Michael S. Selig
Michael S. Selig
Associate Professor
305 Talbot Lab
(217) 244-5757
(217) 244-0720 fax
Mailing Address:
UIUC/AAE
306 Talbot Lab
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Last update for this page: 9/6/98
For more up-to-date materials: http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig
Interests
Aircraft, automobiles, trains, yachts, wind turbines, footballs, and
insects all experience aerodynamic forces and moments while in motion.
The understanding and prediction of such forces on bodies moving
through air and other gases is broadly termed aerodynamics - the field
of interest that forms the cornerstone of Professor Selig's research.
The principal applications with which he is currently involved include
aircraft, automobiles (motor sports), and wind turbines. Of his work
in these areas, airfoil design and analysis, the associated
methodology, and its application emerges as a common thread. A more
recent interest is aircraft flight simulation for use in training and
system design. His research activities are currently funded by NASA
Lewis, DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Ford Motor Company,
Newman Haas Racing, NRaD-SPAWAR, Boeing, Caterpillar, AeroVironment, and private
donations. Much of this research is conducted in the wind tunnels of
the Subsonic
Aerodynamics Laboratory which he co-directs. His research on low
Reynolds number airfoils is well known and funded under the UIUC
Low-Speed Airfoil Tests program. More details of his research
activities can be found at the UIUC Applied Aerodynamics
Group web site.
Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University,
1992
M.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1988
B.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois,
1984
Experience
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Aeronautical
and Astronautical Engineering, Urbana, Illinois. Associate Professor. (8/98-present)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Aeronautical
and Astronautical Engineering, Urbana, Illinois. Assistant Professor. (8/92-8/98)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado. DOE Summer
Faculty Fellow. (6/93-8/93)
- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering,
State College, Pennsylvania. NASA Graduate Student Researchers Fellow and
Research Assistant. (8/87-5/92)
- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. NASA Graduate Student
Researchers Fellow. (10/90, 6/89-8/89)
- Princeton University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton, New Jersey. Research Assistant. (11/85-7/87)
- Naval Air Rework Facility, Norfolk, VA. Aerospace Engineer.
(5/84-7/84, 6/85)
- Various. (5/20/61-11/85)
Distinctions
- Department of Energy Summer Faculty Fellowship Award, 6/93-8/93
- Invited Lectures
- Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, December 1997
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 1997
- AeroVironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA, April 1996
- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal (through
AGARD), June 1995
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1993
- Old Dominion University, 1993
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1992
- University of Notre Dame, 1991
- Reviewer for
- AIAA Journal
- AIAA Journal of Aircraft
- ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
- Journal of the American Helicopter Society
- Optimal Control Applications and Methods
- Australian Research Council (proposals)
- DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (reports)
- UIUC Campus Research Board (proposals)
- Professional Society Activities
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Student Member (1983-1992)
- Member (1992-1997)
- Senior Member (1997-present)
- Member Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee
- Education Subcommittee Chairman (1993-1997)
- Session Chairman, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 1994
- Session Chairman, AIAA/FAA Joint Symposium on General Avaition
Systems, 1994
- Session Chairman, AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, 1995
- Session Chairman, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 1995
- Session Chairman, AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, 1996
- Technical Chairman for Applied Aerodynamics TC, Aerospace Sciences
Meeting, 1997
- Session Chairman, AIAA 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 1998
- Co-Founder/Organizer, AIAA Student Design/Build/Fly Competition, 1996-present
- Short Course Instructor, AIAA Surface Roughness Effects on Aircraft, June 1998
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Member, 1992-present
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Conference Paper Reviewer, ASME Wind Energy Symposium, 1996-present
- Session Chairman, ASME/AIAA Wind Energy Symposium, 1998
- American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Member, 1993-present
- Other Creative Works and Contributions
- Airfoil Design for the AeroVironment Centurion Solar-Electric
High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Aviation Week and Space
Technology, March 17, 1997, p. 17.
- Front and Rear Wing Airfoil Designs and Derivative Works for
IndyCars (CART Champ Cars), used by Newman Haas Racing, Race Seasons
1997 and 1998. Used at Homestead (wins), Fontana, and US 500.
- High-Lift Airfoil Design, appeared in "What's New," Popular
Science, February, 1995.
- Best of What's New 1993 Popular Science Grand Award for the
World's Fastest Bike (with J. Osborn, K. Franz, and J. Garbarino),
Popular Science, December 1993. Also appeared in: Cover Story,
Popular Science, October 1993; Mechanical Engineering,
February 1993; and CNN, Science and Technology Week, aired November
1992. Contribution: Aerodynamic fairing design.
- World's First Engine-Powered Radio Controlled Ornithopter Design
to Sustain Flight (with J. DeLaurier and J. Harris), CNN Science and
Technology Week, aired December 1991. Received the Popular
Science "Best of What's New" award for aviation and a Popular
Mechanics "Design and Engineering Award" Contribution:
Ornithopter-wing airfoil design. More details from Prof DeLaurier.
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