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Lambros Named ASME Fellow

Professor John Lambros makes the third AE faculty member this year to have achieved the status of Fellow within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Sixty Years and Going Strong

Emeritus Prof. Harry H. Hilton reached a remarkable milestone in September 2009 — his 60th continuous year at the University of Illinois.

College Honors Archambault

The university, college, and Department of Aerospace Engineering welcomed Colonel Lee J. Archambault, BS 82, MS 84 AE, a distinguished United States Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut, back to campus during the Foundation weekend Oct. 2-4.

AE undergrad wins National Student Role Model Award

AE undergraduate Joseph Gonzalez has been selected as the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ National Student Role Model of the Year

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Elliott

Gregory Elliott

Professor

elliottg@uiuc.edu		 Return to: Faculty
Office address Mailing Address Research Group
302A Talbot Lab
217-265-9211		 306 Talbot Lab
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Gasdynamics and Laser Diagnostics Research Lab

Research Areas
Thermal and fluid sciences, experimental techniques with an emphasis on laser based diagnostic techniques, experimental supersonic and subsonic fluid mechanics, combustion, propulsion, thermal spray coating technologies, nanomaterial coatings and synthesis, aerodynamics, turbulence, acoustics, signal processing, engineering design and computational fluid dynamics.

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 1993, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
    Dissertation Topic: The Study of Compressible Free Shear Layers Using Laser Based Diagnostic Techniques
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1989, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
    Thesis Topic: Effects of Compressibility on Free Shear Layers
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude with Distinction, 1987, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
    Honors Project: Onset of Chaotic Behavior for an Array of Vorticesnone

Academic Positions:

  • 2003 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2000 - 2003: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
  • 1995 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
  • 1993 - 1995: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University
  • 1986 - 1987: Diversified Products Technical Division, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Major Honors and Awards:

  • Associate Fellow AIAA, 2003 1998 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
  • Best Aerodynamic Measurements Paper Award of 1999 from AIAA for:
    Elliott, G.S., Glumac, N., and Carter, C.D., "Molecular Rayleigh Scattering Applied to Combustion and Turbulence," AIAA-99-0643, AIAA 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January, 1999.
  • Best Fluid Dynamics Paper Award of 1999 from AIAA for:
    Mosedale, A., Elliott, G.S., Carter, C.D., and Beutner, T.J., "On the Use of Planar Doppler Velocimetry," AIAA-98-2809, AIAA 29th Joint Fluid Dynamics Conference, June, 1998.
  • Research highlighted in Aerospace America year in review 1994, 1998, and 1999

Selected Publications:

  • Ogot, M., Elliott, G.S., and Glumac, N., "An Assessment of In-Person and Remotely Operated Laboratories," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 92, No. 1, January, 2003.
  • Wang, C.C., Trivedi, S., Feng, J., Nir, J., Elliott, G.S., Khurgin, J., "High Precision Measurement of Optical Frequency Differences Between Q-switched Laser Pulses using Photo-EMF Sensors," Journal of Optical Society of America B, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 177-182, 2002.
  • Elliott, G.S., Glumac, N. and Carter, C.D. "Molecular Filtered Rayleigh Scattering Applied to Combustion," Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 452-466, 2001.
  • Crafton, J., Carter, C.D., and Elliott, G.S., "Three-component Phase-Averaged Velocity Measurements of an Optically Perturbed Supersonic Jet using Multi-Component Planar Doppler Velocimetry,"Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 409-419, 2001.
  • Beutner, T.J., Elliott, G.S., Williams, G.W., Crafton, J., Carter, C., "Forebody and Leading Edge Vortex Measurements Using Planar Doppler Velocimetry," Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 478-394, 2001.