Research interests: 

• Hypersonics;
• Artificial Intelligence;
• Boundary-Layer Instability;
• Laminar-turbulent transition.

Education:

• "B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. all in Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology"

Teaching:

• ME 4240: Gasdynamics I;
• ME 4350: Airplane Aerodynamics.

Professional Experiences:

• Secretary & Treasurer of the AIAA Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee (FDTC);
• Assistant Organizer and Abstract Reviewer for the AIAA FDTC;
• Reviewer for:
• Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets;
• Journal of Fluid Mechanics;
• Computers & Fluids.

Selected Publications:

• M.M. Peck, K.J. Groot, & H.L. Reed. Boundary-layer instability on a highly swept fin on a cone at Mach 6. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 987, A13, 2024.
• S.E.M. Niessen, K.J. Groot, S. Hickel, & V.E. Terrapon. Convective instabilities in a laminar shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction. Physics of Fluids, 35, 024101, 2023.
• J.M. Patel, K.J. Groot, C.A. Saiyasak, J.G. Coder, & D.L. Stefanski. Energy-budget analysis of the crossflow instability on a hypersonic yawed cone. AIAA-paper 2022-3777, 2022.
• K.J. Groot, J.M. Patel, C.A. Saiyasak, J.G. Coder, D.L. Stefanski, & H.L. Reed. Assessment of the amplification factor transport transition model for high-Mach number flows. AIAA-paper 2021-2830, 2021.
• K.J. Groot & J.L. Eppink. Stability analysis of the flow over a swept forward-facing step using PIV base flows in a nonorthogonal coordinate system. AIAA-paper 2021-2908, 2021.
• K.J. Groot, J.M. Patel, E.S. Beyak, J.G. Coder, & H.L. Reed. Görtler instability on a variably swept, slotted, natural-laminar-flow airfoil. AIAA-paper 2021-2590, 2021.
• K.J. Groot, E.S. Beyak, D.T. Heston, & H.L. Reed. Boundary-layer stability of a natural-laminar-flow airfoil at flight conditions. AIAA-paper 2020-3052, 2020.
• K.J. Groot & H.M. Schuttelaars. Accurate numerical approximation of the absolute stability of unbounded flows. Physica D, 402, 132224, 2020.
• K.J. Groot, J. Serpieri, F. Pinna, & M. Kotsonis. Secondary crossflow instability through global analysis of measured base flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 846, pp. 605-653, 2018.