Jdiobe Muwanika
Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University
M.S., Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University
B.S., Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Oklahoma State University
Research Interests
· Aeroacoustics
· Applied Aerodynamics
· Aircraft Noise Control
· Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Aeroacoustics (CAA) Applications
· UAVs and USVs Design and Optimization
Recent Publications
· Pamula, Abhiram SP, Mark J. Krzmarzick, Muwanika Jdiobe, Jamey D. Jacob, and David J. Lampert. "Development of a Low-Cost, Open-Source Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Water System Monitoring." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 30, no. 6 (2025): 06025002.
· Pamula, Abhiram SP, Muwanika Jdiobe, David J. Lampert, Jamey Jacob, and Mark J. Krzmarzick. "Monitoring harmful algal blooms in Marion and Grand Reservoirs using unmanned systems." Authorea Preprints (2025).
· Jdiobe, Muwanika, Kurt Rouser, Ryan Paul, and Austin Rouser. "Validation of a Wind Tunnel Propeller Dynamometer for Group 2 Unmanned Aircraft." Applied Sciences 12, no. 17 (2022): 8908.
· Jdiobe, Muwanika, Takao Suzuki, Richard Gaeta, and Kurt Rouser. "Numerical aeroacoustic study of small ducted coaxial counter-rotating UAV propellers." In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, p. 2635. 2024.
· Jdiobe, Muwanika, Takao Suzuki, Ryan Paul, and Kurt Rouser. "Effect of rotor axial spacing on ducted counter-rotating UAV propeller noise." In 30th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2024), p. 3213. 2024.
· Jdiobe, Muwanika, Kyle Hickman, James A. Kidd, and Nicoletta Fala. "Improving undergraduate aerospace engineer professional readiness through boeing 737 max crash case study." In AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM, p. 2937. 2020.
· Johnsen, Joshua, Joshua Melvin, Joshua Drake, Muwanika Jdiobe, and Kurt Rouser. "Experimental Evaluation of an Electric Powertrain Designed for a 180-kW Turboelectric Aircraft Ground Test Rig." Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 146, no. 11 (2024): 111016.
· Johnsen, Joshua, Timothy Runnels, Johnathan Burgess, Muwanika Jdiobe, and Kurt Rouser. "Integration and Flight Test of a 7 kW Turboelectric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft." Applied Sciences 12, no. 16 (2022): 7961.