RESEARCH INTERESTS
Fluid/Gas/Plasma Dynamics
Aeronautical/Space Propulsion
Finite Element Method
Non-Intrusive Uncertainty Quantification

EDUCATION
2011-, Ph.D., Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California
      ∙ Electrostatic Plasma Modeling, Electric Propulsion

2011, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Formerly University of Missouri - Rolla)
      ∙ Thesis: Inherent and Model-Form Uncertainty Analysis for CFD Simulation of Synthetic Jet Actuators

2009, B.Eng., Power Engineering of Aircraft (Aeronautical Propulsion), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

PROGRAMMING/SOFTWARE SKILLS
FORTRAN, C/C++, MATLAB, LATEX, Tecplot, UG, SolidWorks, ANSYS/FLUENT

EXPERIENCE
2013-2014, USC Graduate School Ph.D. Fellow, University of Southern California
      ∙ Myronis Endowed Fellowship (2013-2014 Academic Year)

2013-, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California
      ∙ PHYS-153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern Physics (20131)

2011-, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California
      ∙ ASTE-280 Astronautics and Space Environment I (20131)
      ∙ ASTE-470 Spacecraft Propulsion (20113, 20123, 20131)

2011-, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California

2010-2011, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology

2009-2011, Grader, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
      ∙ (GTA)ME-242 Mechanical Engineering Systems
      ∙ (Grader)ME-231 Thermofluid Mechanics I
      ∙ (Grader)ME-219 Thermodynamics
      ∙ (Grader)AE-271 Aerodynamics II
      ∙ (Grader)AE-369 Introduction To Hypersonic Flow

2009, Mathews Department Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
      ∙ Mathews Department Fellowship (Fall 2009 Semester)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Han, D. and Hosder, S. “Inherent and Model-Form Uncertainty Analysis for CFD Simulation of Synthetic Jet Actuators”, AIAA 2012-0082, 50^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 09-12 January 2012, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. Adya, S., Han, D. and Hosder, S. “Uncertainty Quantification Integrated to CFD Modeling of Synthetic Jet Actuators”, International Journal of Flow Control, Volume 2, Number 3, September 2010, pp. 169-181.
3. Adya, S., Han, D. and Hosder, S. “Uncertainty Quantification Integrated to the CFD Modeling of Synthetic Jet Actuators”, AIAA 2010-4411, 5^th Flow Control Conference, 28 June - 1 July 2010, Chicago, Illinois.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
National Space Society (NSS)

LANGUAGES
      ∙ Mandarin (Mother Tongue), Traditional Chinese (Reading/Writing), Ancient Chinese (Reading/Writing)
      ∙ English

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Daoru Han was born in Zhoukou, Henan Province - a small town in the central part of China - where he grew up and enjoyed a wild and natural childhood. In the year of 2005, he attended the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Four years later, he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Power Engineering of Aircraft (Aeronautical Propulsion), and moved to the United States echoing the call from deep in his heart. From 2009 to 2011, he studied at Missouri University of Science and Technology in a very small and quiet city, Rolla, where he also enjoyed the beauties and wildness of the state of Missouri. Getting a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree with a thesis focused on aerodynamics, in the summer of 2011, he got on a train heading to the city of Los Angeles in California and 35 hours later, he arrived at the metropolitan where there seems more people than stars in the sky.

He is currently a Ph.D. student in Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California, studying the dynamics of plasma - the state that ~99% of the known Universe are at.

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