Kenneth Granlund
Associate Professor
- Phone: (919) 513-1805
- Email: kgranlu@ncsu.edu
- Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3314
Dr. Granlund is interested in unsteady experimental fluid mechanics, vortex dynamics and flow control.
The graduate students working under his direction are curious, motivated, and open to new ideas. A large part of research is to combine knowledge from several disciplines to solve difficult problems in easier ways. Dr. Granlund’s role as an advisor is to point students in the right direction and away from pitfalls while they train to become independent researchers.
He teaches MAE 342 Automotive Engineering, MAE 455 Boundary Layer Theory and MAE 552/495 Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Outside of work, Dr. Granlund enjoy hiking, bicycling and spending time with family outdoors.
Publications
- Technoeconomic optimization of coaxial hydrokinetic turbines
- Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., & Granlund, K. (2025), Renewable Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.122041
- Experimental Validation of an Iterative Learning-Based Flight Trajectory Optimizer for an Underwater Kite
- Reed, J., Naik, K., Abney, A., Herbert, D., Fine, J., Vadlamannati, A., … Vermillion, C. (2024), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 32(4), 1240–1253. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2024.3359891
- Marine Hydrokinetic Farm Optimization for Coaxial Dual-Rotor Turbines
- Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., Ramaprabhu, P., & Granlund, K. (2024), IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2024.3393538
- Marine hydrokinetic farm optimization of coaxial turbines
- , (2024). IEEE Ocean Engineering.
- Blade element momentum theory for a skewed coaxial turbine
- Elfering, K., Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Mazzoleni, A., Bryant, M., & Granlund, K. (2023), OCEAN ENGINEERING, 269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113555
- Pool-Based Tow System for Testing Tethered Hydrokinetic Devices Being Developed to Harvest Energy From Ocean Currents
- Vadlamannati, A., Herbert, D., Naik, K. P., Bryant, M., Mook, M., Leonard, Z., … Mazzoleni, A. (2023), Marine Technology Society Journal. https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.57.1.11
- Analytical wake model for coaxial dual-rotor turbines
- Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., Ramaprabhu, P., & Granlund, K. (2022), 2022 OCEANS HAMPTON ROADS. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS47191.2022.9977241
- Autonomous Closed-Loop Experimental Characterization and Dynamic Model Validation of a Scaled Underwater Kite
- Abney, A., Reed, J., Naik, K., Bryant, S., Herbert, D., Leonard, Z., … Vermillion, C. (2022), JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 144(7). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054141
- Characterization of the Steady-State Operating Conditions of Tethered Coaxial Turbines
- Williams, V. O., Bryant, S., Agrawal, S., Mazzoleni, A. P., Granlund, K., Ramaprabhu, P., & Bryant, M. (2022), 2022 OCEANS HAMPTON ROADS. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS47191.2022.9977052
- Demonstration of a Towed Coaxial Turbine Subscale Prototype for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting in Skew
- Agrawal, S., Williams, V. O., Tong, X., Hassan, M., Muglia, M., Bryant, M., … Mazzoleni, A. P. (2022), 2022 OCEANS HAMPTON ROADS. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS47191.2022.9977395
Grants
- Dynamic Response of the Shear Layer to Cavity Door Operation at Supersonic Speeds
- Unsteady Shock Interaction of Moving Bodies by Means of Mach-Froude Hydraulic Analogy
- Device Design and Robust Periodic Motion Control of an Ocean Kite System for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting
- Aerodynamic Forces on Slender Body in Supersonic Cavity
