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Tamy Guimarães

Assistant Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Mechanical Engineering

109 Research East Building

guimaraes@psu.edu

814-863-6290

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Education

  • Bachelors, Science and Technology, Universidade Federal do ABC, 2009
  • Bachelors in Engineering, Energy Engineering, Universidade Federal do ABC, 2013
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2018

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Jean Carlos de Almeida Nobre, Silvia Cristina De Pádua Andrade, David Lohan Pereira de Sousa, Tamara Guimarães, Silvio Bispo do Vale and Jerson Rogério Pinheiro Vaz, 2025, "Performance Analysis of Diffuser-Augmented Wind Turbine with Swept Rotor", Global Energy Interconnection
  • Hanin Othman, Guilherme Benaci Sieves, Tamara Guimarães and Rahman Azari, 2025, "A calibration chamber framework for low-cost indoor air quality sensor validation", Building and Environment, 287, (Part A)
  • Dahae Jeong, Kang-Il Lee, Emma Smithwick and Tamara Guimarães, 2025, "MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR NORMALIZING PRESSURE PROBE MEASUREMENTS USING SYMBOLIC REGRESSION", Journal of Turbomachinery, 148, (2)
  • Hanin Othman, Rahman Azari and Tamara Guimarães, 2024, "Low-Cost IoT-based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring", TAD Technology, Architecture and Design, 8, (2), pp. 20
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2019, "Vortical flow development in round ducts across scales for engine inlet applications", Experiments in Fluids, 60, (4), pp. 16
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2018, "Complex Flow Generation and Development in a Full-Scale Turbofan Inlet", Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 140, (8)
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2017, "StreamVane Turbofan Inlet Swirl Distortion Generator: Mean Flow and Turbulence Structure", Journal of Propulsion and Power, 34, (2)
  • Dahae Jeong and Tamara Guimarães, , "A Numerical and Experimental Study of Five-Hole Probe Calibrations in Low-Speed Flows", Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 147, (11)
  • Abrar Ul Karim, Pavel Danilov, Alexander Boschitsch and Tamara Guimarães, , "Numerical and experimental analyses of flow distortion reduction by blade cascades", Journal of Fluids Engineering, 147, (11)

Conference Proceedings

  • Riyad Ghabashi, Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto and Tamara Guimarães, 2026, "Aeroelastic response of chiral lattice airfoils: integrated experimental and finite element assessment of passive morphing"
  • Rodrigo Vidonscky, Rafael Duarte, Mohannad Khair, Daniel Dezan, Wallace Ferreira, Tamara Guimarães and Antônio Gallego, 2025, "Exergo-Energetic Efficiency Analysis of a Coupled Solar Air Heater and Crop Dryer System"
  • Mohannad Khair, Tamara Guimarães, Wallace Ferreira, Daniel Dezan, Antônio Gallego, Rodrigo Pinto and Rafael Duarte, 2025, "Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Solar Air Heaters Integrated With Vortex Generators"
  • Thomas C. Denver, Dahae Jeong and Tamara Guimarães, 2025, "Developments in a High-Resolution Computational Model for the Flow Domain of L-Shaped Five-Hole Probes"
  • Dahae Jeong, Kang-Il Lee, Emma Smithwick and Tamara Guimarães, 2025, "MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR NORMALIZING PRESSURE PROBE MEASUREMENTS USING SYMBOLIC REGRESSION"
  • Ana C. S. Rocha, Eduardo Bauzer Medeiros, Tarcísio Faustino Magalhães, Luzia Aparecida Tofaneli, Turan Dias Oliveira, Guilherme Benaci Sieves and Tamara Guimarães, 2025, "Takeoff Parameter Estimation for a Subscale Flight Test of an Amphibious Floatplane"
  • Tarcísio Faustino Magalhães, Luzia Aparecida Tofaneli, Turan Dias Oliveira, Ana C. S. Rocha, Eduardo Bauzer Medeiros, Guilherme Benaci Sieves and Tamara Guimarães, 2025, "Evaluation of the Impact of the Aerodynamic Balance on an Airplane Wing through Computational Fluid Dynamics"
  • Hanin Othman, Guilherme Benaci Sieves, Tamara Guimarães and Rahman Azari, 2024, "Development of a Calibration Chamber to Evaluate the Performance of a Low-Cost IAQ Sensing Devic"
  • Dahae Jeong and Tamara Guimarães, 2024, "A NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FIVE-HOLE PROBE CALIBRATIONS IN LOW-SPEED FLOWS"
  • Jiaxuan Wang, Abrar Ul Karim, Tamara Guimarães and Robert Kunz, 2024, "AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SMALL FOOTPRINT WIND TUNNEL FOR WALL JET AND PARTICLE SCAVENGING STUDIES"
  • Dahae Jeong and Tamara Guimarães, 2024, "Development of a High-Resolution Computational Model for Investigating the Flow Around and Inside Traditional Five-Hole Probes", Orlando, FL
  • SungKi Jung and Tamara Guimarães, 2023, "Fast and Accurate Strategies for CFD-based Aerodynamic Shape Exploration in a System of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm", National Harbor, MD
  • Alvaro Marin, Edgar Ortega, Tamara Guimaraes and Rune Barnkob, 2019, "Unclogging suspension flows through constrictions by ear"
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2018, "Particle Image Velocimetry for Distorted Turbofan Engine Inlet Applications", July 16 - 18, 2018, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Tamara Guimarães, Dustin J. Frohnapfel, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2017, "Streamwise Development and Turbulence Characterization of a Twin-Vortex Inlet Distortion for Turbofan Applications", July 10 - 12, 2017, Atlanta, GA
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2017, "Complex Flow Generation and Development in a Full-Scale Turbofan Inlet", June 26 – 30, 2017, Charlotte, NC, pp. V02BT42A012
  • William C. Schneck, Tamara Guimarães, Dustin J. Frohnapfel, K. Todd Lowe, Walter F. O'Brien and William W. Copenhaver, 2017, "Swirling Flow Evolution Part 2: StreamFlow 2D+t Model Validated with Stereo PIV Measurements", January 9 - 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX
  • Tamara Guimarães, William W. Copenhaver, William C. Schneck, K. Todd and Walter F. O'Brien, 2017, "Swirling Flow Evolution Part 1: Design and Stereo PIV Measurements at Select Planes", January 9 - 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX
  • Tamara Guimarães and K. Todd Lowe, 2016, "Application of fluorescent particles for particle tracking velocimetry in wind tunnels", July 4 - 7, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe and Walter F. O'Brien, 2016, "An overview of recent results using the StreamVaneTM method for generating tailored swirl distortion in jet engine research", January 4 - 8, 2016, San Diego, CA
  • Tamara Guimarães, K. Todd Lowe, Michael Nelson, Walter F. O'Brien and Caroline Kirk, 2015, "Stereoscopic PIV measurements in a turbofan inlet with tailored swirl distortion", June 22 - 26, 2015, Dallas, TX
  • Tarcisio Faustino Magalhães, Eduardo Bauzer Medeiros, Tamara Guimarães, Turan Dias Oliveira and Luzia Aparecida Tofaneli, , "ANÁLISE NUMÉRICA DO DESEMPENHO AERODINÂMICO DE ASAS TRAPEZOIDAIS E MISTAS COM APLICAÇÃO DE WINGLETS DISTINTOS"
  • Ana Carolina Silva Rocha, Eduardo Bauzer Medeiros and Tamara Guimarães, , "TESTES DE VOO EM ESCALA REDUZIDA COMO FERRAMENTA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE AERONAVES LEVES: UM ESTUDO DE CASO"
  • Abrar Ul Karim, Jacqueline O'Connor, David R. Noble and Tamara Guimarães, , "NON-REACTING FLOW PHYSICS OF DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF MICROMIXERS"
  • Dahae Jeong, Kang-Il Lee and Tamara Guimarães, , "DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGIES FOR PRESSURE PROBE CALIBRATION: INTEGRATING SYMBOLIC REGRESSION WITH GAUSSIAN PROCESS REGRESSION"
  • Mohannad Khair, Aben Binu, Wallace Ferreira, Daniel Dezan, Antônio Gallego, Rodrigo Pinto, Rafael Duarte and Tamara Guimarães, , "PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF SOLAR AIR HEATERS USING PASSIVE FLOW CONTROLLERS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WITH LOUVERED SHEETS"
  • Rafael Duarte, Rodrigo Pinto, José Filho, Mohannad Khair, Pedro Luta, Tamara Guimarães, Antônio Gallego, Wallace Ferreira and Daniel Dezan, , "THERMO-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF SOLAR AIR HEATERS UTILIZING LOUVERED-FINS"

Other

  • Tamara Guimarães, 2018, "Fluid Dynamics of Inlet Swirl Distortions for Turbofan Engine Research", pp. 109-120

Research Projects

  • July 2025 - June 2028, "Beyond the Reynolds Analogy: Scalar Transport in Rough-wall Turbulent Boundary Layers," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  • September 2022 - August 2025, "REU Site: Lowering the Carbon Footprint through Research in Propulsion andPower Generation," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  • September 2022 - August 2023, "Optimization of amphibious aircraft for Amazon Rainforest operations," (Sponsor: Partners of the Americas).
  • July 2022 - January 2023, "STTR: Multidisciplinary optimization of vane-type heat exchangers for non-uniform aircraft inlets," (Sponsor: Continuum Dynamics, Inc.).
  •   -  , "DECODE: Digital twin Environments for COmprehensive Decarbonization Evaluation of the urban and rural real estate," (Sponsor: Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation).

Honors and Awards

  • Early Career Faculty Award, Penn State Global, 2025
  • Research Guidance Award, Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment, 2025
  • Belonging Excellence in Research and Teaching (BETR) Advocate Award, Mechanical Engineering, April 2024
  • Brazilian Diaspora Award, Brazilian Embassy in the US, December 2022

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