{"id":36,"date":"2021-06-16T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:30:34","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aero-Acoustics Research (A-AR) – Dr. Joana Rocha’s Research Group \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Research Group Members and Alumni Researchers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member<\/th>Research<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Tanya Chang<\/strong><\/td>“Aerodynamic and Acoustic Characterization of a Closed-Loop Wind Tunnel”<\/td><\/tr>
Caleb Ramsay<\/strong><\/td>“Acoustic Assessment of Riblets through High-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing”<\/td><\/tr>
Behzad Amirsalari<\/strong><\/td>“The Optimization of Wing Leading and Trailing Edges Design for Noise and Drag Reduction”<\/td><\/tr>
Noah Veenstra<\/strong><\/td>“Computational Optimization of Composite Structures for Noise Reduction”<\/td><\/tr>
Nick Cunnington-Bourbonniere<\/strong><\/td>“Development of an Experimental Setup for Aeroacoustic\u00a0Testing of Porous Surfaces in a Low-Speed Wind Tunnel”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Justin Denne<\/strong><\/td>“Aerodynamic Characterization of a Closed-Loop Semi-Open Wind Tunnel using Experimental and Computational Methods”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Zachary Huffman<\/strong><\/td>“Derivation of an Empirical Model to Estimate the Power Spectral Density of Turbulent Flow Wall Pressure Fluctuations Using Machine Learning Regression Techniques”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Jacques Tamayo<\/strong><\/td>“Reduction of Sonic Boom Loudness Level in Supersonic Aircraft by Optimization of Wing Geometry and Positioning”<\/td><\/tr>
John Halpenny<\/strong><\/td>“Minimizing Sonic Boom Noise to Meet Potential Regulatory Limits”<\/td><\/tr>
Victoria Asi<\/strong><\/td>“Wind Tunnel Testing to Evaluate Noise in a Small Wind Turbine” (co-supervised with Dr. Rob Langlois and Dr. Fred Afagh), see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Nicholas Thomson<\/strong><\/td>“Modelling of Wall Pressure Fluctuations Induced by Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Basim Al Tlua<\/strong><\/td>“Experimental Wind Tunnel Testing and Numerical Optimization Studies for Airfoil Trailing-Edge Noise Reduction”,\u00a0<\/span>see dissertation here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Yehia Salama<\/strong><\/td>“Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Bio-Inspired Airfoil Trailing-Edge Designs for Noise Reduction”,\u00a0<\/span>see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Gerard Desmarais<\/strong><\/td>“A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on Ejector Acoustics and Ejector Silencer Design”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Frank Giardino<\/strong><\/td>“The Design, Fabrication, and Commissioning of a High-Speed Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel for Studies of Surface Pressure Fluctuations Beneath Turbulent Boundary Layers”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Steven Sonnenberg<\/strong><\/td>“Reproducing Acceleration Power Spectral Density from an Aircraft Fuselage Panel excited by Turbulent Boundary Layer using Piezoelectric Actuators”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
John O\u2019Keefe<\/strong><\/td>“Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Traverse System for Wind Tunnel Testing”<\/td><\/tr>
Jared Van Blitterswyk<\/strong><\/td>“Experimental Characterization of Turbulent Motions Using Wall-Pressure Measurements in Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layers”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Matthew Brezina<\/strong><\/td>“Aeroacoustic Optimization of Flat-Plate Serrated Trailing-Edge Extensions for Broadband Noise Reduction”, see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ali Hassam<\/strong><\/td>“Acoustics and Aeroacoustic Research Folder Characterization”<\/td><\/tr>
Raymond Greiss<\/strong><\/td>“Numerical Investigations of Pathological Phonation Resulting From a Unilateral Sessile Polyp” (co-supervised with Dr. Edgar Matida), see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Clement Ching<\/strong><\/td>“Aircraft Wing Platform Design for Wind Tunnel Testing”<\/td><\/tr>
Timothy Rutke<\/strong><\/td>“Wind Tunnel Anechoic Test Section Design”<\/td><\/tr>
Robert Williams<\/strong><\/td>“Prediction and Assessment of the Surface-Based Aeroacoustics of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines” (co-supervised with Dr. Edgar Matida and Dr. Fred Nitzsche), see thesis here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Lejla Sjekirica<\/strong><\/td>“Numerical Analysis of Panels’ Acoustic and Vibration Response”<\/td><\/tr>
David Rogers<\/strong><\/td>“Anechoic Platform Design”<\/td><\/tr>
Jessica Mesquita<\/strong><\/td>“Laboratory Inventory”<\/td><\/tr>
Praven Jose<\/strong><\/td>“Numerical Simulation of An Aircraft Wing for Wind Tunnel Testing”<\/td><\/tr>
Gagandeep Arora<\/strong><\/td>“Experimental Investigation of Phonation Mechanisms”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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  Research Group Members and Alumni Researchers: Member Research Tanya Chang “Aerodynamic and Acoustic Characterization of a Closed-Loop Wind Tunnel” Caleb Ramsay “Acoustic Assessment of Riblets through High-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing” Behzad Amirsalari “The Optimization of Wing Leading and Trailing Edges Design for Noise and Drag Reduction” Noah Veenstra “Computational Optimization of Composite Structures for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[35],"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aeroacoustics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}