John Mullin
Associate Professor Of Engineering Practice
Degrees
MS & PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University Michigan, 2004
BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, 1995
BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, 1995
Contact
701 W. Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
Office:
ARMS 3211
Office Phone:
(765) 496-2764
Interests
Aerospace Systems and Design; Aerodynamics
Worked on the Airborne Laser Program, JWST MIRI Cyrocooler, Next Gen Polar Missile Warning Satellite, Strike Aircraft, VTOL Aircraft and Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Worked on the Airborne Laser Program, JWST MIRI Cyrocooler, Next Gen Polar Missile Warning Satellite, Strike Aircraft, VTOL Aircraft and Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Awards and Major Appointments
NGAS Executive Leadership Program, 2025
NGC Global Capture Program, 2024
USC Leadership Certificate, 2010
NGAS President Award for Maritime Laser Demonstration, 2012
Tau Beta Pi, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Sigma Gamma Tau, 1994
NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program, 2001-2003
NGC Global Capture Program, 2024
USC Leadership Certificate, 2010
NGAS President Award for Maritime Laser Demonstration, 2012
Tau Beta Pi, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Sigma Gamma Tau, 1994
NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program, 2001-2003
Research Areas
Fluid dynamics, turbulence, reacting and non-reacting flows
Aerospace and Defense Industry and Education Curriculum
Aerospace and Defense Industry and Education Curriculum
Publications
1) Dahm, W.J.A. and Mullin, J.A. (2007) High-Resolution Measurements of Velocity Gradient Fields with Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV). In Handbook for Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Springer.
2) Buckner, A., Mullin, J.A., Chan, R., Farrell, T.C., Lieto, C., and Triebes, K (2006) Using Large Eddy Simulation to Define Adaptive Optics System Requirements for Aero-Optic Compensation,Directed Energy Systems Symposium, Directed Energy Professional Society, Monterey, CA.
3) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2006) Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry
measurements of velocity gradient tensor fields in turbulent shear flow. Part 1: Accuracy
assessments. Phys. Fluids 18, 35101.
4) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2006) Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry
measurements of velocity gradient tensor fields in turbulent shear flow. Part 2: Experimental Results. Phys. Fluids 18, 35102.
5) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2005) Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry (DSPIV) for measuring velocity gradient fields at quasi-universal scales of turbulent flows. Exp. Fluids 38, 185.
6) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2004) Direct Assessments of Multifractal Scale-Similarity in True Dissipation and Enstrophy Fields from Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV). In Advances in Turbulence X, Proc. 10th European Turbulence Conference, June 29 – July 2, 2004, Trondheim, Norway.
7) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2004) Direct Experimental Measurements of Velocity Gradient Fields in Turbulent Flows via High-Resolution Frequency-Based Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV). Proc. 12th Annual International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics.
8) Mullin, J.A. (2004) A Study of Velocity Gradient Fields at Intermediate and Small Scales of Turbulent Shear Flows via Dual-Plane Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry. Ph. D. Dissertation, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2004.
9) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2003) Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV) Measurements of the Velocity Gradient Tensor Field at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows. Proc. 3rd Annual Turbulent Shear Flow Phenomena Conference.
10) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2002) Highly-Resolved Three-Dimensional Velocity
Measurements via Dual-Plane Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (DSPIV) in Turbulent Flows. AIAA Paper No. 2002-290, 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA, Washington D.C..
11) Dahm, W.J.A., Chen, S-J, Silver, J.A., Mullin, J.A., and Piltch, N.D (2002) Mixture Fraction Measurements via WMS/ITAC in a Microgravity Vortex Ring Diffusion Flame. Proc. Twenty Ninth Symp. (Int’l.) Comb. The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh.
12) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2000) Combined PLIF and PIV Laser Imaging Measurements of Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Reacting Flows. Proc. 10th Annual International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics.
13) Ratner, A., Driscoll, J.F., Donbar, J.M., Carter, C.D., and Mullin, J.A. (2000) Reaction Zone Structure of Nonpremixed Turbulent Flames in the “Intensely Wrinkled” Regime. Proc. Twenty- Eighth Symp. (Int’l.) Comb. The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh.
14) Ratner, A., Driscoll, J.F., Donbar, J.M., Carter, C.D., and Mullin, J.A. (1999) The New Regimes of “Intensely Wrinkled” and “Shredded” Nonpremixed Flames – Images of the Reaction Zone Technical Paper presented at the 1999 Joint Meeting, U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Washington DC.
15) Ratner, A., Driscoll, J.F., Donbar, J.M., Carter, C.D., and Mullin, J.A. (1999) The New Regimes of “Intensely Wrinkled” and “Shredded” Nonpremixed Flames – Images of the Reaction Zone. Technical Paper presented at the 1999 Eastern States Section: The Combustion Institute.
2) Buckner, A., Mullin, J.A., Chan, R., Farrell, T.C., Lieto, C., and Triebes, K (2006) Using Large Eddy Simulation to Define Adaptive Optics System Requirements for Aero-Optic Compensation,Directed Energy Systems Symposium, Directed Energy Professional Society, Monterey, CA.
3) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2006) Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry
measurements of velocity gradient tensor fields in turbulent shear flow. Part 1: Accuracy
assessments. Phys. Fluids 18, 35101.
4) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2006) Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry
measurements of velocity gradient tensor fields in turbulent shear flow. Part 2: Experimental Results. Phys. Fluids 18, 35102.
5) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2005) Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry (DSPIV) for measuring velocity gradient fields at quasi-universal scales of turbulent flows. Exp. Fluids 38, 185.
6) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2004) Direct Assessments of Multifractal Scale-Similarity in True Dissipation and Enstrophy Fields from Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV). In Advances in Turbulence X, Proc. 10th European Turbulence Conference, June 29 – July 2, 2004, Trondheim, Norway.
7) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2004) Direct Experimental Measurements of Velocity Gradient Fields in Turbulent Flows via High-Resolution Frequency-Based Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV). Proc. 12th Annual International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics.
8) Mullin, J.A. (2004) A Study of Velocity Gradient Fields at Intermediate and Small Scales of Turbulent Shear Flows via Dual-Plane Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry. Ph. D. Dissertation, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2004.
9) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2003) Dual-Plane Stereo PIV (DSPIV) Measurements of the Velocity Gradient Tensor Field at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows. Proc. 3rd Annual Turbulent Shear Flow Phenomena Conference.
10) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2002) Highly-Resolved Three-Dimensional Velocity
Measurements via Dual-Plane Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (DSPIV) in Turbulent Flows. AIAA Paper No. 2002-290, 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA, Washington D.C..
11) Dahm, W.J.A., Chen, S-J, Silver, J.A., Mullin, J.A., and Piltch, N.D (2002) Mixture Fraction Measurements via WMS/ITAC in a Microgravity Vortex Ring Diffusion Flame. Proc. Twenty Ninth Symp. (Int’l.) Comb. The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh.
12) Mullin, J.A. and Dahm, W.J.A. (2000) Combined PLIF and PIV Laser Imaging Measurements of Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Reacting Flows. Proc. 10th Annual International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics.
13) Ratner, A., Driscoll, J.F., Donbar, J.M., Carter, C.D., and Mullin, J.A. (2000) Reaction Zone Structure of Nonpremixed Turbulent Flames in the “Intensely Wrinkled” Regime. Proc. Twenty- Eighth Symp. (Int’l.) Comb. The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh.
14) Ratner, A., Driscoll, J.F., Donbar, J.M., Carter, C.D., and Mullin, J.A. (1999) The New Regimes of “Intensely Wrinkled” and “Shredded” Nonpremixed Flames – Images of the Reaction Zone Technical Paper presented at the 1999 Joint Meeting, U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Washington DC.
15) Ratner, A., Driscoll, J.F., Donbar, J.M., Carter, C.D., and Mullin, J.A. (1999) The New Regimes of “Intensely Wrinkled” and “Shredded” Nonpremixed Flames – Images of the Reaction Zone. Technical Paper presented at the 1999 Eastern States Section: The Combustion Institute.
Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Invited Lectures
1) Optical Diagnostics for Velocity and Pressure Measurements for Flow Control Device
Evaluation, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aero-Optics Workshop, October 26-28, 2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2) DSPIV Measurements of Velocity Gradient Tensor Fields in Turbulent Flows, 57th Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, November 21-23, 2004, Seattle, WA.
3) Direct Assessment of True Velocity Gradient Fields from Dual-Plane Stereo PIV Measurements, Invited Lecture University of Southern California, November 10, 2004, Los Angeles, CA.
4) Testing an Inlet for a Twin Engine VTOL Aircraft, 16th International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, August 31 – September 5, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio.
5) Quantitative Dual-Plane Stereo PIV, Velocity Gradient Measurements at the Fine-Scales of Turbulence, Thermal and Fluid Sciences Seminar, March 18, 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan.
6) Two-Color Dual-Plane Stereo PIV, Highly-Resolved Three-Dimensional Velocity Measurements at Small Scales of Turbulence, 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 14-17, 2002, Reno, Nevada.
7) Two-Color Dual-Plane Stereo PIV, Measuring Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Reacting Turbulent Shear Flows, 54th Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, November 18-20, 2001, San Diego, CA.
8) Heat Release Effects on Turbulence in Diffusion Flames, Aerospace Department Fluid and Gas Dynamics Seminar, November 30, 2000, University of Michigan.
9) Combined PLIF and PIV Laser Imaging Measurements of Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Reacting Flows, 10th Annual International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, July 10-13, 2000, Lisbon, Portugal.
10) Experiments on the Effects of Volumetric Expansion Due to Heat Release at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows, Aerospace Department Fluid and Gas Dynamics Seminar, March 23, 2000. Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows, 52nd Annual Meeting, American
11) Physical Society, November 21-23, 1999, New Orleans, LA.
12) Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows, Aerospace Department Fluid and Gas Dynamics Seminar, November 18, 1999, University of Michigan.
Evaluation, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aero-Optics Workshop, October 26-28, 2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2) DSPIV Measurements of Velocity Gradient Tensor Fields in Turbulent Flows, 57th Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, November 21-23, 2004, Seattle, WA.
3) Direct Assessment of True Velocity Gradient Fields from Dual-Plane Stereo PIV Measurements, Invited Lecture University of Southern California, November 10, 2004, Los Angeles, CA.
4) Testing an Inlet for a Twin Engine VTOL Aircraft, 16th International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, August 31 – September 5, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio.
5) Quantitative Dual-Plane Stereo PIV, Velocity Gradient Measurements at the Fine-Scales of Turbulence, Thermal and Fluid Sciences Seminar, March 18, 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan.
6) Two-Color Dual-Plane Stereo PIV, Highly-Resolved Three-Dimensional Velocity Measurements at Small Scales of Turbulence, 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 14-17, 2002, Reno, Nevada.
7) Two-Color Dual-Plane Stereo PIV, Measuring Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Reacting Turbulent Shear Flows, 54th Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, November 18-20, 2001, San Diego, CA.
8) Heat Release Effects on Turbulence in Diffusion Flames, Aerospace Department Fluid and Gas Dynamics Seminar, November 30, 2000, University of Michigan.
9) Combined PLIF and PIV Laser Imaging Measurements of Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Reacting Flows, 10th Annual International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, July 10-13, 2000, Lisbon, Portugal.
10) Experiments on the Effects of Volumetric Expansion Due to Heat Release at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows, Aerospace Department Fluid and Gas Dynamics Seminar, March 23, 2000. Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows, 52nd Annual Meeting, American
11) Physical Society, November 21-23, 1999, New Orleans, LA.
12) Heat Release Effects at the Small Scales of Turbulent Flows, Aerospace Department Fluid and Gas Dynamics Seminar, November 18, 1999, University of Michigan.
Other Information
Hobbies and interests: running, wakesurfing, home coffee roasting, and enjoying my family