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Pasquale Cinnella is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), part of the College of Engineering. He joined UAB in 2017 after 27 years at Mississippi State University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bari, Italy, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech. He currently teaches dynamics and thermodynamics to undergraduate students in Biomedical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineering and serves as the undergraduate coordinator for Mechanical Engineering majors. His research expertise includes Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), rocket engine flows, and dense gas dynamics, though he is not actively engaged in research at present.
Education:
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Bari, Italy
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research Focus: Historically focused on CFD applications for rocket engines, transonic flows in dense gases, and turbine cascade optimization. His work emphasizes numerical methods for complex thermodynamic systems and fluid-structure interactions. Notable contributions include studies on Bethe-Zel’dovich-Thompson fluids and high-pressure chemical equilibrium modeling.
Teaching & Service: Active in undergraduate education, coordinating Mechanical Engineering programs and teaching core courses. Previously contributed to ABET accreditation processes and curriculum design.
Grants & Advising: Extensive experience in research grant activities (not detailed here) and academic advising, though no current advisees are listed. His career includes over 150 peer-reviewed publications in computational fluid dynamics and thermodynamics.
