Daniel R. Guildenbecher joined the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering as an Associate Professor in 2023. Prior to that, he was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he spent twelve years (2011-2023). Dr. Guildenbecher’s research develops experimental diagnostics of multiphase and combusting flows, including extensive prior applications to explosives, energetics, hypersonics and other national security topics of interest to Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Guildenbecher received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2009. He was a Visiting Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2009-2010) and Purdue University (2010-2011). He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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