PhD Projects:

13. “Rib-induced turbulence over a flat plate,” Aghil Iranmanesh, 10/2016-3/2017 (Visiting Iran Ministry of Science and Technology Scholarship Scholar from Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad; Supervisor: D. Ting).
12. “Estimating remaining useful life of wind turbine components,” Milad Rezamand, 9/2016-present (PhD Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
11. “Clean diesel after-treatment,” Zhenyi Yang, 9/2016-present (PhD Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).
10. “Buoyancy energy storage,” Kyle Patrick Bassett, 1/2015-present (PhD Entrance Scholarship; Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
9. “Low temperature solar cooling and heating system for residential application,” Julia Aman, 9/2012-present (Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Sustainable Engineering Faculty Scholarship (Doctoral); Supervisors: D. Ting & P. Henshaw).
8. “Hybrid PV/thermal solar collector,” Fama Fouladi, 5/2012-present (Ontario Trillium Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & P. Henshaw).

7. “Compressed air underwater energy storage,” Zhiwen Wang, 9/2015-9/2016 (Visiting China Scholarship PhD Scholar from Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University; Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
6. “Analysis and improvement of aerodynamic performance of straight bladed vertical axis wind turbines,” Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadi-Baloutaki, 9/2011-11/2015 (Ontario Graduate Scholarship, PhD Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
5. “Wind-induced response of stay cables in unsteady wind,” Dr. Arash Raeesi, 5/2010-9/2015 (Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, PhD Entrance Scholarship; Civil Engineering; Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).
4. “Fluid-structure interactions of underwater accumulators,” Dr. Ahmadreza Vasel Be Hagh, 9/2011-7/2015 (Ontario Trillium Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
3. “Advanced diagnostics, control and testing of diesel low temperature combustion,” Dr. Usman Asad, 5/2006-4/2009 (PhD Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).
2. “Analysis of fixed-pitch straight-bladed VAWT with asymmetric airfoils,” Dr. Mazhar-ul Islam, 5/2003-3/2008 (OGS Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).
1. “Diesel engine performance comparisons of high temperature and low temperature combustion with conventional and biodiesel fuels,” Dr. Clarence M. Mulenga, 9/2002-11/2007, (Datatel Scholar; Supervisors: M. Zheng, D. Ting & G. Reader).

MASc Projects:

64. “High-performance compression of air as energy storage,” Siyamak Pooladsanj-Ajamlu, 9/2016-present (Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
63. “New ICE concepts for hybrid applications,” Wenzhou Li, 9/2016-present (Windsor-Torino Dual Degree MASc; Supervisor: D. Ting).
62. “Clean combustion engine,” Navjot Sandhu, 9/2016-present (Supervisors: M Zheng & D. Ting).
61. “Solar powered water purification,” Fahad Ameen, 9/2016-present (Supervisors: J. Stagner & D. Ting).
60. “Flow-induced vibrations,” Ran Wang, 5/2016-present (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).
59. “Microelectromechanical systems – resonant actuator,” Jiewen (Nicky) Liu,1/2016-present (Supervisors: J. Ahamed & D. Ting).
58. “Flow over an elliptical cylinder,” Chi Nguyen, 1/2016-present (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).
57. “Engineering flow turbulence for transport enhancement,” Hao Wu, 9/2015-present (Supervisor: D. Ting).
56. “Middle Eastern smart water technologies for the Great Lakes region,” Ahmed Abbdelaal, 9/2015-present (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
55. “Hydrodynamics of buoyant vortex rings,” Xueying (Christina) Yan, 9/2015-present (MASc Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
54. “Renewable energy generation and storage solutions for the Essex County greenhouse sector,” Lucas M. Semple, 9/2015-present (Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Sustainable Engineering Faculty Scholarship (Master’s), MASc Entrance Scholarship; Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
53. “Entropic modeling of tumor growth,” Majid Morshedazideh, 9/2015-present (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
52. “Enhancing PV panel convective cooling using a trip wire,” Ashhar Ahmed, 9/2015-present (Supervisor: D. Ting).
51. “Yawing dynamics of floating offshore turbines,” Sara Alhasan, 9/2015-present (Ontario Graduate Scholarship, MASc Entrance Scholarship; Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
50. “Smart water,” Dean Rice, 9/2014-present (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
49. “Simulation of geothermal heat pump,” Venkata Ramesh Melanathuru, 9/2014-present (MASc Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: D. Ting & T. Bolisetti).
48. “Geothermal heating and cooling,” David Tyler Gordon, 9/2014-present (MASc Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: D. Ting & T. Bolisetti).

47. “Vehicle fuel economy and performance improvement via cooled EGR, charge air cooling and thermal parasitic load,” Mirko Pesce, 9/2015-7/2016 (Windsor-Torino Dual Degree MASc; Supervisor: D. Ting).
46. “Commissioning, and performance analysis of WhisperGen Stirling engine,” Prashant Kaliram Pradip, 9/2013-2/2016 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Reader).
45. “Flow-induced vibration of a flexible circular cylinder,” Haoyang Cen, 9/2013-10/2015 (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
44. “Exhaust pressure waves in diesel engines and their effect on aftertreatment spray,” Zhenyi Yang, 9/2013-9/2015 (MASc Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).
43. “A new wind tunnel setup and evaluation of flow characteristics with / without passive devices,” Yong Bai, 5/2013-8/2015 (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).
42. “Inflow and structural response of a commercial wind turbine,” Jamie Cameron Smith, 5/2012-5/2014 (NSERC & OGS Scholar; Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
41. “Turbulence convective heat transfer for cooling the photovoltaic cells,” Iman Arianmehr, 9/2012-4/2014 (MASc Entrance Scholarship; Supervisor: D. Ting).
40. “Geothermal thermal management,” Christopher Cvetkovski, 9/2012-4/2014 (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: T. Bolisetti & D. Ting).
39. “Design of system architecture and thermal management components for an underwater energy storage facility,” Brian C. Cheung, 1/2012-12/2013 (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
38. “Virtual methodology for predicting whistling noise over the front grill of a vehicle,” Tyler Bevan, 9/2010-4/2013 (Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
37. “A preliminary study on intake flow to improve in-cylinder air motion,” Qiaochu Han, 9/2011-4/2013 (Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).
36. “Air cooling of solar panels,” Frantzis Iakovidis, 9/2010-1/2013 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
35. “Flow over a trapezoidal cavity under varying Reynolds number and turbulence characteristics,” Saeed Zeinali-Danaloo, 1/2011-12/2012 (MASc Entrance Scholarship; Supervisors: D. Ting & I. Xu).
34. “Group dynamics of commercial wind turbines,” Phillip M. McKay, 5/2010-8/2011 (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
33. “Two circular cylinder in turbulent cross flow,” Bita Motameni, 5/2009-4/2011 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
32. “Compressed air energy storage – an exergy-based analysis of turbomachinery systems,” James Jeffery Konrad, 9/2009-4/2011 (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
31. “Effects of turbulence intensity and integral length scale on an asymmetric airfoil at low Reynolds number,” Ning Cao, 9/2008-9/2010 (MASc Entrance Scholarship Holder; Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
30. “Vibration based structural health monitoring for utility scale wind turbines,” Kyle Patrick Bassett, 9/2008 (Integrated BASc-MSc) - 4/2010 (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
29. “Instrumentation of modal modeling of a commercial wind turbine,” Adam Mourad, 1/2008-3/2010 (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
28. “The role of turbulent integral length scale on the drag of a circular cylinder in cross-flow,” Nibras Natheir Younis, 5/2008-12/2009 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
27. “Aerodyanmics of inclined and/or yawed cables in the context of a rigid circular cylinder model in smooth flow,” Arash Raeesi, 1/2007-1/2009 (Supervisors: D. Ting & S. Cheng).
26. “Wind tunnel study of the aerodynamics performance of air deflectors with different shapes,” Yaoyao Zhang, 5/2007-1/2009 (Supervisors: D. Ting & S. Cheng).
25. “Laminar flamelet modeling of pilot jet methane/air flames,” Pusheng Zhang, 9/2006-7/2008 (Supervisors: D. Ting & P. Kaloni).
24. “The effects of freestream turbulence on the drag of a sphere,” Niloofar Moradian, 9/2006-7/2008 (Supervisors: D. Ting & S. Cheng).
23. “Modeling stretched methane-air flame growth,” Pegah Ghanbari-Bavarsad, 5/2007-6/2008 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
22. “Wind tunnel study on the wake bubble of model trucks,” Dongqing (Spiky) Yang, 5/2006-6/2008 (Supervisors: D. Ting & S. Cheng).
21. “A study of hydraulic intake entrainment envelope delineation methods,” Temitope Veronica Olatunji, 9/2006-9/2007 (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
20. “Construction of transcritical carbon dioxide air conditioning test bench,” Mowafaq Dori Abdullah, 9/2004-12/2006 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).
19. “Flame stretching in premixed, laminar, freely propagating, spherical methane-air flame,” Anupam De, 5/2005-9/2006 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
18. “A simplified model for internal heat exchanger in transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration cycle,” Jie Lu, 5/2004-5/2006 (OGS Scholar; Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).
17. “Thermal response from in-cylinder combustion to exhaust aftertreatment,” Usman Asad, 9/2004-5/2006 (Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).
16. “A study of catalytic EGR reformer in a diesel engine,” Suek Jin (Richard) Ko, 5/2003-9/2005 (Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).
15. “Estimation of volumetric flow rate through a square duct: Equal Area versus Log-Tchebycheff methods,” Ganjie (Alex) Zhou, 9/2003-9/2005 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).
14. “On the distortion of turbulent flow through a cylindrical contraction,” Babak Emami, 1/2004-8/2005 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
13. “The effects of near-isotropic turbulence on the wake of a sphere,” Himanshu Tyagi, 1/2004-8/2005 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
12. “A numerical study on the effects of axis and blockage ratios on fluid flow over a cylinder,” Muhammad Zakir Husein Faruquee, 5/2003-5/2005 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).
11. “Estimation of volumetric flow rate through a circular duct: Equal Area versus Log Tchebycheff method,” Ramiz Md. Ahemad, 5/2003-5/2005 (ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).
10. “Study of laminar, premixed ethanol/air combustion with H2 and CO additives,” Mahesh Babu, 1/2002-2/2005 (Supervisors: A. Sobiesiak & D. Ting).
9. “Control-oriented model for operation of HCCI engines,” Faming Sun, 9/2002-9/2004 (Supervisors: D. Ting & X. Chen).
8. “Investigation of cross-flow heating and cooling of air via an elliptical tube array,” Md. Mesbah-ul G. Khan, 9/2002-8/2004 (ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid, ASHRAE Life Members’ Club Award, OGS & OGSST Scholar; Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).
7. “A simulation study of CO2 automotive air conditioning system,” Weixiang (Wendy) Yang, 9/2002-8/2004 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).
6. “Addition of hydrogen and oxygen from electrolysis to a gasoline-fuelled spark ignition engine,” Karina J. Richters, 1/2002-12/2003 (Environmental Engineering; Supervisors: P. Henshaw & D. Ting).
5. “Combustion of propane-air mixtures with oxygenated additives in a closed duct and an SI engine,” Stephen W. McKellar, 9/2000-5/2003 (Supervisors: A. Sobiesiak & D. Ting).
4. “The addition of hydrogen and oxygen to a gasoline-fuelled spark ignition engine to enhance combustion and reduce emissions,” Tina D’Andrea, 1/2001- 2/2003 (NSERC Scholar; Environmental Engineering; Supervisors: P. Henshaw & D. Ting).
3. “The effect of turbulence on forced convection from a heated horizontal circular cylinder,” Christopher J. Sak, 1/2001-12/2002 (POLONIA Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).
2. “Turbulence generated by a perforated plate in a wind tunnel,” Rui Liu, 1/2000-5/2002 (OGS Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).
1. “Premixed ammonia-methane-air combustion,” Kenneth R.C. Mann, 1/1999-12/2000 (Environmental Engineering; Supervisors: P. Henshaw & D. Ting).

PDF Projects:

2. Dr. Mehdi Ebrahimi, “Hydrostor and Smart Water,” 8/2016-present (Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting)
1. Dr.Cüneyt Uykur
      “Analytical studies of HCCI,”1/2001-4/2001 (Supervisors: G. Reader & D. Ting).
      “Research engine setup for combustion enhancement and emissions reduction studies,” 9/1999-12/2000   

       (Supervisors: D. Ting, A. Sobiesiak & P. Henshaw).
      “Hydrogenated methane/air combustion simulation,” 7/1999-6/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting, P. Henshaw & R. Barron).

Undergraduate Projects:

35. “Stirling engine micro CHP,” M. Cierpisz, D. Lescanec, M.Z. Lin, J. Magliaro, S. Piragalathan, R. Tabbara, 1/2016-present (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Reader).
34. “History and philosophy of engineering sciences,” Outstanding Scholar, Z. Zhao, 9/2015-12/2015 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
33. “Cooling a PV solar panel,” Outstanding Scholar, X. Song, 9/2015-present (Supervisor: D. Ting).
32. “Geothermal heat exchanger,” Outstanding Scholar, M. Schlosser, 9/2013-12/2014, 5/2015-8/2015, (Supervisor: D. Ting).
31. “Turbulence convection of heat from solar PV panel,” Globalink Mitacs Intern, A. Goyal, 5-7/2015 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
30. Capstone “Falling film absorber,” J.D. DaSilva, K. Hu, H. Jiang & A. Kelec, 1-8/2015 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
29. Capstone “Stirling engine,” Y. Liu & J. Zheng, 1-8/2015 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Reader).
28. “Hydrophobic heat exchanger,” Brazilian Science Without Border Intern, Mariana Lagner Azevedo, 9-12/2014 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
27. “Visualization of the wake behind  interacting spheres,” Outstanding Scholar, N. Domazet, 9/2013-12/2014 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
26. “Passive cooling of a surrogate PV panel,” Globalink Mitacs Intern, G. Martinez-Narro, 5-8/2014 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
25. “Solar bubble pump,” Brazilian Science Without Border Intern, A.I.N. de Oliveira Brandao, 9-12/2013 (Supervisors: D. Ting & P. Henshaw).
24. “Flow in a coaxal tube,” Brazilian Science Without Border Intern, M.S. da Rocha, 9-12/2013 (Supervisors: D. Ting & T. Bolisetti).
23. “Winglets,” Brazilian Science Without Border Intern, V. Sepetauskas, 9-12/2013 (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
22. “Ferrofluid,” Brazilian Science Without Border Intern, D. de Almeida, 5-7/2013 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
21. Capstone “Power engineering,” I. Babur, M.A. Heidari, E. Reidel, E. Sylvestre, K. Valera, 1-8/2013 (Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).
20. Capstone “Sustainable energy – geothermal,” P. Brcic, T. Simic & O. Tubi, 1-8/2013 (Supervisors: D. Ting & T. Bolisetti).
19. Capstone “Green energy – solar agitator,” J. ConMackie, M. MacAdams & A. Wong, 1-8/2012 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
18. Capstone “Sustainable energy – heat exchanger for high volume compressed air,” S. Dhamrait, N. Diemer & C. Feng, 1-8/2012 (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).
17. Capstone “Green energy – vertical axis wind turbine,” R. Alamgir, J. Bugeja, A. Karim, B. Moawad, K. Mrozinski & L. Whitney, 1-8/2011 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
16. Capstone “Green energy – wind turbine,” A. Ilori, R. Misic, J. Roberts & R. Thirumenni, 1-8/2010 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
15. “Fluidization gold mining”, M. Fiorini, C. Maris & F. Sabelli, 1-4/2010 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
14. Capstone “Vertical axis wind turbine,” K. Bassett, K. Caron, J. Laine, J. Livingston, J. Santarossa & B. Tracey, 1-8/2009 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).
13. “Air diffusion in a model room,” G. Dardona & R. Galka, 1-4/2008 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
12. “HVAC metered elbows: reducing losses and noise through the use of turning vanes,” J. Parco,  E. Xiao & S. Agnew, 1-4/2007 (Supervisor: D. Ting).
11. “HVAC volumetric flow rate estimation test rig,” J. Defoe & A.H. Gunardi, 1-4/2005 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).
10. “A CO2 refrigeration cycle test bench,” B. Rupert, N.R. Das, & M. Islam, 1-8/2004 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).
9. “A thermal environmental chamber for AC / thermodynamics / heat transfer laboratory,” A. Arabi, R. Hammound & M. Lolarga, 5/2001-3/2002 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).
8. “Thermodynamics analyses of the University of Windsor Energy Conversion Plant,” J. Ingram, 5/2001-3/2002, Windsor Chapter 2002 Best Project Award (Supervisors: A. Fartaj, D. Ting & D. Bruce).
7. “Combustion enhancement and emissions reduction by utilisation of small amounts of hydrogen and oxygen,” C. Amos & K. Tiessen, 5/2000-3/2001 (Supervisors: C. Uykur, D. Ting, P. Henshaw & A. Sobiesiak).
6. “Feasibility of using external devices to increase the output of the University of Windsor’s co-generation system,” R. Elliott, 5/1999-3/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting & D. Castellan).
5. “Effects of compression ratio on the performance of a SI engine,” S. Ribey, 5/1999-3/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).
4. “Revitalization of the low speed wind tunnel of the mechanical engineering,” J.A. Ibrahim & N.J. Mazumbu, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Sobiesiak).
3. “Heat loss from fins - modification of heat transfer lab 92-316,” K. Do & P. Patey, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisors: C. Zhang & D. Ting).
2. “The effect of piston surface shape on the performance of a SI engine,” P. Heidbüchel & P. Paplinski, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).
1. “A design for turbulence generation in a cubical chamber,” A. Iskender & A.M. Lock, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisor: D. Ting).