{"id":211,"date":"2025-04-30T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:21:44","slug":"damiano-baccarella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/damiano-baccarella\/","title":{"rendered":"Damiano Baccarella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Damiano Baccarella<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Assistant Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2019-present<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department<br>University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2018-2019<br><\/strong>Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-Coupled Combustion<br>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2015-2018<br><\/strong>Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering<br>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2013-2015<br><\/strong>Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering<br>University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2006-2013<br><\/strong>Research Engineer, Aerothermodynamics Laboratory, Alta SpA, Pisa, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 2018, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS, 2006, University of Pisa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hypersonic aerothermodynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atmospheric re-entry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-speed propulsion systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-enthalpy wind tunnels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plasma flow control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plasma assisted combustion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laser diagnostics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member, AIAA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewer for Journal of Propulsion and Power, and Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2020 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015-2018 MechSE Excellence Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Baccarella, D., Lee, G., Liu, Q., Elliott, G., Freund, J., Lee, T. \u201cLaser-Induced Plasma Ignition Experiments in a Direct-Connect Supersonic Combustor at Mach 3\u201d, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baccarella, D., Liu, Q., McGann, B., Lee, T. \u201cCombustion Induced Choking and Unstart Initiation in a Circular Constant-Area Supersonic Flow\u201d, AIAA Journal, Available online, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liu, Q., Baccarella, D., McGann, B., Lee, T. \u201cDual-Mode Operation and Transition in Axisymmetric Scramjets\u201d, AIAA Journal, Available online, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liu, Q., Baccarella, D., McGann, B., Lee, T. \u201cCavity-Enhanced Combustion Stability in an Axisymmetric Scramjet Model\u201d, AIAA Journal, Available online, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liu, Q., Baccarella, D., Landsberg, W., Veeraragavan A., and Lee, T., \u201cCavity flameholding in an optical axisymmetric scramjet in Mach 4.5 flows\u201d, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 3733-3740, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baccarella, D., Liu, Q., Lee, T., Hammack, S. and Do, H. \u201cThe supersonic combustion facility ACT-2\u201d, AIAA SciTech Forum, Grapevine, Texas, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liu, Q., Baccarella, D., Hammack, S., Lee, T., Carter, C., D. and Do, H. \u201cInfluences of inlet geometry modification on scramjet flow and flame dynamics\u201d, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 1179-1186, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liu, Q., Baccarella, D., Hammack, S., Lee, T., Carter, C., D. and Do, H. \u201cInfluence of freestream turbulence on flame dynamics in a supersonic combustor\u201d, AIAA Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 913-918, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Im, S., Baccarella, D., McGann, B., Liu, Q., Wermer, L. and Do, H. \u201cUnstart phenomena induced by mass addition and heat release\u201d, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 797, pp. 604-629, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baccarella, D., Liu, Q., Passaro, A., Lee, T. and Do, H. \u201cDevelopment and testing of the ACT-1 experimental facility for hypersonic combustion research\u201d, Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 4, 045902, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group 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