Faculty Directory
Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Alina Alexeenko
Professor and Associate Head for Strategic Initiatives
Professor; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2003; rarefied gas dynamics, direct simulation Monte Carlo, microflows/MEMS, smallsat aerothermodynamics and micropropulsion, vacuum-based manufacturing.
William Anderson
Professor
Professor; Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University 1996. Chemical propulsion and design methodologies
Sally Bane
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Caltech, 2010; Investigating the process of spark ignition of flammable mixtures and quantifying the risk of accidental explosions, especially as it relates to aircraft safety; wide range of topics in experimental fluid mechanics and reacting flow, including combustion of alternative fuels and flow control for improved flight.
Gregory Blaisdell
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Stanford, 1991, computational fluid mechanics, transition and turbulence.
Weinong Chen
Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Materials Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Head for Graduate Education
Joint appointment with Materials Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Head for Graduate Education
Joint appointment with Materials Engineering
Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1995, Mechanical Response of Solids and Structures under Extreme Conditions, Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior, Fatigue Behavior of Engineering Materials, Experimental Solid and Structural Mechanics.
Steven Collicott
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Stanford, 1991, experimental fluid mechanics, low-gravity fluid dynamics, optical diagnostics, applied optics.
William Crossley
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Arizona State, 1995, optimal design methods, genetic algorithms and aerospace applications, aircraft and rotorcraft conceptual design, composite and smart structure design.
Daniel DeLaurentis
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998; Design Methods, Aerospace Systems and Flight Vehicles; System-of-Systems.
James Doyle
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Illinois, 1977, structural dynamics, experimental mechanics, inverse problems, wave propagation.
Carolin Frueh
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Bern, Switzerland, 2011; Space Situational Awareness (satellites, debris and near earth objects), Space Object Characterization, Satellite Guidance, Navigation and Control, Astrodynamics, Sensor Tasking, Low Observability Systems, Information Quantification and Retrieval.
James Garrison
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997, Earth remote sensing, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), bistatic radar, signals of opportunity.
Stephen Heister
Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration
Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration; Ph.D., UCLA, 1988, rocket propulsion, liquid propellant injection systems.
Kathleen Howell
Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Ph.D., Stanford, 1983, orbit mechanics, spacecraft dynamics, control; trajectory optimization.
Inseok Hwang
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2004; hybrid system theory, information inference of complex dynamical systems, safety verification, and their application to the control of multiple-vehicle systems, especially air traffic surveillance and control.
James Longuski
Professor
Professor, Ph.D., Michigan, 1979, spacecraft dynamics, orbit mechanics, control, orbit decay and reentry.
Robert Lucht
Ralph and Bettye Bailey Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ralph and Bettye Bailey Professor of Combustion in Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue 1981, Laser diagnostics, Diode-laser-based sensors, Gas turbine and internal engine combustion, Materials processing and synthesis, Combustion science, Fluid mechanics and heat transfer.
(765) 494-5623
lucht@purdue.edu
Sergey Macheret
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, 1985; plasmas and electric discharges, plasma actuators for active aerodynamic control, microplasmas, plasma RF antennas and switches, nonequilibrium and rarefied gas dynamics, molecular and atomic processes in high-enthalpy gases and plasmas.
Karen Marais
Associate Professor; Associate Head for Undergraduate Education
Associate Professor; Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005, safety and risk analysis, financial modeling of engineering systems, environmental impacts of technology.
Shaoshuai Mou
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Yale University, 2014; Distributed Control of Multi-Agent Networks, Distributed Optimization, UAVs Design and Collaboration.
R Byron Pipes
John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering
John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1972; application of nanotechnology to engineering disciplines including aerospace, composite materials, and polymer science and engineering.
(765) 494-5767
bpipes@purdue.edu
Jonathan Poggie
Associate Professor
Timothée Pourpoint
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2005; aerospace propulsion systems, rocket engine combustors, liquid propellant injection systems, hypergolic propellants, high pressure and hydrogen storage systems.
Li Qiao
Associate Professor
Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007; Energetic nanomaterials, fuel synthesis and alternative fuels, pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition, supercritical fuel behaviors in high-pressure propulsion systems, micro-propulsion for space applications, experimental fluid dynamics, advanced laser and x-Ray diagnostics.
Michael Sangid
Elmer F. Bruhn Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Prof of Materials Engineering
Elmer F. Bruhn Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Prof of Materials Engineering
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, 2010;
Physical basis of failure mechanisms (fatigue, fracture, etc.); Coupled simulations and in situ experiments for model validation; Accelerated qualification of structural materials (including additive manufacturing); Location specific life analysis and property tailoring of components; Digital manufacturing and lifecycle management (digital twin)
Steven Schneider
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Caltech, 1989. Focuses on hypersonic and supersonic laminar-turbulent transition. Experimental research includes the development of the Boeing/AFOSR Mach-6 Quiet Tunnel and associate instrumentation.
Alexey Shashurin
Assistant Professor
Generation, diagnostics and applications of cold plasma; advanced spacecraft propulsion; nanosecond repetitive plasma discharges for flow control; laser-induced plasma.
ARMS 3222
ashashur@purdue.edu
Tom Shih
J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor and AAE Head; Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1981; CFD, modeling and simulation of problems in aerodynamics and propulsion.
Carson Slabaugh
Assistant Professor
Research focus on multi-physics fluid mechanics at extreme conditions, including turbulent, high pressure, multi-phase, and reacting flows. Experimental techniques to characterize the chemistry and physics of complex flows are also emphasized. Applications include rockets, gas turbines, high-speed propulsion systems, and detonation-based engines.
David Spencer
Associate Professor
Associate Professor; Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015; mission design, spacecraft relative motion, aeroassist technologies, mission operations, small satellite applications.
John Sullivan
Professor
Professor; Sc.D., MIT, 1973, experimental aerodynamics laser instrumentation, luminescent sensors for temperature and pressure measurements.
Dengfeng Sun
Associate Professor
Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2008; modeling, simulation and optimization of large scale networked systems, control and optimization, studies for National Airspace Systems, air traffic control, intelligent transportation systems
Tyler Tallman
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Michigan, 2015; multifunctional materials, nanocomposites, smart structures, structural health monitoring, inverse mechanics, and tomographic imaging.
Vikas Tomar
Professor
Professor; PhD Georgia Tech-December 2005;
Microstructure Dependent Fracture and Fatigue Failure of Materials, Multifunctional Materials and Systems, Bio-inspired and Bio-enabled Materials, Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy, Data Science and Machine Learning Aided Sensing
Haifeng Wang
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Cornell University, 2010; Turbulence and combustion modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; High-performance computing;
Wenbin Yu
Professor
PhD, Georgia Tech, 2002. Technical area: structural mechanics, micromechanics, multiscale constitutive modeling
Research Faculty
Johnathan Goodsell
Research Assistant Professor
Courtesy Faculty
Andres Arrieta Diaz
(By Courtesy)
Assistant Professor Of Mechanical Engr
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Bristol, United Kingdom, '10; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ETH Zurich, '12
Barrett Caldwell
(By Courtesy)
Professor Of Industrial Engineering
Professor of Industrial Engineering; Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 1990; Human factors engineering; Distributed human supervisory control; Team coordination and performance using information technology
Jay Gore
Vincent P. Reilly Professor in Combustion Engineering
Vincent P. Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1986, combustion, turbulent reacting flows and pollutant reduction, radiation heat transfer, biomedical heat transfer and fluid flows.
Chaffee Hall, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories (Mechanical Engineering)
(765) 494-0061
gore@purdue.edu
Briony Horgan
(By Courtesy)
Assistant Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science
Assistant Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science; PhD, Cornell University, 2010
Nicole Key
(By Courtesy)
Professor Of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2007; Aerothermal aspects of turbomachinery, Axial and radial compressor performance, Experimental methods in fluid mechanics
Steven Landry
(By Courtesy)
Associate Head in Industrial Engineering and Professor
Associate Head in Industrial Engineering and Professor of Industrial Engineering; Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2004
Jan-Anders Mansson
(By Courtesy)
Distinguished Professor Of Mse/Chem En
Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineering; Co-Director of IN-MaC; PhD, Chalmers University of Technology
Henry Melosh
(By Courtesy)
Distinguished Professor EAS/Physics
Distinguished Professor EAS/Physics, Ph.D. Caltech 1972, Ramifications of impact cratering, Planetary Tectonics, Physics of earthquakes and landslides
Terrence Meyer
(By Courtesy)
Professor Of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
David Minton
(By Courtesy)
Assistant Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science
Assistant Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2009
Guillermo Paniagua
(By Courtesy)
Professor Of Mechanical Engr
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Universite Libre de Bruxelles, ‘02; Research areas: compact high speed turbomachinery; design, analysis (experimental-numerical), cavity and tip flows, flow control; high-speed propulsion; novel cycle development, intakes, boundary layer transition, combustion; development of measurement techniques and data processing.
(765) 494-1514
gpaniagua@purdue.edu
Fabio Semperlotti
Assistant Professor Of Mechanical Engr
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2009
(765) 494-5974
fsemperl@purdue.edu
Steven Son
(by courtesy)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1993; Multiphase combustion, particularly related to propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics; Nanoscale composite energetic materials; Advanced energetic materials; Microscale combustion.
Visiting Faculty
James Goppert
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ali Raz
Visiting Assistant Professor
David Wolf
Visiting Professor
Honorary Doctorate - Purdue University
Astronaut - STS 58, STS-86, STS-89, STS-112, STS-127
Astronaut - STS 58, STS-86, STS-89, STS-112, STS-127
Adjunct Faculty
Daniel Dumbacher
Adjunct Professor
Executive Director of AIAA
MS Business Administration, University of Alabama, 1984
BS Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1981
MS Business Administration, University of Alabama, 1984
BS Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1981
(301) 820-2460
ddumbach@purdue.edu
Timothy Fisher
Professor - UCLA
Nanoscale Transport Research Group
Nanoscale Transport Research Group
(765) 494-5627
tsfisher@purdue.edu
Michael Grant
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012; Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Atmospheric Flight Mechanics, Guidance Design, Trajectory Optimization, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Mission Design.
P.K. Imbrie
Director, Undergraduate Academic Programs
Dwight Look College of Engineering
Texas A&M University
Dwight Look College of Engineering
Texas A&M University
Adjunct Associate Professor; Ph.D., Texas A & M, 2000, Piezo-spectroscopy, Thermal Barrier Coatings, Constitutive modeling, Experimental Mechanics.
Anastasios Lyrintzis
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Embry-Riddle, Daytona Beach, FL
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Embry-Riddle, Daytona Beach, FL
Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Cornell, 1988, computational aeroacoustics, aerodynamics, with applications to rotorcraft and jet flows.
Kirk Yerkes
Energy Science and Integration Research Advisor
Energy, Power, Thermal Division, Propulsion Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Energy, Power, Thermal Division, Propulsion Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., University of Dayton, 1994
Emeritus Faculty
Dominick Andrisani
Emeritus Professor
Associate Professor; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1979, Estimation, Control, Dynamics.
John Drake
Professor Emeritus
David Filmer
Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1961, satellite design, ground station design for acquisition of satellite data
Alten Grandt
Raisbeck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Former Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration; Ph.D., Illinois, 1971, damage-tolerant structures and materials, fatigue and fracture, aging aircraft.
Winthrop Gustafson
Professor Emeritus
Czeslaw Kentzer
Professor Emeritus
Francis Marshall
Professor Emeritus
Charles Merkle
Professor Emeritus, Reilly Professor of Engineering
Joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering
Joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus; Reilly Professor of Engineering; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1969, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Mechanics, Two Phase Flows, Propulsion Components and Systems
Chin-Teh Sun
Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor; Ph.D., Northwestern, 1967, composites, fracture and fatigue, structural dynamics, smart materials and structures.
Terrence Weisshaar
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Stanford, 1971, aircraft structural mechanics, aeroelasticity, integrated design.
Marc Williams
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Princeton, 1975, aerodynamics, computational fluid mechanics.