Biography

Pyae (Teddy) Su is a Ph.D. Student in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from California State University, Long Beach. His research interest is in applied aerodynamics, particularly computational aerodynamics.

In his free time, Pyae enjoys playing video games, reading nonfiction, and cooking various ethnic cuisines.

Research

Pyae’s research focuses on the development of a GPU-accelerated Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) solver as a mid-fidelity tool for aerodynamic analysis of vertical lift vehicles. This project is sponsored by the Army Research Lab (ARL) and uses GPU-accelerated LBM as an efficient aeromechanics analysis tool for UAVs, simulations of entire mission task elements and mission scenarios, including associated energy requirements for (electric) vehicles in steady and unsteady flight conditions. As part of the project, the experimental data measured by ARL (forces/moments and flow fields) on generic quadcopter airframes are used to validate the results from the GPU-accelerated LBM solver, find optimal simulation parameters, and refine the numerical models with the aim of getting a quick turnaround engineering answer/solution for UAV and other vehicles.

Publications

Oates, B., Su ,P., Hrynuk, J., Smith, S., and Rauleder, J., “Evaluation of a Range of Modeling Approaches For UAV Unsteady Aerodynamics,” 49th European Rotorcraft Forum Proceedings, Bückeburg, Germany, Sept 2023.

Favorite Cereal

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