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The University of British Columbia
Okanagan campus
Combustion for Propulsion and Power Laboratory
Principle Investigator
Professor Sina Kheirkhah
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Toronto
M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
Postdoctoral fellows
Dr. Ali Rostami
Subject area: Hydrogen-air turbulent partially premixed flames
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia
M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
Doctorate Students
Morteza Nahvi
Subject area: Hydrogen/methane/air turbulent premixed flames
M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz
Amirhossein Ghorbani
Subject area/thesis: Sustainable Aviation Fuels combustion
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran
Vahid Ahmadi
Subject area/thesis: Noise emission measurements from premixed flames
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology
Master's Students
Larita Kipkeu
Subject area/thesis: Hydrogen/methane/air turbulent premixed flames
B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia
Philip Huynh
Subject area/thesis: Design and development of a partially premixed hydrogen burner
B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Simon Fraser University
Undergraduate Students
Alumni graduate students and postdocs
Ali Rostami (PhD, 2025)
Subject area/thesis: Clustering characteristics of large-stokes-number sprays interacting with turbulent co-flows
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0450759
Adam Atoom (MASc, 2024)
Subject area/thesis: Upscaling very low-resolution chemiluminescence images for prediction of thermoacoustic source term using machine learning
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0447295
Hamoun Nabilou (MASc, 2024)
Subject area/thesis: Combustion characteristics of micron-sized carbonaceous particles as energy carriers and fuel additives
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0445418
Sajjad Mohammadnejad Daryani (P.D.F. 2024 and Ph.D., 2022)
P.D.F. project: Spray combustion of doped liquid fuels
Ph.D. Thesis: Hydrogen-enriched methane-air combustion at intense turbulence
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0407445
Sepehr Mosadegh (Ph.D., 2024)
Subject area/thesis: Graphene doped droplet combustion.
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0442103
Jesse Morales (M.A.Sc., 2022)
Thesis: Experimental characterization of mixing chamber stall in vacuum ejectors
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0413781
Leslie Saca (M.A.Sc., 2022)
Thesis: A new framework for analysis of fully-premixed and stratified turbulent flames generated by an industrial injector
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0413673?o=3
Deepanshi Sisodiya (M.A.Sc., 2021)
Thesis: Entrainment ratio and entropy generation of vacuum-objective supersonic ejectors
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0401094
Zahra Mollahoseini (M.A.Sc., 2021)
Thesis: Flame development characteristics inside a reverse-flow model combustor from early stages of combustion to steady operation
https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0396347
Ramin Heydarlaki (M.A.Sc., 2020)
Thesis: Experimental study of thermoacoustic oscillations inside a small-scale power generator combustor
https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0394723
Dr. Qiang An (PDF, 2020)
Project title: Hydrogen-enriched methane-air turbulent combustion*
*Qiang was co-supervised by Drs. Yun and Vena from NRC.
Alumni undergraduate students and visiting scholars/students
Larita Kipkeu (B.A.Sc., 2026)
Project: Analysis of hydrogen/methane/air turbulent premixed flames.
Ryan Shaw (B.A.Sc., 2026)
Project: Development of a burner for high-speed combustion.
Vishal Jangra (B.A.Sc., 2025)
Project: Active control of thermoacoustics using swirler vane actuation.
Liam Krebbers (B.A.Sc., 2024)
Project 1: Development and testing of a device for mitigation of thermoacoustics.
Project 2: Doped liquid fuel spray combustion.
Devon Hawley (B.A.Sc., 2024)
Project: Design of an apparatus for development of hydrogen safety sta.
Adiyar Yelyubayev (B.A.Sc., 2025)
Project: Development of an apparatus for robust solid particle combustion.
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Vladimir Shevliakov (B.A.Sc., 2022)
Subject area: Re-design and manufacturing of a liquid-fuel combustor.
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Evan Isenor (B.A.Sc., 2022)
Subject area: Development of a flow control technique for thermoacoustics mitigation.
Andre Terrein (B.A.Sc., 2021)
Subject area: Development of machine learning algorithms for analysis of graphene oxide SEM images.
Leslie Saca (B.A.Sc., 2020)
Subject area: Development and manufacturing of an active turbulence generator for reacting flows.
Wei Jin (Visiting Ph.D. student, held the CSC scholarship from Southeast University of China)
Subject area/thesis: Combustion optimization and emissions control in coal-fired power generation
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