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Limbach Research Group

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Christopher Limbach

Research Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Michigan

climbach@tamu.edu

(979) 845-1153

602D H.R. Bright Building
3141 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
USA

Professor Limbach is director of the Laser Diagnostics and Plasma Devices Lab (LDPDL) at Texas A&M University. He obtained B.S. degrees in Engineering Physics and Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 2009 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2015. Before coming to Texas A&M, Prof. Limbach was a research scientist at Colorado State University where he studied novel laser plasma sources and techniques for gas and multiphase combustion ignition. At Texas A&M he has been leading the development of advanced, non-intrusive laser diagnostic techniques for measuring plasma parameters and species composition in dissociated, ionized and non-equilibrium flows with applications to ground test facilities, propulsion, plasma science and plasma chemical processing. He is also leading investigations of gas, plasma and liquid phase transport phenomena with applications to two-phase flows, sprays, aerosol science, and droplet combustion. In 2022, he left Texas A&M and is currently working as an assistant professor in the aerospace engineering department at the University of Michigan.

Curriculum Vitae

Research

Research Interests

  • Laser diagnostics for gases, plasmas and droplet-laden flows
  • Applications of non-equilibrium plasmas to aerodynamic flow control, propulsion and combustion
  • Inverse design for plasma actuators and devices
  • Supercritical droplet combustion

Education

B.S. Engineering Physics, University of Arizona, 2009

B.S. Astronomy, University of Arizona, 2009

Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2015

Awards

Invited Speaker: Special Session on Plasma Diagnostic Techniques – AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (2017)

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education (2012 – 2015)

Plasma Science and Technology Fellow, Princeton University (2011)

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