Aerodynamics Research Lab

AE Alums Play Role in Phoenix Lander Mission

Three AE alumni participated in the successful landing of the Mars Phoenix Lander mission that touched down on the Martian northern arctic region on May 25, 2008

Voulgaris Awarded NCSA Fellowship

Aerospace Engineering Professor Petros Voulgaris has been awarded a National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Fellowship for his project, "Simulation-Based Performance and Robustness Analysis of Large Distributed Control Applications."

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September 08
AE 590 Seminar
From Red Cells to Skiing to a New Concept for an Airborne Jet Train that Flies on a Soft Porous Track at 700 km/hr

September 22
AE 590 Seminar
Methods for the Solution of Hybrid Optimal Control/Mission Planning Problems

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Faculty Researchers:	Location:	Phone:	Website:
Professor M. B. Bragg Professor M. S. Selig Professor G. S. Elliott	Aerodynamics Research Lab Building	217-244-6918	Aerodynamics Research Lab

Description of Research:

Co-directed by Professor M. B. Bragg, Professor M. S. Selig, and Professor G. S. Elliott. Subsonic aerodynamics research is conducted in the laboratory's three subsonic wind tunnels. Supersonic aerodynamics research is conducted in the labs blow-down wind tunnel and focuses on laser flow diagnostics. In recent years, research activities have included airfoil ice accretion effects, low Reynolds number airfoils, motorsports aerodynamics, and propeller aerodynamics.