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"A Numerical Assessment of Shock-Raindrop Interaction: An Investigation of Cavitation Dynamics Driven by Internal Pressure Wave Focusing"

Now: Blue Origin

⚠ Verified via UCF's STARS repository; the CV's title for this dissertation has since been corrected to match.

"Numerical Evaluation of a Novel Transpiration Cooling Scheme for Use in Dynamic Control of Atmospheric Entry System"

Now: NASA Kennedy Space Center

Completed a postdoctoral appointment at CFAL/ERAU (2025–2026, funded by AFRL) before moving to NASA Kennedy Space Center.

"A Tip Loss Model for Coaxial Rotors in Hover and Forward Flight"

Now: Axiom Space

⚠ No Ph.D. dissertation matching this title/topic was found in UCF's STARS repository or ProQuest; only his 2020 M.S. thesis (linked below) was locatable. Consistent with the CV listing his Ph.D. 'Year Ended' as N/A — dissertation may not yet be deposited/completed.

"A CFD Framework to Study Complex Effects Relating to Airborne Viral-pathogen Transmission"

Now: University of Central Florida / Advanced CFD Solutions

"On the Characterization and Modeling of Unsteady Aerodynamic Systems in Extraterrestrial Environments"

Now: Lockheed Martin

⚠ Verified via UCF's STARS repository; the CV's title for this dissertation has since been corrected to match.

"Energy Based Diagnostics of CFD: Revealing New Insights to Complex Aerodynamics"

Now: Navy NUWC

"Numerical and Analytical Evaluations of Impact of Atmospheric Particles on Aircraft"

Now: Postdoctoral Scholar, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University / Advanced CFD Solutions

Continues in the lab as a current postdoctoral scholar — see People > Current.

⚠ Verified via UCF's STARS repository; the CV's title for this dissertation has since been corrected to match.

"Development of an Adaptive, Multiscale, Nonlinear Disturbance Equation Solver"

Now: Intel

"Computational Investigation of Convective Heat Transfer on Ice-Roughened Aerodynamic Surfaces"

Now: Penn State Applied Research Laboratory

"An Uncertainty-Driven Surrogate Model For Reentry Vehicle Aerodynamics"

Now: University of Central Florida

"A Near Field Lagrangian Particle Modeling for the Multiphase Flow of Reaction Control System Thrusters in Space Environments"

Now: Stanford University (Ph.D.)

⚠ Verified via UCF's STARS repository; the CV's title for this thesis has since been corrected to match.

"Numerical Modeling of Cavitation During Shock Droplet Interaction"

Now: Virginia Tech (Ph.D.)

⚠ Verified via UCF's STARS repository; the CV's title for this thesis has since been corrected to match.

Now: University of Central Florida / NASA

"Rotorcraft Lander Fixed to a Descending Capsule Backshell"

Now: Aerojet Rocketdyne

"An Evaluation of Thermocouple Reconstruction Techniques"

Now: Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S)

"Aerodynamic Characterization of an Elliptical Fairing in the Wake of a Bluff Body"

Now: Raytheon

⚠ The CV previously listed this student's thesis title as 'Numerical Modeling of Shockwave Initiated Combustion of a Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture Within a Shock Tube' — a copy/paste of Reed Forehand's 2021 M.S. thesis title, not Amaya's own. UCF's STARS repository confirmed Amaya's actual M.S. thesis is on elliptical fairing aerodynamics, matching his 2022 co-authored publication 'Optimization of an Elliptical Fairing in the Wake of a D-Shaped Bluff Body.' The source CV has since been corrected.

"A Study of the Influence of Heat Flux on Aerodynamics in Hypersonic Flow"

Now: University of Central Florida / Lockheed Martin

Now: U.S. Air Force

"Quantification of the Aerodynamic Drivers of a Deployable Propeller"

Now: University of Central Florida

"A Study of Microgravity on Fluid Transport Through Porous Structures in Microfluidic Devices"

Now: RUAG (Switzerland)

"Computational Studies for Extending Understanding of Complex Droplet Breakup Mechanisms"

Now: Raytheon / Blue Origin

⚠ Title/degree/year match this student, but one automated STARS listing page ambiguously attributed the same title to Caroline Anderson; the direct record fetch supports Yeager. Recommend a quick manual check of the link before treating it as fully confirmed.

"A Computational Study of Gaseous Jets Submerged in a Liquid Co-flow"

Now: Penn State Applied Research Laboratory

"Bounding Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics for use in a Sequential Decision Process"

Now: Penn State Applied Research Laboratory

"An Adaptive Immersed Boundary Method for CFD Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Moving Internal Bodies"

Now: Penn State Applied Research Laboratory

"Development of Lifting Line Theory for the FanWing Propulsion System"

Now: Duke University (Ph.D.)

CV separately lists an M.S. program at UCF (2020–2021) on the same FanWing topic, marked 'Moved to Duke' — apparently not completed/deposited, so only the completed honors thesis is linked here. Name also appears spelled 'Kaminsky' in the CV.

"An Optimization Study of Small-Scale Propeller Blade"

Now: University of Florida (Ph.D.)

"An Investigative Design of Gas Jet Nozzles and their Flow Field Effect on Spatial Distribution"

Now: NC State University (Ph.D.)

"Analysis of Nozzle Expansion Characteristics in Supersonic Retro-Propulsion"

Now: University of Central Florida (M.S.)

"Bicycle Wheel Aerodynamics Predictions Using CFD: Efficiency Using Blade Element Method"

Now: Tesla

"Development of a Computationally Inexpensive Method of Simulating Primary Droplet Breakup"

Now: Corteva Agriscience

"A Singularity Handling Approach to the Rayleigh-Plesset Equation"

Now: Textron / Stanford University

Now: Tenure-Track Faculty, Florida Polytechnic University

Quiet sandblast nozzles and COVID-related research; postdoctoral appointment, not a degree student.