Aerospace Engineering News Contact Us About Us University of Illinois University of Illinois
Current News & Events
News

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

More News ››

Events

More Events ››

 
Sentman

Lee H. Sentman

Professor Emeritus

sentman@uiuc.edu		 Return to: Faculty
Office address Mailing Address Research Group
312 Talbot Lab
217-333-1834		 306 Talbot Lab
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL  61801		 Chemical Laser Laboratory
Research Areas

Current Research Interests: chemical lasers, mode-medium interactions, commercialization of high energy chemical lasers, molecular dynamics, supersonic mixing reacting flows, fluid mechanics, kinetic theory and statistical mechanics, passive satellite attitude control.

Director of the Chemical Laser Laboratory
The Chemical Laser Laboratory is involved in developing the fundamental understanding of the fluid dynamic, chemical kinetic and radiative interactions that determine the performance of continuous wave chemical lasers. This understanding and the resulting data base provide the basis on which technology decisions may be made in the development of these devices.

Education:

  • Ph.D. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1965
  • B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1958

Academic Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, University of Illinois 1965-1969
  • Associate Professor, University of Illinois 1969-1979
  • Visiting Professor, University of Arizona 1971-1972
  • Associate Department Head 1987-1999
  • Professor, University of Illinois 1979-2002
  • Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, 2002-present
  • Engineer, Douglas Aircraft Corp., Santa Monica, CA - Summer 1957, 1958
  • Guggenheim Fellow, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ - 1958-1959
  • Dynamics Engineer Senior, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA - 1959-1965
  • Research Specialist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA - Summer 1968
  • Research Specialist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA - Summer 1969
  • Aerospace Engineer, Rocket Propulsion Lab., Edwards AFB, CA - Summer 1971
  • National Research Council Senior Postdoctoral Resident Research Associate, Rocket Propulsion Lab., Edwards AFB, CA - Summer 1972
  • Principal Scientist, Bell Aerospace Company, Buffalo, NY - Summers 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977

Major Honors and Awards:

  • Fellow AIAA
  • AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award, 2002
  • W. L. Everitt Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, 1969
  • Outstanding Educators of America, 1970
  • National Research Council Senior Postdoctoral Resident Research Associate, 1972
  • University of Illinois Loyalty Award, 1977
  • Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Student Chapter AIAA, 1975-1976, 1995-1996
  • Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students; Fall 1973, Spring 1989, Spring 1996

Selected Publications:

  • P. T. Theodoropoulos, L. H. Sentman, D. L. Carroll, R. E. Waldo, S. J. Gordon and J. W. Otto, " Study of the Residual Fundamental Gain of a CW HF Chemical Laser," in Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, Willy L. Bohn, Helmut Hugel, Editors, Proc. SPIE 2502, pp 402-410, 1995.
  • P. T. Theodoropoulos, L. H. Sentman, D. L. Carroll, R. E. Waldo, S. J. Gordon and J. W. Otto, "Continuous Wave Hydrogen Fluoride Overtone Lasing Saturation Effects on Fundamental Gain Suppression," AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 6, June 1996, pp 1216-1223.
  • P. T. Theodoropoulos and L. H. Sentman, "Fundamental Gain Suppression Mechanisms in a Continuous Wave Hydrogen Fluoride Overtone Laser," AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 8, August 1996, pp 1589-1594.
  • S. J. Gordon, L. H. Sentman and D. S. Jenkins, "Line Selected Performance of a CW HF Laser," in Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Lasers: Eleventh International Symposium, D. L. Hall and H. J. Baker, Editors, SPIE, Vol 3092, pp 502-503, Bellingham, WA, 1997.
  • D. L. Carroll, D. M. King, L. Fockler, D. Stromberg, W. C. Solomon, L. H. Sentman and C. H. Fisher, "High-Performance Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser Using Nitrogen Diluent for Commercial Applications," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 1, January 2000, pp 40-51.