Faculty Directory

EDUCATION

• University of Minnesota: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, June 1999
  
  
  
  Thesis: Direct Numerical Simulation and Large Eddy Simulation Closure of
  
  
  
  Reacting Turbulence in Hypersonic Flows
• University of Minnesota: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, December 1995
• Boston University: B. Eng. In Aerospace Engineering, May 1994.
  
  Honors, Summa cum laude.

BACKGROUND

Current Status

• Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland
• Founding Director, CRoCCo Laboratory for Research on Compressible flows
• Founding Director, National Numerical Evaluation Site for Hypersonics and Prototyping Facility (NNESH)
• Chief Technologist, Dridam Flight LLC, Collaborative work for supersonic and hypersonic technologies

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Tewksbury Merit Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia (2012)
• Jefferson Fellowship Finalist, U.S. Department of State (2012)
• Alfred Rheinstein’11 Faculty Award, Princeton University (May 2007)
• NSF Career Award (January 2003)