AERIS Lab at UC Merced
Aerospace Education, Research, Innovation, and Simulation
We advance aerospace engineering through technical research and evidence-based education. Our work spans rocket propulsion and combustion, chemistry modeling, compressible and multiphase flows, computational simulation, and the development and evaluation of tools that help students understand aerospace systems.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Merced
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Understanding aerospace systems.
Advancing how we learn them.
Our work connects computational aerospace engineering with evidence-based education. We are developing projects in rocket propulsion and combustion, chemistry modeling, compressible and multiphase flows, aircraft dynamics, and interactive simulation.
FACULTY LEAD
Dr. Samarth Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Merced
Dr. Samarth Patel leads AERIS Lab. His expertise includes compressible and multiphase flows, shock–droplet interactions, numerical methods, and high-performance computing. The group connects aerospace simulation with the development and evaluation of educational tools.