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Michael B. BraggProfessor and Associate Dean for Research and Administrative Affairs, College of Engineeringmbragg@illinois.edu |
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306 Engr Hall 217-244-5551 |
306 Talbot Lab 104 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801 |
Icing Research Group Subsonic Aerodynamics Lab |
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| Professor Bragg has been involved in national and international technical activities. He is a past chair of the Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft Icing Technology Committee and has served on four AIAA national technical committees including as chair of the Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee. Professor Bragg received the 1998 Losey Atmospheric Science Award from the AIAA for his research in aircraft icing and was named an AIAA Fellow in 2004. He has received the College of Engineering Research Award from Ohio State University and the Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award from the Aerospace Engineering (AE) Department at Illinois. Dr. Bragg’s primary expertise is in the field of aircraft icing and his research in this field has been supported by NASA Glenn Research Center, the FAA, and other federal agencies and companies since 1980. Professor Bragg is a consultant for several US companies on matters concerning aircraft icing and serves on the FAA REDAC (Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee), the Board of Visitors to the Air Force Institute of Technology, and other advisory committees. He teaches aerodynamics and flight mechanics and has received the AE Department’s Teacher of the Year Award, been on the university’s "Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students," and in 2004 received the Stanley Pierce Award from the College of Engineering. Professor Bragg has served as head of the AE Department at Illinois since 1999. | ||
Professor Bragg's two primary areas of research are aircraft icing and unsteady aerodynamics. Both of these areas involve the study of unsteady and highly separated fluid flows. Much of this research is conducted in the wind tunnels of the Aerodynamics Research Laboratory, which Dr. Bragg co-directs. The effect of ice accretion and other surface contaminants on the aerodynamic performance of aircraft has been a long-term interest of Professor Bragg's. His research has provided insight into the relationship between airfoil design and performance loss, the physics of iced airfoils and the detailed flowfield, proper simulation of iced airfoils, and aircraft in icing flight safety. His group has provided PIV and many other measurement techniques to explore the flowfields on iced airfoils and high-performance vehicles. Recently, Professor Bragg and colleagues have developed the concept coined “smart icing systems” that can sense ice accretion including performance and control changes, modify the flight envelope, and, if necessary, adapt flight control in a method consistent with pilot-automation coordination.
Education:
- Ph.D., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1981.
- M.S., Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 1977.
- B.S., Aero. and Astro. Engineering, UIUC, 1976.
Academic Positions:
- Assistant Professor of Aero. and Astro. Engineering, Ohio State University, 1981-1987
- Associate Professor of Aero. and Astro. Engineering, Ohio State University, 1987-1989
- Associate Professor of Aero. and Astro. Engineering, UIUC, 1990-1995
- Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC (0%), 1994-1999
- Affiliate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, 1999-2000
- Professor, Aerospace Engineering, UIUC, 1995-present
- Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC, 1999-1006
- Associate Dean for Research and Administration Affairs, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2006-present
Major Honors and Awards:
- Ohio State University College of Engineering Research Award, 1986
- Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award, Dept. of Aero. and Astro. Engineering, UIUC, 1988
- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Teacher of the Year, 1990
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992
- UIUC Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent by Their Students: 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
- UIUC Critical Research Inititives Award, 1997
- Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1998
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Losey Atmospheric Science Award, 1998
- NASA TGIR award “Revolutionize Aviation” to Aircaft Icing Research Team, 2001
- NASA TGIR award “Revolutionize Aviation” to AGATE Alliance Project Team, 2002
- Advisors List, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2003
- Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004
- Stanley H. Pierce Award, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2004
Selected Publications:
- Soltani, M.R. and Bragg, M.B., “Early Vortex Burst on Delta Wings in Pitch,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 12, Dec. 1993, pp. 2283-2289.
- Bragg, M.B., Heinrich, D.C., Valarezo, W.O. and McGhee, R.J., “Effect of Underwing Frost on a Transport Aircraft Airfoil at Flight Reynolds Number,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 6, 1994, pp. 1372-1379.
- Bragg, M.B., Heinrich, D.C., Balow, F.A., and Zaman, K.B.M.Q., “Flow Oscillation over an Airfoil Near Stall,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1, 1996, pp. 199-201.
- Kerho, M.F. and Bragg, M.B., “Airfoil Boundary-Layer Development and Transition with Large Leading-Edge Roughness,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1997, pp. 75 - 84.
- Bragg, M.B., “Aircraft Icing,” McGraw-Hill 1999 Yearbook of Science & Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999, pp. 183-185.
- Broeren, A.P., and Bragg, M.B., “Unsteady Stalling Characteristics of Thin Airfoils at Low-Reynolds Number,” Proceedings of the Conference on Fixed, Flapping and Rotary Vehicles at Very Low Reynolds Number, Ed. by T.J. Mueller, Notre Dame, IN, June 2000, pp. 396-420.
- Gurbacki, H.M., Bragg, M.B., "Sensing Aircraft Icing Effects by Unsteady Flap Hinge-Moment Measurement," Journal of Aircraft, Vol, 38, No. 3, 2001, pp. 575-577.
- Lee, S. and Bragg, M.B., “Investigation of Factors Affecting Iced-Airfoil Aerodynamics,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2003, pp. 499-508.
- Whalen, E. and Bragg, M.B., “Aircraft Characterization in Icing Using Flight Test Data,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2005, pp. 792-794.
- Broeren, A.P. and Bragg, M.B., “Effect of Airfoil Geometry on Performance with Simulated Intercycle Ice Accretions," Journal of Aircraft, Vol.42, No.1, 2005, pp. 121-130.
- Bragg, M.B., Broeren, A.P., Blumenthal, L., “Iced-Airfoil Aerodynamics,” Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 41 (2005) p. 323-362.
