The Ohio State University, Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

WARNING: Still under construction

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About the Department

The OSU department of aeronautical and astronautical engineering was founded in 1953. Its mission is to train engineering students in the disciplines related to the design and construction of aircraft and spacecraft.

Faculty

  • Dr. Gerald Gregorek, department chairman, applied aerodynamics
  • Dr. Odus Burggraf, professor emeritus, theoretical and computational fluid dynamics
  • Dr. Rudolph Edse, professor emeritus, gas dynamics and propulsion
  • Dr. John Lee, professor emeritus, aerodynamics
  • Dr. Richard Bodonyi, professor, computational and theoretical fluid dynamics
  • Dr. Michael Foster, professor, theoretical fluid dynamics
  • Dr. Peter Turchi, professor, gas and plasma dynamics
  • Dr. R.K. Yedavelli, professor, control systems and dynamics
  • Dr. Thomas York, professor, plasma dynamics
  • Dr. Joseph Haritonidas, associate professor, experimental fluid dynamics
  • Dr. Hayrani Oz, associate professor, astronautics, control systems, and structural dynamics
  • Dr. James Scott, associate professor, computational fluid dynamics
  • Dr. Hacene Bouadi, assistant professor, composite materials and structures
  • Dr. Herman Shen, assistant professor, structures

    • Facilities

  • 2x4 foot low turbulence subsonic closed-loop wind tunnel
  • Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Lab (AARL) at Don Scott Field
  • 3x5 foot blowdown subsonic wind tunnel
  • 6x22 inch blowdown transonic wind tunnel
  • 6x6 inch blowdown supersonic wind tunnel
  • 12x12 inch closed-loop hypersonic wind tunnel
  • laser Doppler velocimeter
  • MPD arc thruster laser diagnostic system
  • closed-loop subsonic wind tunnel with 7x10 foot high-speed and 16x14 foot low-speed test sections
  • computer facilities, including Engineering Region 1's SGI and HP workstations and access to Ohio Supercomputer Center's Cray Y-MP and T3D machines

    • Research

  • "Godzilla", the world's largest capacitor bank, is used for experiments with plasma dynamics
  • CFD research, including projects on aeroacoustics, heat transfer, and airfoil aerodynamics
  • experimental fluid mechanics, focusing currently on high-altitude aerodynamic phenomena
    • Author: Troy A. Baer, tabaer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu