Samuel Cowart

Samuel Cowart is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He serves as Course Director and instructor for key courses including CH485 (Heat & Mass Transfer), CH364 (Chemical Reaction Engineering), and CH362 (Mass & Energy Balances).

• Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of North Dakota

His research focuses on combustion phenomena through computational fluid dynamics (CFD), particularly mechanisms of deflagration-to-detonation transitions (DDT) for pulse detonation engine development. Additional interests include computationally efficient combustion reaction mechanisms, soot production modeling, and heat transfer in oxy-fuel combustion systems.

Cowart’s recent publications emphasize thermodynamic modeling, soot contributions to radiative heat transfer, and micro-scale combustion dynamics. They reflect interdisciplinary applications of chemical engineering and fluid mechanics to energy systems and combustion science.