Members
Hanson Lab · York University
Our Team
Graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and collaborators working on experimental and computational fluid mechanics, turbulence, aerodynamics, and flow control.
Principal Investigator
Prof. Ronald E. Hanson
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lassonde School of Engineering, York University
Director of the Flow and Turbulence Engineering Laboratory. Research spans turbulence, vehicle and sport aerodynamics, active flow control, and particle transport using experimental and computational methods.
Current Members
Amirhossein Hamidi
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Aerodynamics & Turbulence
Dr. Hamidi holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is a postdoctoral research scientist specializing in computational and experimental fluid dynamics, with expertise in high-fidelity simulation, turbulent wake characterization, and Particle Image Velocimetry and tracking. His current research focuses on vehicle aerodynamics and dispersion modeling, combining CFD simulations with wind tunnel experiments to advance flow prediction for environmental and transportation applications.
Hossein Khanjari
PhD Student
Active control of large-scale structures in turbulent boundary layers using synthetic jet actuators.
Costa Kandias
PhD Student
Unsteady vehicle aerodynamics in yawing flow and generation of representative on-road aerodynamic conditions in wind tunnels.
Alec Sangster
PhD Student
Active turbulence generation and the effects of turbulence on fibre transport.
Yousseff Aboubakr
MASc Student
Novel work in active flow control.
Sebastian Bissainthe-Vandermeer
MASc Student
Sustainable building envelopes and Trombe wall systems.
Stephanie Katopodis
Undergraduate Researcher · NSERC USRA
Instrumenting a vehicle model for wind tunnel testing.
Yash Kerpal
Undergraduate Researcher · Lassonde URA
Jet design for active turbulence generation and porous particle testing.
Kyle Rapinchuck
Undergraduate Researcher
Design of wind tunnel upgrade systems.