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Wayne C. SolomonProfessor Emerituswsolomon@uiuc.edu |
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| Office address | Mailing Address | Research Group |
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| 314 Talbot Lab 217-244-7646 |
306 Talbot Lab 104 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801 |
UIUC Chemical Laser Group |
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Prof. Solomon's research is broad-based and covers several aspects of propulsion and non-equilibrium flow as well as the research with high energy lasers. Studies have been conducted for a propulsion system for a hypersonic vehicles. Non-equilibrium models and flow fields have been developed for a methane/air-fueled scramjet propulsion system. The system performance of this system is attractive and detailed combustion research is needed to assess the potential. Several studies are ongoing in the area of high energy laser research. One study includes the full description of the mixing and reaction of a flow field containing excited oxygen and iodine. The resultant performance is obtained using a full 3D-CFD Navier Stokes description of the flow field. Computations provide the laser performance, fluid mixing and chemistry in our Computational Laboratory. Experimental results are obtained for high energy lasers in Laboratory for Laser Research. Several new experimental lasers are being developed in our laboratories. These have promise of significant improvement over present day systems. Typical systems include chemical lasers and hybrid electrochemical systems. |
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Education:
- Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Oregon, 1963
- B.S. Chemistry, University of Idaho, 1956
Academic Positions:
- Staff Scientist, Air Force Rocket Propulsion, Edwards, CA 1963-1967
- Visiting Professor, Institute of Physical Chemisty, University of Goettingen, West Germany, 1967-1969
- Cheif of Kinetics and Thermodynamics, Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, Edwards, CA, 1969-1973
- Director of High Energy Laser Technology, Bell Aerospace Textron, Wheatfield, NY, 1973-1980
- Director of Advanced Technology, Bell Aerospace Textron, Wheatfield, NY, 1980-1982
- Programs Director, Prototype Laser Systems, Bell Aerospace Textron, Wheatfield, NY, 1982-1986
- Director of Engineering for Advanced Systems, Bell Aerospace Textron, Wheatfield, NY, 1987-1988
- Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1988-Present
- Head, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Department, University of Illinois, 1988-1999
- Director, Illinois Space Grant Consortium, University of Illinois, 1991-Present
- President, CU Aerospace, 1998-Present
Major Honors and Awards:
- Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Oregon, 1995
- Silver and Gold Award, University of Idaho, 1996
Selected Publications:
- T. J. Madden and W. C. Solomon, " Performance of COIL Lasers with 3-D Finite Volume Computional Methodology", AIAA J. of Propulsion and Power, in preparation.
- D.L. Carroll, D.M. King, L Fockler, D. Stromberg, W.C. Solomon and L.H. Sentman, "High Performance Chemical-Iodine Lasers", IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics, 40-52 (2000).
- D.M. King, D.L. Carroll, J.K. Laystrom, J. Verdeyen, M. Sexauer, and W.C. Solomon, "ElectriCOIL: Preliminary Experiments of Excited Oxygen Generation by RF Discharge," Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Lasers 2000 held in Albuquerque, NM, eds. V. Corcoran and T. Goldman, STS Press, McLean VA, 4-8 December 2000, in press.
- W.C. Solomon and D.L. Carroll, "ElectriCOIL: Preliminary Experiments of Excited Oxygen Generation by RF Discharge," Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Lasers 2000 held in Albuquerque, NM, eds. V. Corcoran and T. Goldman, STS Press, McLean VA, 4-8 December 2000, in press.
- D.L. Carroll and W.C. Solomon, "ElectriCOIL: An Advanced Chemical Iodine Laser Concept," Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Laser Conference, Florence, Italy, 18-22 September 2000, in press.
