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1 DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW Rodney Dimitris Bowersox Lagoudas, Head Interim Department December 2010 Head 2012

2 Our Main Strengths: On the Cutting Edge of Aerospace Engineering Three strong academic disciplines Aerodynamics & Propulsion (A&P) Dynamics & Controls (D&C) Materials & Structures (M&S) Five research focus areas addressing cutting-edge research on aerospace propulsion and energy, autonomous systems, intelligent materials, hypersonic vehicles, and sensors and space systems Renowned faculty, including 3 National Academy of Engineering members and 2 Distinguished Professors Unique laboratories and research facilities

3 Aerospace Engineering Academic Disciplines Aerodynamics & Propulsion Aerodynamics (airfoils/wings), aeroelasticity, flow control, hypersonics, laminar-turbulent transition, propulsion (jet engine, high-speed combustion, laser diagnostics), turbulence, small satellite design and fly, space weather, spacecraft propulsion Dynamics & Control Autonomous stability and control, Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), robotic systems, analytical and computational methods in dynamics and control, rigid body dynamics, space craft formation flying, sensing, intelligent control, orbital mechanics, space missions Materials & Structures Advanced composites, multifunctional materials, nanocomposites, plasticity, fracture, damage and fatigue, computational multiscale mechanics, nanomechanics, structural health monitoring, structural mechanics, aeroelastic systems, fluid solid interactions

4 Aerospace Engineering Faculty Advisory Board Interim Department Head Rodney Bowersox Resource Allocation Committee R. Bowersox ADH GPRI K. Shryock ADH UPO Y. Veals - ABA Aerodynamics & Propulsion H. Reed W. Saric R. Bowersox P. Cizmas S. Girimaji O. Rediniotis A. Karpetis E. White D. Donzis J. Slattery Dynamics & Control R. Vadali J. Junkins D. Hyland D. Mortari J. Valasek R. Bhattacharya S. Chakravorty J. Hurtado T. Pollock J. Rogers T. Alfriend J. Turner Materials & Structures T. Strganac V. Kinra D. Lagoudas T. Strouboulis R. Talreja J. Whitcomb A. Benzerga J. Boyd M. Naraghi D. Hartl

5 Aerospace Engineering Lecturers, Adjunct and Joint Faculty Lecturers Adjunct Faculty Joint Faculty David Kanipe Wayne Lutz Oscar Palafox Xavier Poulain Jacques Richard Kristi Shryock Greg Chamitoff Zoubeida Ounaies Ibrahim Karaman Mechanical Engineering Reza Langari Mechanical Engineering JN Reddy Mechanical Engineering Marlan Sculley Physics Jay R. Walton Mathematics

6 Research Focus Areas Diverse Research Areas From Basic to Applied

7 Research Focus Areas Aerospace Propulsion and Energy Systems Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems Controlled Intelligent Materials and Structures TEES Center: TiiMS Hypersonic Vehicle Systems TEES Center: NCHT Space Exploration and Sensing Systems

8 Departmental Budget $20,000,000 $18,000,000 $16,000,000 Research Income $14,000,000 $12,000,000 $12.6 M $13.3 M $14.4 M Academic $10,000,000 Student Fees $8,000,000 $6,000,000 Income from Endowments / Gifts $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $4.4 M $4.4 M $4.5 M Fellowships & Scholarships $ $18 M $19 M $20 M

9 Graduate Programs

10 Number of students Graduate Student Enrollment Present Enrollment Statistics In the past 5 years, we have substantially grown our graduate program, while Significantly improving student quality More than tripling the % of US graduate students Emphasizing funded PhD graduate students Year MS, MEN PhD Total We are amongst the most improved programs nationally and striving to further improve Fellowships 9 National (NSF, NDSEG, DoD, NASA) 5 University (Merit, Nat l Excellence, )

11 Graduate Student Demographics Present Enrollment Demographics US Grad Students: : From 21% to 67% while improving all quality metrics

12 Undergraduate Programs

13 Historical Data BS Graduates We have greatly improved retention of strong undergraduate students, while maintaining quality of the undergraduate program and simultaneously growing/improving our graduate program We are striving to further improve.

14 Relocation and Expansion of Laboratories Laser Diagnostics Laboratory Helicopter & Unmanned Systems Laboratory HP Computing Facilities TiiMS Composites Fabrication Laboratory Undergraduate Programs TiiMS Multifunctional Materials Laboratory

15 Aerospace Facilities at Easterwood Airport Very-low-disturbance flows up to 80 mph ACE Mach 5-8 Wind Tunnel Hypersonic Shock Tunnel Dynamic Stall Facility Laser Diagnostics Development Supersonic Basic Research Tunnel Plasma Turbulence Research Tunnel Cessna O-2A Skymaster, Velocity XL- 5RG, & Stemme S-10V Long-duration, quiet hypersonic wind tunnel Turn-key commercial wind tunnel testing up to 200 mph 6-DOF simulation of spacecraft dynamics for docking and maneuvering LASR NAL Expansion Cutting-edge research and commercial testing at our Easterwood facilities

16 Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems Flight Testing Facility at Riverside Campus New Dedicated AUxVS Flight Testing Infrastructure Attract funding from aerospace industry Enhance national security research focus Facilitate capstone design projects Increase visibility of our programs 16

17 Expansion of AggieSat Lab Lab established in 2005 Recently expanded

18 Reassembly of Space Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS)

19 Go Beyond