Education:

Purdue University
PhD Mechanical Engineering ’15
MS Mechanical Engineering ’12

Shanghai Jiaotong University
BS Mechanical Engineering ’11

Teaching: ^top

AEROSP 527 Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics (co-teacher Prof. Karthik Duraisamy)

Research Interests: ^top

I am generally interested in computational modeling of realistic thermal fluids problems with strong engineering relevance from a variety of perspectives. My research includes high-fidelity modeling through high-performance computing, reduced-order modeling and data-driven modeling focusing on turbulent reacting flows targeting for combustion applications like rocket propulsion and gas turbine engines.

Biography: ^top

Dr. Cheng Huang is an Assistant Research Scientist in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He has been a member of the Computational Aerosciences Lab. The major piece of his work aims to develop systematic modeling hierarchy for turbulent reacting flows targeting for combustion applications. This hierarchy seeks to solve the challenges in modeling critical physical phenomena in reacting flow problems with major focus on rocket propulsion and gas turbine engines (e.g. accurate and efficient prediction of combustion instability in full-scale engines and comprehensive turbulent combustion model development) at both fundamental and application levels.

Awards: ^top

• AIAA Member
• SIAM Member

Publications: ^top

• Gejji, R., Huang, C., Fugger, C., Anderson, W., and Yoon, C., “Parametric Investigation of Combustion Instabilities in a Single-Element Lean Direct Injection (LDI) Combustor”, recommended for publication in International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 2018.
• Sardeshmukh, S., Huang, C., Gejji, R., Bedard, M., Hallum, W., Lucht, R. and Anderson, W., “High-pressure experiments relevant to rocket propulsion”, book chapter preliminarily accepted for publication in the AIAA Progress Series book titled “High Pressure Flows for Propulsion Applications”, 2018.
• Frezzotti, M., Nasuti, F., Huang, C., Merkle, C.L., and Anderson, W.E., “Quasi-1D modeling of heat release for the study of longitudinal combustion instability”, Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 75, 2018.
• Huang, C., Anderson, W.E., Harvazinski, M.E. and Sankaran, V., “Analysis of Self-Excited Combustion Instabilities Using Decomposition Techniques”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 54, No. 9, September 2016.
• Hardi, J.S., Hallum, W.Z., Huang, C. and Anderson, W.E., “Approaches for Comparing Numerical Simulation of Combustion Instability and Flame Imaging”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 32, No. 2, March-April 2016.
• Harvazinski, M.E., Huang, C., Sankaran, V., Feldman, T.W., Anderson, W.E., Merkle, C.L., and Talley, D.G., “Coupling between hydrodynamics, acoustics, and heat release in a self-excited unstable combustor”, Physics of Fluids, Vo. 27, 2015.
• Huang, C., Anderson, W.E., Merkle, C.L., and Sankaran, V., “Multi-Fidelity Framework for Modeling Combustion Instability”, manuscript under review for AIAA Journal.
• Huang, C., Gejji, R., Yoon, C., Anderson, W.E., and Sankaran, V., “Combustion Dynamics in a Single-Element Lean Direct Injection Gas Turbine Combustor”, manuscript under review for Combustion Science and Technology.
• Xu, J., Huang, C., and Duraisamy, K., “Reduced Order Modeling Framework for Combustor Instabilities Using Truncated Domain Training”, manuscript under review for AIAA Journal.