Arjun Jaishankar Vedam
- Title
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- ArjunJaishankar.Vedam@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Aerospace Engineering Department
- College
- College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Air-breathing Propulsion
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- M.S. - Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering: Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Currently Teaching
- AE 308: Compressible Aerodynamics
- AE 314: Experimental Aerodynamics
- AE 315: Experimental Aerodynamics Lab
- AE 403: Jet Propulsion
Courses Taught
AE307 - Incompressible Aerodynamics
AE314 - Experimental Aerodynamics
AE315 - Experimental Aerodynamics
AE403 - Jet Propulsion
Publications
- Exploring a Novel Adaptive Mesh Refinement Strategy for High-Speed CFD Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses (2025)
- Numerical Investigation of Scaling Effects of a Ramjet-Powered Projectile Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses (2019)
Publications
In reverse-chronological order:
Shreyas Madhvaraju, Jacob Snider, Arjun J. Vedam and William A. Engblom. "Numerical Evaluation of Morphing Busemann Inlet at Off-Design Angle of Attack," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power. January 2026. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.B40269
A. J. Vedam and W. A. Engblom, “Exploring a Novel Adaptive Mesh Refinement Strategy for Transonic Flows,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 126, no. 24 (2025): e70226, https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.70226.
- Jacob Snider, William Engblom, Arjun J. Vedam and John W. Slater. "Numerical Evaluation of Hypersonic Inward-Turning Inlets at Off-Design Mach Number," AIAA 2023-0710. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. January 2023. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-0710
- Arjun J. Vedam and William Engblom. "Curvature-Based Adaptation Using Gradient Descent Optimization Applied to High-Speed Flows," AIAA 2023-2277. AIAA Scitech 2023 Forum. January 2023. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-2277
- Arjun J. Vedam, William A. Engblom and Emma Nicotra. "Evaluation of Gradient and Curvature-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Viscous Transonic Flows," AIAA 2022-1666. AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum. January 2022. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-1666
- Arjun J. Vedam and William A. Engblom. "Numerical Investigation of Scaling Effects on a Ramjet-Powered Projectile," AIAA 2020-1365. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. January 2020. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1365
- Arjun J. Vedam, Manoj Kumar K. Devaraj and Gopalan Jagadeesh. "Limitations of Two-Shock Mixed Compression Intakes at Hypersonic Mach Numbers," AIAA 2019-3592. AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum. June 2019. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3592