Faculty Directory
Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Alina Alexeenko
Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Penn State, 2003; computational rarefied gas dynamics, vacuum gas dynamics, direct simulation Monte Carlo techniques, microscale gas flows, coupled thermal-fluid analysis of microdevices, high-altitude aerothermodynamics.
William Anderson
Professor
2014 - Associate Head of Undergraduate Programs
2014 - Associate Head of Undergraduate Programs
Professor Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University 1996. Chemical propulsion and design methodologies
Dominick Andrisani
Associate Professor
Associate Professor; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1979, Estimation, Control, Dynamics.
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.
Daniel Dumbacher
Professor of Practice
Professor of Practice, Systems of Systems
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
Carolin Frueh
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Bern, Switzerland, 2011; Space Situational Awareness (satellites, debris and near earth objects)
James Garrison
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997, Earth remote sensing, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), bistatic radar, signals of opportunity.
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.
Michael Grant
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012; Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Atmospheric Flight Mechanics, Guidance Design, Trajectory Optimization, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Mission Design.
Stephen Heister
Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration
Director, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories
Director, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories
Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration; Ph.D., UCLA, 1988, rocket propulsion, liquid propellant injection systems.
Kathleen Howell
Distinguished Hsu Lo Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hsu Lo Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; 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.
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 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, Gene Transcription Networks, Formation Control.
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.
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; Combustion and propulsion (low and high speed), experimental flow dynamics, micro-scale power generation, alternative fuels, fire research, environmental impact of combustion.
Michael Sangid
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, 2010; multi-scale approach to understanding grain boundary effects on crack initiation; heterogeneous deformation of materials and fatigue crack growth testing and modeling of new and emerging materials
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
WANG 4046
ashashur@purdue.edu
Tom Shih
Professor and Head, School 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
ARMS 3233
dspencer@purdue.edu
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; structural health monitoring; multi-functional materials; smart structures; nanotechnology; tomographic imaging.
Vikas Tomar
Professor and University Faculty Scholar
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, Spectral Tomography
Haifeng Wang
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Cornell University, 2010; Turbulence and combustion modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; High-performance computing;
Wenbin Yu
Associate Professor
PhD, Georgia Tech, 2002. Technical area: structural mechanics and micromechanics; application area: advanced structures and materials
Research Faculty
Johnathan Goodsell
Research Assistant Professor
Courtesy Faculty
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
Timothy Fisher
(By Courtesy)
James G. Dwyer Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1998; Heat Transfer, Nanotechnology
(765) 494-5627
tsfisher@purdue.edu
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
Nicole Key
(By Courtesy)
Associate Professor Of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant 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 Associate Professor
Associate Head in Industrial Engineering and Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering; Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2004
Robert Lucht
(By Courtesy)
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
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
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
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
Sarag Saikia
Visiting Assistant Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D. 2015.
Research interests: Spacecraft aerocapture, entry, descent, and landing; design of planetary probes and instrument concepts; advanced spacecraft concepts (e.g. mobility technologies); early mission concept formulation; and human exploration missions leading to the colonization of Mars.
WANG 4052
sarag@purdue.edu
Adjunct Faculty
David Filmer
Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1961, satellite design, ground station design for acquisition of satellite data
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.
John Rusek
Research Director, Swift Enterprises, Ltd.
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1983, Propulsion, Energy Conversion, Power Generation.
Boris Yendler
Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Adjunct Professor; Ph.D. Leningrad State University, USSR; Thermal Management for space applications, conventional and advanced heat pipes, modeling techniques and new materials (composites, adhesive, etc.) used for thermal management; Propulsion Systems
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
John Drake
Professor Emeritus
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
George Palmer
Professor Emeritus
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.