Undergraduate Aerodynamics and Propulsion Instructional Labs

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 G. S. Elliott	Room 18A Talbot Laboratory	217-265-9845

Description of Research:

Directed by Professor G. S. Elliott. The labs introduce undergraduate students to experimental methods in aerodynamics and propulsion. A wide range of experiments are employed including subsonic and supersonic wind tunnel measurements, hot wire, and shock tube experiments. The labs have been upgraded and new experiments include subsonic wind tunnel tests of the forces and pressures on a wing, flowfield measurements using laser doppler velocimetry, supersonic flow visualization, and design and execution of flat plate boundary layer measurement as a team effort.