Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
active2025–2027
CFD Prediction of Atmospheric Flight Paths
Real-time and near-real-time CFD-based prediction of atmospheric flight trajectories, supporting rapid decision-making for aerospace systems operating in complex, evolving atmospheric conditions.
- Sponsor
- DARPA (subcontract through Mississippi State University)
- Funding
- $1,400,000
- Collaborators
- Mississippi State University
Team
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Ph.D. Candidate
Sweety Sarker
Machine learning and physics-informed neural network (PINN) models for real-time, micro-scale atmospheric flow prediction
Related 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
CFD Analysis of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Measurements on Planetary Rotorcraft
J Asiatico, M Kinzel
2026
Water Droplet Breakup Experiments using Acoustic Levitator at Upper Atmospheric Conditions in a Shock Tube
AJ Aguilera, SM Briggs, M Lindsay, B Suarez, S Vasu, M Kinzel, et al.
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 0001, 2026
2026
WindSDK: A Unified Framework for Querying Atmospheric Data
B Cavainolo, S Sarker, MP Kinzel, JJ Bird, J Dyer, M Berk
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
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
2020
Measuring atmospheric boundary layer profiles using uav control data
G Loubimov, MP Kinzel, S Bhattacharya
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 1978, 2020
2020
Measuring atmospheric boundary layer profiles using uav dynamic response
W Farrell, G Loubimov, C Kaminski, MP Kinzel
AIAA Scitech Forum, 2020, 2020
2019
Coupled simulations of atmospheric turbulence-modified ship airwakes and helicopter flight dynamics
R Thedin, MP Kinzel, JF Horn, S Schmitz
Journal of Aircraft 56 (2), 812-824, 2019
2018
Simulation of a Helicopter-Ship Dynamic Interface Using Offline Database of Atmospheric Turbulence-Modified Airwake
R Thedin, M Kinzel, S Schmitz
Vertical Flight Society 74th Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2018
2018
An evaluation of the effects of resolved shear-driven atmospheric turbulence on ship airwakes
R Thedin, MP Kinzel, S Schmitz
Journal of the American Helicopter Society 63 (2), 1-16, 2018
2017
High-Fidelity Simulations of the Interaction of Atmospheric Turbulence with Ship Airwakes
R Thedin, M Kinzel, S Schmitz
Vertical Flight Society 73rd Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2017
2017
Numerical study of ship airwake characteristics immersed in atmospheric boundary-layer flow
R Thedin, M Kinzel, S Schmitz
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, F39. 005, 2017
2011
Influences of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence Structure on the Space-time Variability in Wind Turbine Blade and Shaft Loadings
G Vijayakumar, A Lavely, M Kinzel, E Paterson, J Brasseur
6th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3300, 2011
2011
Space-time loadings on wind turbine blades driven by atmospheric boundary layer turbulence
A Lavely, G Vijayakumar, M Kinzel, J Brasseur, E Paterson
49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and …, 2011
2011
Influences of atmospheric stability state on wind turbine aerodynamic loadings
G Vijayakumar, A Lavely, J Brasseur, E Paterson, M Kinzel
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, G27. 007, 2011
2011
Inherent Variability in Short-time Wind Turbine Statistics from Turbulence Structure in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
A Lavely, G Vijayakumar, J Brasseur, E Paterson, M Kinzel
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, G27. 006, 2011