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I.Mech.E. (U.K.), Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 1998-2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member, ASME Turbomachinery Committee, 2000 &#8211; Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.R.S. Graveline and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cA Spectral Study of a Moderately Loaded LPT Airfoil: Part 1 &#8211; Identifying Frequencies Affecting By-Pass Transition,\u201d ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 135 No. 4, Oct. 2013, 041016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taremi, S.A. Sjolander and T.J. Praisner, \u201cApplication of Endwall Contouring to Transonic Turbine Cascades: Experimental Measurements at Design Conditions,\u201d ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 135 No. 1, Jan. 2013, 011031.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahallati and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cAerodynamics of a Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil at Low Reynolds Numbers\u2014Part II: Blade-Wake Interaction,\u201d ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 135 No. 1, Jan. 2013, 011011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahallati, B. R. McAuliffe, S.A. Sjolander and T.J. Praisner, \u201cAerodynamics of a Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil at Low Reynolds Numbers\u2014Part I: Steady Flow Measurements\u201d ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 135 No. 1, Jan. 2013, 011010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G.D. MacIsaac, S.A. Sjolander and T.J. Praisner, \u201cMeasurements of Losses and Reynolds Stresses in the Secondary Flow Downstream of a Low-Speed Linear Turbine Cascade,\u201d&nbsp; ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 134 No. 6, Nov. 2012, 061015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H.M. Abo El Ella, S.A. Sjolander and T.J. Praisner, \u201cEffects of an Upstream Step on the Secondary Flow in a Transonic Turbine Cascade,\u201d ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 134 No. 5, Sept. 2012, 051009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.C. Knezevici, S.A. Sjolander, T.J. Praisner, E. Allen-Bradley and E.A. Grover, \u201cMeasurements of Secondary Losses in a Turbine Cascade with the Implementation of Non-Axisymmetric Endwall Contouring,\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; ASME Transactions, J. Turbomachinery, Vol. 132, No. 1, Jan. 2010, 011013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conference Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>M.D. Kibsey and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cInfluence of Mach Number on Profile Loss of Axial-Flow Gas Turbine Blades,\u201d ASME GT2016-56410, ASME Turbo-Expo, June 2016, Seoul, Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H.M. Abo el Ella, M. Kibsey, and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cComputational Study of a Transonic Turbine Cascade: Validation and Comparison of Gridding Approaches and Challenges,\u201d ASME GT2014-26630, ASME Turbo-Expo, June 2014, Dusseldorf, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H.M. Abo el Ella and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cAn Application of a Low Cost High Contrast Oil Flow Visualization Technique in a Transonic Blow-down Wind Tunnel for the Investigation of Secondary Flows,\u201d Proc. International Symposium on Airbreathing Engines, ISABE-2013-13233, September 2013, Busan, Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G.D. MacIsaac, S. A. Sjolander, T. J. Praisner, E. A. Grover and R. Jurek, \u201cEffects of Simplified Platform Overlap and Cavity Geometry on the Endwall Flow: Measurements and Computations in a Low-Speed Linear Turbine Cascade,\u201d ASME Paper GT2013-95670, ASME Turbo-Expo, June 2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.R.S. Graveline and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cA Spectral Study of a Moderately Loaded LPT Airfoil: Part 2\u2014Effects of Turbulence Intensity and Reynolds Number on Frequencies Affecting By-Pass Transition,\u201d&nbsp; ASME Paper GT2012-68071, ASME Turbo-Expo, June 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G.D. MacIsaac and S.A. Sjolander, \u201cAnisotropic Eddy Viscosity in the Secondary Flow of a Low-Speed Linear Turbine Cascade,\u201d&nbsp; ASME Paper GT2011-45578, ASME Turbo-Expo, June 2011, Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H.Saari, S.A. Sjolander, and K. Zanganeh, \u201cSupercritical CO2 Advanced Brayton Cycle Design\u201d, Proceedings, Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Symposium, Boulder, CO, May 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F. 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