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Luca Massa

Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Dr. Luca Massa
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 232
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
  • Numerical Methods
  • Combustion
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Plasma Dynamics
  • Hypersonics
  • 2016 - Present, Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 2014 - 2015 Research Scientist, The Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma Assisted Combustion, University of Illinois
  • 2009 - 2014 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
  • 2006 - 2008 Visiting Professor, Clemson University
  • 2001-2005  Research Scientist, Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets, University of Illinois