Computational Fluids and Aerodynamics Laboratory
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Postdoctoral Scholar

Brendon Cavainolo

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

Weather prediction for energy harvesting for autonomous gliders

Publications

2026

Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Real-Time, Micro-scale Atmospheric Flow Prediction

S Sarker, B Cavainolo, M Kinzel

AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 1933, 2026

2026

Novel Methods for Evaluating Shock-Droplet Interactions

B Cavainolo, K Nguyen, R Forehand, R Shannon, M Kinzel, S Grace

AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 1733, 2026

2026

Session 1: Platform Development I

DKA Adkins, DGBH de Azevedo, BA Cavainolo, S Sarker, MP Kinzel, et al.

2026

WindSDK: A Unified Framework for Querying Atmospheric Data

B Cavainolo, S Sarker, MP Kinzel, JJ Bird, J Dyer, M Berk

2026

Effect of Entrapped Non-condensable Gas on Shock-Driven Droplet Deformation: Implications for Hypersonic Rain Environments

JP Roldan, B Cavainolo, R Shannon, GA Jaramillo, S Grace, M Kinzel

27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies …, 2026

2026

A Study of Physics-Informed Neural Networks applied to Real-Time Atmospheric Flow Estimation for Glider Flight Planning

S Sarker, BA Cavainolo, JJ Bird, M Berk, MP Kinzel

2025

Quantifying Air Layer Dynamics During Water Entry Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

M Lauriston, G Loubimov, JL BELDEN, BA Cavainolo, M Kinzel

78th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2025

2025

Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Predicting Steady Incompressible Flow Around Obstacles in Urban and Aerodynamic Settings

S Sarker, BA Cavainolo, M Kinzel

78th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2025

2025

Drop levitation in a turbulent, coaxial sheath flow

JD Dockery, S Gharti, BA Cavainolo, M Kinzel, A Dickerson

78th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2025

2024

Direct Simulation of CMAS Infiltrating TBC Microstructure

B Cavainolo, M Kinzel

AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, 3618, 2024