Dr. Omer Musa (Master's Supervisor) is an Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China. He obtained his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology (2017), where his research focused on experimental and numerical investigations of swirling flow effects in solid-fuel ramjet combustion. With 60+ peer-reviewed articles published in leading SCI-indexed journals such as AIAA Journal, Physics of Fluids, Aerospace Science and Technology, Acta Astronautica, and Applied Thermal Engineering, Dr. Musa has established expertise in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), turbulence modeling, combustion, and hypersonic propulsion systems, e.g., ramjet combustion and intakes design.

He has secured multiple competitive grants as a principal investigator, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for International Young Scientists, the Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Foundation, and the Talented Young Scientist Program (TYSP). Dr. Musa serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Conclusions in Engineering, FES Journal of Engineering Sciences (2018–2023), Guest Editor for Aerospace (MDPI), and Associate Editor for several international journals. He is an active reviewer for over 20 top-tier SCI journals and holds memberships in prestigious organizations such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Asian Chemical Society.

His research contributions include pioneering studies on hypersonic intakes, swirling flow combustion optimization, and high-order numerical schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws. Dr. Musa is also recognized for his academic leadership, having supervised undergraduate projects and contributed to fluid dynamics and thermodynamics curriculum development. Awarded the Outstanding International Student scholarship by the China Scholarship Council (2016) and multiple university prizes for academic excellence, Dr. Musa continues to advance aerospace engineering through interdisciplinary research and international collaboration.

For more information: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Omer-Musa?ev=hdr_xprf

Peer-reviewed SCI-indexed Articles:

[1] Omer Musa*, Guoping Huang, Abdalazeem Adam, and Zonghan Yu. "Isolator shape transition impact on hypersonic internal waverider intake flow distortion." Physics of Fluids      36, no. 11(2024).

[2] Omer Musa*, Guoping Huang, and Zonghan Yu. "New third-order weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme with novel compact nonlinear weights based on the forward-divided differences." Physics of Fluids 36, no. 9(2024).

[3] Omer Musa*, and Guoping Huang. "Improved design method for hypersonic intakes using pressure-corrected osculating axisymmetric flows method." AIAA Journal (2024): 63(1), 102-117.

[4] Omer Musa*, and Guoping Huang. "New formulations for constructed polynomials and smoothness indicators of weighted essentially non-oscillatory schemes based on the forward-divided differences." Physics of Fluids 36, no. 8(2024).

[5] Omer Musa*, Guoping Huang, and Zonghan Yu. "Evaluation of the pressure-corrected osculating axisymmetric flows method for designing hypersonic wavecatcher intakes with shape transition." Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 37, no. 3 (2024): 04024023.

[6] Omer Musa*, Guoping Huang, Zonghan Yu, Bo Jin, and Mohammad Javad Pour Razzaghi. "Startability analysis of hypersonic overboard spillage internal waverider intake based on new basic flowfield." Physics of Fluids 36, no. 5 (2024).

[7] Omer Musa*, Guoping Huang, Bo Jin, Sannu Mölder, Zonghan Yu. "New Parent Flowfield for Streamline-Traced Intakes." AIAA Journal 61(7) (2023): 2906-2921

[8] Omer Musa*, G. Huang, and Z. Yu. "Assessment of new pressure-corrected design method for hypersonic internal waverider intake." Acta Astronautica 201 (2022): 230-246

[9] Omer Musa*, G. Huang, Z. Yu, Effects of new solid propellant configurations on the combustion characteristics of a ramjet, Aerospace science and technology, 119 (2021): 107192

[10] Z. Yu, G. Huang, R. Wang, and Omer Musa*, “Spillage-Adaptive Fixed-Geometry Bump Inlet of Wide Speed Range,” Aerospace, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 340, 2021.

[11] Omer Musa*, G. Huang, M. Wang, A New Smoothness Indicator of Adaptive Order Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory Scheme for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Mathematics, 9(1) (2021) p. 69

[12] Omer Musa*, G. Huang, Z. Yu, Q. Li, An improved roe solver for high order reconstruction schemes, Computers & Fluids, 207 (2020) 104591.

[13] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Liao Wenhe, Weixuan Li, Combustion characteristics of a novel design of solid-fuel ramjet motor with swirl flow, Aerospace science and technology, 92 (2019): 750-765

[14] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Li Yingkun, Liao Wenhe, Weixuan Li, Unsteady Simulation of Ignition of Turbulent Reactive Swirling Flow of Novel Design of Solid-Fuel Ramjet Motor, Energies, 2019, 12, 2513

[15] Omer Musa*, Weixuan Li, Chen Xiong, Gong Lunkun, Liao Wenhe, "Experimental investigation on the effect of swirling flow on combustion characteristics and performance of solid fuel ramjet." Acta Astronautica, 2018.148: p. 163-174.

[16] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng, LiYingkun, LiaoWenhe, "Investigations on the influence of swirl intensity on solid-fuel ramjet engine." Computers & Fluids,167 (2018): 82-99.

[17] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng, Combustion characteristics and turbulence modeling of swirling reacting flow in solid fuel ramjet. Acta Astronautica, 2017.139: p. 1-17.

[18] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng, Experimental and numerical investigation on the ignition and combustionstability in solid fuel ramjet with swirling flow.Acta Astronautica, 2017. 137: p. 157–167.

[19] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng, Weixuan Li, Effect of inlet conditions on swirling turbulent reacting flows in a solid fuel ramjet engine. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017. 113: p. 186-207.

[20] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng, Gong Lunkun, Assessment of the modified rotation/curvature correction SST turbulence model for simulating swirling reacting unsteady flows in a solid-fuel ramjet engine. Acta Astronautica, 2016. 129: p. 241–252.

[21] Omer Musa, Zhou Changsheng, Chen Xiong*, Gong Lunkun, Prediction of swirling cold flow in a solid-fuel ramjet engine with a modified rotation/curvature correction SST turbulence model. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016. 105: p. 737-754.

[22] Omer Musa*, Xiong, C. and Huang, G. “Numerical study on a new design of solid-fuel ramjet combustor with swirl flow”, FES Journal of Engineering Sciences, (2019), 8(2), pp. 72-79

[23] Omer Musa, Zhou Changshen, Chen Xiong*, and Li Yingkun, Verification Study of a CFD-RANS Code for Turbulent Flow at High Reynolds Numbers. International Journal of Modeling and Optimization, 2016. 6(1): p. 1-10. 

[24] Adam, Abdalazeem, Weifeng He, Pengfei Su, Dong Han, Chen Wang, Shuo Dai, and Omer Musa. "Numerical investigation of oscillating jet film cooling on a flat plate for enhanced thermal management in high-temperature turbine applications." Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (2025): 105972.

[25] Jin, Zikang, Zonghan Yu, Fanshuo Meng, Wei Zhang, Jingzhi Cui, Xiaolong He, Yuedi Lei, and Omer Musa. "Parametric Design Method and Lift/Drag Characteristics Analysis for a Wide-Range, Wing-Morphing Glide Vehicle." Aerospace 11, no. 4 (2024): 257. 

[26] Adam, Abdalazeem, Weifeng He, Dong Han, Yuxin Fan, and Omer Musa. "Numerical Analysis of Liquid Hydrogen Atomization in a Premixing Tube Using a Volume of Fluid-to-Discrete Particle Model Approach." Aerospace 11, no. 10 (2024): 832.

[27] Su, Pengfei, Weifeng He, Abdalazeem Adam, Omer Musa, Wang Chen, and Zeyu Lou. 2024. "Design and Performance Optimization of a Radial Turbine Using Hydrogen Combustion Products" Aerospace 11, no. 12: 1051. 

[28] Pour Razzaghi, M. J., Rezaei Sani, S. M., Omer Musa Masoumi, Y., & Huang, G. (2023). Hybrid suction/blowing actuator to control flow separation on the ramp and energy cost analysis. Physics of Fluids, 35(12).

[29] Yu, Zonghan, Huihui Huang, Ruilin Wang, Yuedi Lei, Xueyang Yan, Zikang Jin, Omer Musa, and Guoping Huang. "Effects of Flow Spillage Strategies on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Diverterless Hypersonic Inlets." Aerospace 9, no. 12 (2022): 771

[30] Liu, Zepeng, Guoping Huang, and Omer Musa. "Numerical Investigation on a Axial Slot Casing Treatment of a Large Circumferential Interval and Small Opening Area." Energies 14, no. 19 (2021): 6181.

[31] Min Zhu, Xiong Chen, Chang-sheng Zhou, Jin-sheng Xu, Omer Musa, Heng-sheng Xiang, Experimental and numerical investigations on the decomposition and combustion characteristics of composite propellant with Mg/Al particles additives. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017. 111: p. 863-875.  

[32] Li, L. B., Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng, Zhu Min, Omer Musa. Experimental Investigation on Laser Ignition and Combustion Characteristics of NEPE Propellant. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics2017. 42: p. 1-10.  

[33] Li, Weixuan, Xiong Chen, Omer Musa, Lunkun Gong Zhu Liang. Investigation of the effect of geometry of combustor on combustion characteristics of solid-fuel ramjet with swirl flow. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018. 145: p. 229-244.

[34] Lunkun Gong, Xiong Chen, Omer Musa, Haitao Yang, Changsheng Zhou, Numerical and experimental investigation of the effect of geometry on combustion characteristics of solid-fuel ramjet, Acta Astronautica, 2017, 141: p. 110-122.  

[35] Yingkun Li, Xiong Chen, Jinsheng Xu, Changsheng Zhou, Omer Musa, Three-dimensional multi-physics coupled simulation of ignition transient in a dual pulse solid rocket motor, Acta Astronautica, 146 (2018): 46-65.  

[36] Zhu, Liang, Xiong Chen, Omer Musa, Yingkun Li, Changsheng Zhou "Investigation of drag and heat reduction induced by a novel combinational lateral jet and spike concept in supersonic flows based on conjugate heat transfer approach." Acta Astronautica,142 (2018): 300-313.

[37] Lunkun Gong, Xiong Chen, Omer Musa, Haitao Yang, Changsheng Zhou, Combustion Characteristics of the Solid-Fuel Ramjet with Star Solid Fuel, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 31.4 (2018): 04018030.  

[38] M. Jamshed Khan, Chen Xiong, Tong Xin, H. Abid Ullah, Omer Musa, Incorporating mechanical properties of HTPB propellant to a viscohyperelastic constitutive model over a large range of strain rates. N Y Sci J 2017;10(10):94-100

[39] Lian-bo Li, Xiong Chen,Omer Musa, Chang-sheng Zhou, Min Zhu. The Effect of Pressure and Oxygen Concentration on the Ignition and Combustion of Aluminum-magnesium Fuel-rich Propellant. Aerospace Science and Technology,76 (2018): 394-401.  

[40] Li, W.; Chen, X.; Cai, W; Omer Musa. Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Sudden Expansion Ratio of Solid Fuel Ramjet Combustor with Swirling Turbulent Reacting Flow. Energies 2019, 12, 1784.  

[41] C. Li, X. Chen, Y. Li, Omer Musa, and L. Zhu, “Numerical investigation on the performance of scramjet combustor with a novel strut configuration,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, vol. 159, pp. 113894

[42] W. Li, X. Chen, Omer Musa, L. Gong, and L. Zhu, “Investigation of the effect of geometry of combustor on combustion characteristics of solid-fuel ramjet with swirl flow,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018, vol. 145, pp. 229-244.  

[43] W. Li, X. Chen, C. Zhou, and Omer Musa, “Investigation on heat transfer of solid fuel surface and regression rate of solid fuel ramjet effect by swirl flow,” Hangkong Dongli Xuebao/Journal of Aerospace Power, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 937-949, 2019.

[44] Li, Weixuan, Xiong Chen, Yingli Su, and Omer Musa. "Combustion Characteristics of Paraffin-Polyethylene Blends Fuel for Solid Fuel Ramjet." Journal of Aerospace Engineering 33, no. 4 (2020): 04020043.

[45] Li, Lian-bo, Xiong Chen, Chang-sheng Zhou, Min Zhu, and Omer Musa. "Experimental and numerical investigations of the effect of pressure and oxygen concentration on combustion characteristics of Al/Mg fuel-rich propellants." Applied Thermal Engineering 167 (2020): 114695.

[46] Zhu, Min, Xiong Chen, Chang-sheng Zhou, Jin-sheng Xu, and Omer Musa. "Numerical Study of Micron-Scale Aluminum Particle Combustion in an Afterburner Using Two-Way Coupling CFD–DEM Approach." Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (2020): 1-22.

[47] Albadwi, Abdelmola, Ayman Faisal, Mogtaba Abdelhalim, Abdalla Salih, Mohammed Khalil, and Omer Musa. "Design and Analysis of an Air Intake System of Ramjet Engine Using CFD Simulations."

[48] Li, W. X., X. Chen, C. S. Zhou, and Omer Musa. "Investigation on heat transfer of solid fuel surface and regression rate of solid fuel ramjet effect by swirl flow." J. Aerosp. Power 34, no. 4 (2019): 937-949.

Peer-reviewed Conference Articles:

[49] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Liao Wenhe, and Li Yingkun , Numerical Analysis of Solid Fuel Regression Rate Distribution Characteristics in Solid-fuel Ramjet with Different Fuel Types. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2019. 522.

[50] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng and Zhu Min, Effect of using swirl on reacting flows in solid-fuel ramjet, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Mechatronics and Control Engineering. ACM, 2016. (EI Conference Proceedings-Itally)

[51] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng and Zhu Min, Combustion modeling of unsteady reacting swirling flow in solid fuel ramjet, Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Mechanical, System and Control Engineering, IEEE, 2017. (EI Conference Proceedings-Russia)

[52] Omer Musa*, Chen Xiong, Zhou Changsheng and Zhu Min, Validation of Multi-Physics Coupling Code for unsteady reacting swirling flow in solid fuel ramjet, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Sensors Technologies, IEEE. 2017. (EI Conference Proceedings-China)

[53] Yu L, Yu Z, Zhu J, Hao C, Yu Q, Yan W, Zhao Z, Omer Musa, Study on the trend of inlet/airframe aerodynamic layout of high-speed civil airliners, The 10th Asia Conference on MEAE, 2024

[54] Abdalazeem Adam, W. He, D. Han, Omer Musa, Experimental Study of a Cross-Flow Indirect Evaporative Cooling System, International Conference on Application of Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability 22nd -23rd July 2024 |Cairo, Egypt

[55] Gong, Lunkun, Xiong Chen, and Omer Musa. "Modeling of the Turbulent Combustion in Solid-fuel Ramjet." Energy Procedia 141 (2017): 267-272. (Elsevier)

[56] Lian-bo Li, Xiong Chen, Chang-sheng Zhou, Min Zhu, Omer Musa, Experimental Investigation on Ignition Characteristic of NEPE Propellant. In 30th International Symposium on Ballistics.

[57] LI, CHUNLEI, XIONG CHEN, YINGKUN LI, OMER MUSA, LIANG ZHU, and WEIXUAN LI. "Role of the Backward-Facing Steps at Two Struts on Mixing and Combustion Characteristics in a Typical Strut-Based Scramjet." In 31st International Symposium on Ballistics. 2019.