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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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Compressible Fluid Mechanics Lab

Faculty Researchers: Location: Phone: Website:
Professor J. M. Austin 18 Talbot Laboratory 217-265-9845  Compressible Fluid Mechanics Lab

Description of Research:

Directed by Professor J. M. Austin. Experimental studies of high-speed flows, reacting and non-reacting. Current research includes the development of a high stagnation enthalpy expansion tube for study of hypervelocity flow with real gas conditions, studies of unsteady flow and waves at small scale, and investigation of shock-induced pore collapse relevant to energetic material ignition.