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Alexei Poludnenko

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Bio & CV

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Education

  • 2004 Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
  • 2000 M.A.   Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
  • 1999 Specialist (Physics, Degree with Honors) Department of Physics and Mathematics, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine
  • 1998 B.Sc. (Physics, Degree with Honors) Department of Physics and Mathematics, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine

Professional Experience

  • 09/2016 – present,   Associate professor, Texas A&M University
  • 06/2010 – 08/2016,   Research physicist, Naval Research Laboratory
  • 10/2009 – 06/2010,   Research physicist, Berkeley Research Associates, Inc.
  • 10/2007 – 09/2009,   National Research Council research associate, Naval Research Laboratory
  • 08/2004 – 09/2007,   Research associate/scientist, University of Chicago
  • 06/1999 – 08/2004,   Research assistant, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
  • 08/1998 – 06/1999,   Teaching assistant, University of Rochester

Awards

  • 2016 François Frenkiel Award,                                      American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
  • 2015 Alan Berman Research Publication Award,    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
  • Frank J. Horton Fellowship,                                            Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, NY, 1999 – 2004

Funding Awards

  • AFOSR, 2015 – 2018                  Principal Investigator,   ~$1M (total)
  • DoD SERDP, 2016 – 2018         Co-Investigator, ~$73K (total)
  • DoD HPCMP, 2014 – 2018       Principal Investigator (Frontier award), ~750 million CPU hours & $400K (total)
  • DoD HPCMP, 2016                     Principal Investigator,   ~$48K (HPC HIP intern support)
  • DoD HPCMP, 2015                     Principal Investigator,   ~$24K (HPC HIP intern support)
  • NRL/NRC, 2014 – 2016             National Research Council postdoctoral research associateship (postdoctoral   adviser for Dr. Andrey Beresnyak), ~$200K (total)
  • AFOSR, 2012 – 2015                   Co-Principal/Principal Investigator,   ~$700K (total)
  • NASA, 2012 – 2014                    Principal Investigator,   ~$400K (total)
  • NSF, 2007                                     Co-Principal Investigator,   ~$900K (total)

Professional Service

  • ICDERS, 2015                                Scientific organizing committee member / special session organizer
  • Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2015 – 2018    Member of the Editorial Board
  • AFOSR, 2011 – 2016                   Proposal reviewer
  • NASA, 2012 – 2014                     Panel review member
  • NSF, 2013 – 2016                        Panel review member
  • Journal refereeing: Physical Review Letters, Physics of Fluids, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Combustion and Flame, Astrophysics and Space Science, High Energy Density Physics, Combustion Science and Technology, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Fuel, New Journal of Physics, International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems

Supervision and Advising

  • Andrey Beresnyak (NRL) 2014 – 2016                                           Postdoctoral adviser
  • Colin Towery (NRL / UColorado, Boulder) 2015 – 2016        HPCMP HIP internship adviser
  • Ryan Darragh (NRL / UColorado, Boulder) 2016                    HPCMP HIP internship adviser
  • Aaron Jackson (NRL) 2011 – 2013                                                Postdoctoral co-adviser
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