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Research Interests

• High-fidelity design optimization of aircraft
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Reduced order modeling

Education

• Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019 - 2023
• M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019 - 2022
• B.A.Sc., Engineering Science, University of Toronto, 2014 - 2019

Publications

2025

1. Experimental Performance Comparison of Ducted and Freestream Hydrokinetic Turbines

   K. Naik, M. Mangano, B. G. Knight, S. Seraj, Y. Liao, J. Park, Y. Pan, J. R. R. A. Martins, K. J. Maki, and J. Sun

   Renewable Energy, 123308, 2025

   doi:10.1016/j.renene.2025.123308

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2. Minimum Trim Drag for a Three-Surface Supersonic Transport Aircraft

   S. Seraj, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   Journal of Aircraft, 2025

   doi:10.2514/1.C037899

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2023

1. Mixed continuation methods for robust CFD Newton solvers

   J. L. Anibal, S. Seraj, A. Yildirim, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   AIAA SciTech Forum, 2023

   doi:10.2514/6.2023-2296

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2. pyGeo: A geometry package for multidisciplinary design optimization

   H. M. Hajdik, A. Yildirim, E. Wu, B. J. Brelje, S. Seraj, M. Mangano, J. L. Anibal, E. Jonsson, E. J. Adler, C. A. Mader, G. K. W. Kenway, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   Journal of Open Source Software, 8(87):5319, 2023

   doi:10.21105/joss.05319

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3. Minimum Trim Drag for a Three-Surface Supersonic Transport Aircraft

   S. Seraj, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   AIAA Aviation Forum, 2023

   doi:10.2514/6.2023-3472

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4. Dissipation and time step scaling strategies for low and high Mach number flows

   S. Seraj, A. Yildirim, J. L. Anibal, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   Journal of Computational Physics, 491112358, 2023

   doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2023.112358

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2022

1. Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Supersonic Transport Considering Low-Speed Stability

   S. Seraj, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   AIAA SciTech Forum, 2022

   doi:10.2514/6.2022-2177

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2. Predicting the High-Angle-of-Attack Characteristics of a Delta Wing at Low Speed

   S. Seraj, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   Journal of Aircraft, 59(4):1071–1081, 2022

   doi:10.2514/1.C036618

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3. Improving the Performance of a Compressible RANS Solver for Low and High Mach Number Flows

   S. Seraj, A. Yildirim, J. L. Anibal, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   Eleventh International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2022

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2021

1. Predicting the High Angle of Attack Characteristics of a Delta Wing at Low Speed

   S. Seraj, and J. R. R. A. Martins

   AIAA Aviation Forum, 2021

   doi:10.2514/6.2021-2612

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Honors and Awards

• NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, 2021 - 2023