Stanford Home | Mechanical Engineering Home     

Flavio Poehlmann


Flavio Poehlmann       Contact Info:

            Email:
            Office Address: Bldg. 520, Rm. 521F
            Office Phone: (650)725-4528
            Mail Code: 3032

       Education:
            
B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
                 Princeton University, 2002
             M.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
                 Stanford University, 2005

Flavio was born in New York City, but grew up in Frankfurt, Germany.  After graduating from Princeton, Flavio worked at the Boeing Company in Philidelphia for two years. In his spare time, he enjoys windsurfing.

Research Activities:
Flavio's research is on pulsed coaxial electromagnetic plasma accelerators. For more information, view the Research Project page:

Co-Axial Plasma Thrusters

Recent Papers: 
"The Deflagration-Detonation Transition in Gas-Fed Pulsed Plasma Accelerators," F. Poehlmann, N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2007-5263, 43rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Cincinnati, OH, 2007. View Paper

more...