Dr. Kader Frendi

Professor, MAE

Contact

5000 Technology Drive NW
Olin B. King Technology Hall
Room N354
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.7206
kader.frendi@uah.edu

Biography

Dr. Kader Frendi obtained his graduate degrees in applied mathematics and mechanical engineering from Brown University. After graduate school, Dr. Frendi spent one year at Northeastern University in Boston as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. In the fall of 1990, he joined NASA Langley Research Center as a research contractor in the Structural Acoustics Branch. During his years at NASA Langley, Dr. Frendi supported several key programs starting from the basic research program to the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) program and the Hyper-X program (also known also as X-43A). Dr. Frendi made key contributions to these programs and his work was published in well-known journals. In the fall of 1999, Dr. Frendi joined the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Alabama in Huntsville as an Associate Professor. Dr. Frendi built a vibrant research program in Computational Fluid Dynamics and more specifically in Unsteady Flows and Acoustics. Dr. Frendi attracted funding for his research from various NASA centers and the DoD to support his graduate students. Dr. Frendi built a transmission loss facility capable of testing acoustic transmission through aircraft type panel and measuring acoustic signatures from MAVS. Dr. Frendi is a recipient of the UAH Foundation Award for Research and Creative Achievement, 2004, and the College of Engineering Distinguished Senior Faculty Award, 2016. Dr. Frendi served as Chairman of the MAE Department for three years, December 2007 to December 2010. Dr. Frendi is a Fellow of ASME, an Associate Fellow of AIAA and an Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, 1989
  • M.S., Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 1988
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, 1986
  • B.S., Physics, University of Algiers, Algeria, 1982

Honors & Awards

  • ASME Fellow
  • AIAA Associate Fellow
  • Associate Editor, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2008 to present.
  • UAH Foundation Award for Research and Creative Achievement, 2004.
  • College of Engineering Distinguished Senior Faculty Award, 2016
  • Recipient of a Certificate of Recognition from NASA Stennis Space Center, July 2006.
  • Recipient of Summer Faculty Fellowships from NASA MSFC, 2000 and 2004.
  • Recipient of Certificates of Appreciation from NASA Langley Research Center for significant contribution to the HSCT and Hyper-X programs.
  • Faculty Senate President, AY 2015-2016.
  • Member of the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of Madison County, 2008-2013.

Expertise

  • Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Chemically Reacting Flows
  • Acoustics
  • Fluid-structure-acoustic Interactions
  • Supersonic and Hypersonic Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flows

Recent Publications

  • Owen, M., and Frendi, A., “Towards the Understanding of Humpback Whale Tubercles: Linear Stability Analysis of a Wavy Flat Plate,” Fluids Vol. 5, Issue 4, 212, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5040212, [UAH]

  • Frendi, A., and Harrison, C., “Partially Averaged Navier-Stokes: A (k-ω)/(k-ꞓ) Bridging Model,” Fluids, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 129, August 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5030129, [UAH]

  • Frendi, A. and Zhang, M. “A New Turbulent Wall-Pressure Fluctuation Model for Fluid-Structure Interaction”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 142, No. 2: 021018, April 2020. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045771, [UAH]

  • F. Ewere, G. Wang, A. Frendi, “ Experimental Investigation of BioInspired Bluff Body Effect on Galloping Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Performance,”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 56, No. 3, Jan 2018, pp. 1284-1287. DOI: 10.2514/1.J056152, [UAH]

  • Zhang, M., Thompson, W., Frendi, A., Casiano, M.J., “Acoustic Wave Propagation in a Sensor Port: Experimental Measurements and Analytical Model Predictions,” Journal of Applied Acoustics, Vol. 127, 2017, pp. 1-14. [UAH]

  • Olatoyinbo, S. F., Rani, S., Frendi, A. “Large-Eddy Simulation of Decaying Isotropic Turbulence using the Flowfield Dependent Variation Method,” International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2017, pp. 235-262. [UAH]

  • Brown, M.R., Frendi, A., “Flow Structures and Noise from a Supersonic Impinging Jet”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 26, No. 8, 2016, pp. 1-20. DOI 10.1108/HFF-05-2015-0174. [UAH]

  • Girgis, B., Rani, S., and Frendi, A., “Flowfied Dependent Variation: A Unified Scheme for the Solution of Incompressible and Compressible Flow Problems”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 26, No. 5, 2016, pp. 1486- 1525. DOI 10.1108/HFF-04-2015-0137. [UAH]

  • Man Zhang, and Frendi, A., “Effect of Airfoil Leading Edge Waviness on Flow Structures and Noise”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 1- 23, 2016. DOI 10.1108/HFF-04-2015-0143. [UAH]

  • Zhang, M., and Frendi, A., “Noise Generated by an Airfoil Located in the Wake of a Circular Cylinder”, Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modeling, by Springer, Edited by Sharath Girimaji, Werner Haase, Shia-Hui Peng and Dieter Schwamborn, pp. 493-501, 2015. [UAH]