People

Principle Investigator

Dr. Ahmet Emre Karata艧

Current Appointments:

Associate Professor | Aerospace Engineering, 自淫系列

Affiliate Scientist | Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology, St. Michael's Hospital

Adjunct Professor, Status Only | UTIAS, University of Toronto

Education:

PhD 鈥� University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies, 2014

MASc 鈥� University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies, 2009

BSc 鈥� Middle East Technical University, Aerospace Engineering, 2007

PhD Supervision

Awon Sharjeel (2024鈥�2028)

Carbon Nanomaterials and Quantum Dots

Daniel Cormier (2022鈥�2026)

Development of a 2D Laser Induced Incandescence

Aryan Nobakht (2024鈥�2028)

Soot Formation at High Pressures

Yash Rajan (2021鈥�2025)

Fuel Preheating Effects on Soot Formation

Oytun 脰ner (2023鈥�2027)

Diagnostic Development and Soot Formation of Alternative Fuels

MASc Supervision

Talia de Ryck (2021鈥�2023)

Effects of Feedback Loops on Soot Formation

Awon Sharjeel (2021鈥�2023)

Characterization of Respiratory Flows

Madeline McQueen (2020鈥�2022)

Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Awarded Ryerson Graduate Scholarship RGS

Winner of Aviation Week Network's

Aryan Nobakht (2022鈥�2024)

Soot Formation of Fuel Mixtures at Elevated Pressures

Marek Serwin (2020鈥�2022)

Soot Formation in Oscillating Flames

MEng Supervision

Pascal Leung (2019鈥�2020)

Design and Construction of a New Co-flow Burner

Paul Chinnam (2019鈥�2020)

Design and Construction of a Thermophoretic Sampling System to Collect Soot from Flames

Ashwinraj Gnanavel (2019鈥�2020)

Design and Development of a Multi-colour Soot Emission Diagnostics to Measure Soot Temperature and Concentration

Undergraduate Supervision

Junfeng Zhang (2025)

Design and Testing of a 3D-Printed Recirculation Mechanism

Awarded FEAS URE ($11,725.70)

Amelia Magnat (2024鈥�2024)

Spectroscopy of High-Pressure Flames

Awarded FEAS URE ($7758)

Jayden Vellozo (2022鈥�2023)

Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Flames

Mattias Cheung (2022鈥�2023)

Construction of a Spectrometer

Eva Thamir (2025)

Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Brent Ozdemir (2023鈥�2024)

Spectrometer Design for Combustion

Rushank Trivedi (2020)

Spectral Soot Emission Data Analysis

Awarded FEAS URO

Hannah Goldberg (2025)

Design of a Metal Combustor

Shankavie Gnaneswara (2022鈥�2023)