B.Sc., MA and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Technion (2006, 2009, 2014), Postdoctoral fellowship (2015-2016) in the Reacting Gas Dynamics Lab, MIT.
Biographical Data
Main areas of research
Propulsion and combustion:
- Combustion Dynamics and Stability
- Flame stabilization
- Fuel variability for sustainable propulsion and energy
- Ramjets and Scramjets
- Detonations
- Rocket engines
Selected publications
Michaels, D., Ghoniem, A.F., “Leading Edge Dynamics of Lean Premixed Flames stabilized on a Bluff Body,” Combustion and Flame Vol. 191, 2018, pp. 39-52.
Jimenez, C., Michaels, D., Ghoniem, A.F., “Stabilization of ultra-lean hydrogen enriched inverted flames behind a heat conducting bluff-body and the phenomenon of anomalous blow-off,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 191, 2018, pp. 86-98.
Jimenez, C., Michaels, D., Ghoniem, A.F., “Ultra-lean hydrogen-enriched oscillating flames behind a heat conducting bluff-body: anomalous and normal blow-off,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 37, Issue 2, 2019, pp. 1843-1850.
Cao, D., He, G., Qin, F., Michaels, D., “Local Supersonic and Subsonic Combustion Mode Transition in a Supersonic Jet,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 37, Issue 2, 2019, pp. 3723-3731.
Cao, D., Michaels, D., “Confinement and Heat-Release Effects on the Mixing Region Development in a Scramjet,” AIAA Journal, Vol 58, 2020, 2165-2179.
Zibitsker, A., Berreby, M., Shilav, R., Frishman, I., Michaels, D., “Development of and Ultrasonic Method for Tracking Decomposition Front of Silica-Phenolic Thermal Protection Material,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2021, 1-18.
Yokev, N., Brod, H.E., Cao, D., Michaels, D., “Impact of Fuel Injection Distribution on Flame Holding in a Cavity-Stabilized Scramjet,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2021, 1-11.
Cao, D, Brod, H.E., Yokev, N., Michaels, D., “Flame stabilization and local combustion modes in a cavity-based scramjet using different fuel injection schemes.” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 233, 2021.
Kadosh, H., Michaels, D., “Measurement of Detonation Cell Size in Liquid Ethanol and Oxygen Mixtures”, Shock Waves, Vol. 32, 2022, pp. 231-234.
Cao, D., Michaels, D., “Vorticity Transport in Different Regions of a Strut-Based Scramjet”, AIAA Journal, Vol.60, 2022.
Kadosh, H., Michaels, D., “Experimental study of pulse detonation engine with liquid ethanol and oxygen mixtures”, Shock Waves, Vol. 32, pp. 353-362.
Van Der Lee, J., Yokev, N., Michaels, D., “Combustion instability due to combustion mode transition in a cavity-stabilized scramjet”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol.38, 2022.
Cohen, O., Yavor, Y., Michaels, D., “Agglomeration in Composite Propellants containing Different Nano-Aluminum Powders”, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol 47, 2022.
Balasubramanian, N., Cao, D., Greenberg, I., Michaels, D., “Mitigation of combustion instabilities by local diluent injection in a premixed swirl stabilized combustor”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 245, 2022.
Cao, D., Brod, H.E., Yokev, N., Michaels, D., “Vortex dynamics in different combustion regions of a cavity-based scramjet”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023, Vol. 39, 3147-3156.
Cao, D., Balasubramanian, N., Greenberg, I., Michaels, D., “The impact of N2 microjets on the V-to-M flame shape transition in a premixed swirl burner”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 39, 2023, 5021-5031.
Kadosh, H., Michaels. D, “Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Heterogeneous Mixtures Containing Ethanol/Acetone and Oxygen”, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol 39, 2023, 840-848.
Van Der Lee, J., R. Kaner, S. Nath, J. Lefkowitz, Michaels, D Rudy Kaner, MA; Syamantak Nath, MSc; joseph Lefkowitz, PhD; Dan Michaels, PhD., “Strut-Assisted Injection of Liquid Fuel in a Supersonic Combustor, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
