{"502841":{"#nid":"502841","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT-AE Joachim Hodara Brings Research to NASA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJoachim Hodara\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Edefends his doctoral dissertation in February, it won\u0027t be the first time he\u0027s been grilled on the subject.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Dec. 8, Hodara was recruited to present his work,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nas.nasa.gov\/publications\/ams\/2015\/12-08-15.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022\u003Cem\u003ETurbulence Closure for Static and Dynamic Stall in the Transitional Regime\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Ebefore scientists at NASA Ames Research Center as a part of the regular Advance Modeling and Simulation seminar series.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It was great practice for my doctoral defense,\u0022 said Hodara, whose research under\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Marilyn Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;has focused on transition and turbulence modeling for rotorcraft applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022But more than that, it was a fantastic opportunity to meet so many of the people whose research papers I\u0027ve read over and over again. Really, these are the people who\u0027ve been framing the field.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHodara\u0027s work ultimately seeks to improve rotorcraft speed and efficiency by better defining the performance conditions that prevent it from traveling effectively at higher speeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We need simple models to\u0026nbsp;predict\u0026nbsp;rotorcraft performance at high speed, but, first, we need to understand exactly what is going on,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmploying high-fidelity numerical simulations, Hodara hopes to develop such an accurate understanding of the problem that he will be able to develop simpler, less costly models to resolve it. He has teamed up with researchers at the University of Maryland who are conducting the experimental work, thus allowing Hodara to focus on the CFD analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This research holds a lot of promise. If we can get helicopters to fly faster, we will be able to respond more quickly and successfully in rescues and other situations,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJoachim Hodara is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant. Before coming to Georgia Tech, he received two M.S. degrees from Cranfield University and Ecole Centrale de Lille. His honors and awards include a Best Paper Award (aerodynamics) at the 71st AHS Forum (2015), two Vertical Flight Foundation scholarships (2013 and 2014), the Southern Regional Lichten Award (2014) and the Director\u2019s prize for best performance in the M.S. at Cranfield University (2012).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFind out more about\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/HODARA%20-Turbulence%20Closure%20for%20Static%20and%20Dynamic%20Stall%20in%20the%20Transitional%20Regime.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHodara\u0027s research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"When Joachim Hodara defends his doctoral dissertation in February, it won\u0027t be the first time he\u0027s been grilled on the subject."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-18 12:28:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:49","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"502831":{"id":"502831","type":"image","title":"Joachim Hodara","body":null,"created":"1456167600","gmt_created":"2016-02-22 19:00:00","changed":"1475895263","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:23","alt":"Joachim Hodara","file":{"fid":"204763","name":"hodara-joachim.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hodara-joachim_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hodara-joachim_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55903,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hodara-joachim_0.jpg?itok=2AYoQ1Kr"}}},"media_ids":["502831"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3366","name":"dissertation"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"132721","name":"Joachim Hodara"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}