Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
completed2022–2025
Industrial-Aero Optimization for Agile Rocket Cargo Delivery
Aerodynamic and logistical optimization supporting rapid, point-to-point rocket-based cargo delivery, coupling CFD-based aerodynamic modeling with supply-chain and logistics optimization.
- Sponsor
- U.S. Space Force
- Funding
- $475,000
Team
Related Publications
2025
Optimization of logistical models for rocket-based cargo delivery
KC Nguyen, M Elkamel, L Rabelo, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 1922, 2025
2025
Strategies in CFD Modeling: Hypersonic Cargo Delivery Gliders Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
SA Lopez, ZA Miles, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 1923, 2025
2025
Machine Learning-Driven Aerodynamic Optimization of Bluff Body Vehicle Geometry
ZA Miles, KC Nguyen, MP Kinzel
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2025, 2025
2024
Data-driven modeling to predict aerodynamic loads on reentry vehicles
ZA Miles, M Kinzel, S Lopez
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, 4410, 2024
2022
Optimization of an Elliptical Fairing in the Wake of a D-Shaped Bluff Body
L Amaya, G Loubimov, M Kinzel
Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 85840, V002T05A030, 2022
2022
Optimization of Polo Kayak Design for Drag Reduction
J Gitzendanner, M Kinzel, L Perotti
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67, 2022
2021
Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsion System for a Long-Range, High-Altitude UAV
C Kaminski, M Kinzel