahidi, R., Slegers, N., Heilman, M. and Cranford, J., “The effect of butterfly
scales on flight efficiency and leading edge vortex formation,” 69th Annual Meeting of the
American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), November 20-22, 2016,
Portland, OR
Santos, L., Lang, A., Wahidi, R. and Bonacci, A., “Reversing flow development in a separating
turbulent boundary layer,” 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division
of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), November 20-22, 2016, Portland, OR
Bonacci, A., Lang, A., Wahidi, R. and Santos, L., “Experimental Study of Unsteady Separation in a
Laminar Boundary Layer,” 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division
of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), November 20-22, 2016, Portland, OR
Glenn, M., Lang, A., Wahidi, R. and Wilroy, J., “Observations on Leading-Edge Vortex
Development,” 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid
Dynamics (DFD), November 20-22, 2016, Portland, OR
Wilroy, J., Lang, A. and Wahidi, R., “The Effect of Butterfly-Scale Inspired Patterning on Leading
Edge Vortex Growth,” 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 23-25
November 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Lavallee, D. M., Thompson, D. and Wahidi, R., “Application of Lambda-2, Q-, and Delta-Criterion
Vortex Detection Techniques to Experimental Airfoil Data,” 9th MSU - UAB Conference on
Differential Equations and Computational Simulations, 4-6 October 2012, Starkville, MS.
REDHA WAHIDI, PhD
Wahidi, R., Zhang, Z., Lang, A. and Hubner, J. P., “Volumetric Three-Component Measurements
of the Flowfield around Periodically Cambered Plates,” 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division
of Fluid Dynamics, 20-22 November 2011, Baltimore, MD.
Smith, D., Lang, A. and Wahidi, R., “Comparison of Turbulent Separation over a Smooth Surface
and Mako Shark Skin on a NACA4412 Hydrofoil,” 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of
Fluid Dynamics, 20-22 November 2011, Baltimore, MD.
Bradshaw, M., Lang, A., Wahidi, R., Smith, D. and Motta, P., “A Flow Separation Study over a
Shortfin Mako Shark Pectoral Fin,” 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
20-22 November 2011, Baltimore, MD.