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Cadou, Christopher

Cadou, Christopher

Professor
Keystone Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Aerospace Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
3176 Glenn L. Martin Hall

EDUCATION

  • B.S., Cornell University (Mechanical Engineering)
  • B.A., Cornell University (History)
  • M.S., University of California, Los Angeles (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (Mechanical Engineering)

BACKGROUND

University of Maryland, Associate Professor 8/06 – Present

  • Conducting interdisciplinary research in combustion, micro-fluidics and small power systems

University of Maryland, Assistant Professor 8/00 – 8/06

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Post Doctoral Associate 7/98 – 7/00

  • Worked to develop a 2.5 million RPM centrifugal compressor for a micro-gas turbine engine. Worked to develop a high volumetric heat release rate hydrocarbon combustor for a micro-gas turbine engine.

California Institute of Technology, Post Doctoral Fellow 10/96 – 5/98

  • Investigated stability of shock wave - boundary layer interaction in SCRAMJet inlet flow.
  • Acquired time series of Schlieren images illustrating inlet unstart caused by strong flow perturbation.
  • Characterized steady and unsteady behavior using pressure and velocity measurements.

University of California Los Angeles, Graduate Student Researcher 6/89 – 9/96

  • Studied use of an acoustically-excited dump combustor as a hazardous waste incinerator.
  • Designed and constructed laser diagnostics facility for study of unsteady, reactive, cavity flows.
  • Acquired time-resolved images of the hydroxyl radical (OH) concentration and temperature in an unsteady, reacting flow field using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF).
  • Conceived and constructed experiment to measure mass transport across a reacting shear layer.

Cornell University, Student Researcher (Prof. F. C. Gouldin) 1/89 – 5/89

  • Developed computer program to help determine the composition of a gas mixture from its infrared absorption spectrum.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • The Combustion Institute
  • International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
  • Reviewer for scholarly publications: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Combustion and Flame, Combustion Theory and Modeling, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Micro-Electronic Engineering, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics, AICHE Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, International Journal of Alternative Propulsion, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
  • Reviewer for government funding agencies: National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, US Air Force, American Society of Engineering Education, National Research Council of Canada, Dutch Technology Foundation STW
  • Secretary and Treasurer of AIAA Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee, 2004 – present
  • Conference Organizer:
    • 2001 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, Washington DC, 2001.
    • NASA Thermo-Fluids Analysis Workshop, College Park, MD August 7-11, 2006.
    • AFOSR Space Propulsion Contractors Meeting, Annapolis MD, September 25-29, 2006.
    • AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference (Propellants and Combustion Sessions), Denver, CO, August 2009.


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