Arjun Jaishankar Vedam

Visiting Assistant Professor

ArjunJaishankar.Vedam@erau.edu

Aerospace Engineering Department

Daytona College of Engineering

Areas of Expertise

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Air-breathing Propulsion

Arjun Jaishankar Vedam

Overview

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

2023 - CFD Industry Process Consultant at Dassault Systemes SIMULIA
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Teaching

  • AE 308: Compressible Aerodynamics
  • AE 314: Experimental Aerodynamics
  • AERO 314: Experimental Aerodynamics
  • AERO 314L: Experimental Aerodynamics Lab
  • AE 315: Experimental Aerodynamics Lab
  • AERO 403: Jet Propulsion

AE307 - Incompressible Aerodynamics

AE314 - Experimental Aerodynamics

AE315 - Experimental Aerodynamics

AE403 - Jet Propulsion

Research

In reverse-chronological order:

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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