Director:

Prof. Marilyn Smith
203 SST
(404) 894-3065
Prof. Smith's Web Page

Please contact Prof. Smith directly if you are interested in a particular topic. Please do not contact students.

PhD Graduate Students:

Eric Lynch

Wind turbine aerodynamics/ aeroelasticity using unstructured methods.

James Cook

Aeroelastic tailoring of rotor blades via piezoelectic surface morphing via unstructured CFD/CSD methods.

Nicholas Liggett

Aeroelastic tailoring of rotor blades via active flaps and microflaps via structured methods.

Ritu Marpu

Developing advanced overset methods for complex flows.

MSAE Graduate Students:

Jean de Montaudoüin

Development of improved wake methods for rotorcraft.

Ben Koukol

Investigation of the dynamics of bluff bodies in suspension.

Daniel Lowe

Investigation of the drag of rotating and stationary rotor hubs.

Eliot Quon

Development of improved acoustics and performance modeling for long age wakes in rotorcraft and wind energy systems.

Nic Reveles

Development of tight CFD/CSD coupling strategies for rotating systems.

Christian Rupnarine

Investigation of reverse and cross flow aerodynamics for high speed rotorcraft.

Rajiv Shenoy

Development of improved rotor-fuselage interactions CFD/CSD methods.

Undergraduates:

Dan Kuehme

Calculation of properties of rotor blade airfoils in dynamic stall using CFD.

Phillip Richards

Investigation of rotor dynamic stall and vortex/blade interactions.

Former Ph.D. AE Students:

Jennifer Abras - May, 2009
Enhancement of Aeroelastic Rotor Airload Prediction Methods

Andrew Shelton - August, 2009
A Multi-resolution Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Unsteady Compressible Flows

David O'Brien - May, 2006
Analysis Of Computational Modeling Techniques For Complete Rotorcraft Configurations

David Findlay – 1999

A Numerical Study of Aircraft Empennage Buffet

Former Terminal MS and MSAE Students:

John Rozier, 2009
Yann Vonderscher, 2009
Christopher Martin, 2008
Anthony Cella, 2008
Chirag Talati, 2006
Nick Burgess, 2006
Matt Laurita, 2001
Jason Smucker, 2001
Achim Briese, 2001
Yueping Li, 2000
Rick Bailey, 1999
Tobias Mauermann, 1999

Former BSAE Undergrad Researchers:

Nicholas Reveles, 2009
Michael Seelhorst (AE Honors Program), 2009
Christina Efland, 2006
Robert Jurenko (AE Honors Program), 2006
Chirag Talati (AE Honors Program), 2006
Eric Rader, 2006
Brian Kazian, 2005
Rebecca Fink, 2004
Heidi Anderson, 2004
Michael Harris, 2003
Meridyth Horton, 2002
Eduardo Fuchs, 2002
Evan (Ari) Zachary, 2002
Theordore Smith, 2001
Erica Walsh, 2000
Scott Moy, 2000
Gaines, Redd, 2000
Jason Smucker, 1999
Marc Deltete, 1998
Natalie Martin, 1998
Carsley Matthews, 1998