Aerodynamics and Propulsion
Researchers in this area address fundamental and practical issues dealing with the flow of gases and liquids. Research involves both computational and experimental methods that address a wide variety of physical problems such as turbulence, the interaction of fluids and solids, high speed flows, multiphase flows including aircraft icing, and supersonic and hypersonic flow.
Faculty Expertise
Paul Durbin
Ph.D., Cambridge University
Transition and turbulence
Sidharth GS
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Hypersonic flow
Ping He
Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aerodynamic shape optimization
Hui Hu
Ph.D., University of Tokyo
Experimental fluid dynamics
Partha Sarkar
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Wind engineering and aeroelasticity
Anupam Sharma
Ph.D., Penn State University
Aeroacoustics
Thomas Ward
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Multiphase and high-speed flows