Newsletter of the Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Vol. 16 • 2014 Extracurricular Projects Enhance Student Learning PAGE 18 Four New Faculty Join AE PAGE 4 AE to Gain Composites Manufacturing, Nanosatellite Labs PAGE 15 AE Begins Online MS Degree Program PAGE 16 Inside Welcome to the 2014 Edition Faculty News of the Alumni Newsletter of Four New Faculty Join AE at Illinois ..............................4 AE at Illinois Hilton Made Fellow of ASC ....................................7 Chew: Searching the Small for the Strong and the Tough .............8 At the start of a new academic year, I am delighted Campus Recognizes Geubelle for Guiding Undergraduate Research .....9 to report that four new faculty members will join AE Selig Selected for AIAA 2014 Aerodynamics Award .................10 during the 2014-15 academic year and reinforce our Dutton, Jeffers, Gain Teacher, Staff of the Year Awards ..............10 strength in research and teaching in computational Bodony Named Blue Waters Associate Professor; AIAA Associate Fellow . 11 fluid dynamics (CFD) and applied aerodynamics. Dr. Chung Named Center for Advanced Study Fellow; Recognized for Deborah Levin (PhD Caltech, 1979) is a recognized Research ..............................................11 White Achieves International Recognition world leader in the area of computational multi-phys- for Research; Earns Local Honors for Graduate Student Mentoring ...12 ics modeling of reacting and plasma flows, such as Conway Retires; Continues Research, Teaching ....................13 those encountered in hypersonic and reentry vehicles Elliott Wins 2014 Pierce Award ................................13 under extremely high Mach numbers. Dr. Vincent Le Freund Organizes/Chairs Symposium ............................13 Chenadec brings his unique expertise in computa- Lambros Wins Frocht Award ..................................14 tional combustion, and Dr. Taraneh Sayadi specializes Department News in the large-scale simulation of turbulence and in data driven decomposition techniques related to CFD. Both High School Students Get a Taste of AE .........................14 Le Chenadec and Sayadi obtained their PhDs from AE Gains Composite, Nanosatellite Instructional Labs with Talbot Renovation ............................................15 Stanford in 2012 and will join our Department this fall AE Offers Online Master’s Degree ..............................16 as Blue Waters assistant professors, which will give Rolls-Royce Dedicates Concorde’s Olympus Engine to AE ............17 them access to the unique supercomputing facility available on our campus. Last but not least, Dr. Phil Student Projects Ansell, who graduated last year from our Department Projects Outside the Classroom Allow AE Students to Put Their and will join AE as Assistant Professor in January 2015 Knowledge to Work ......................................18 at the conclusion of his postdoctoral appointment, Student News brings to AE his experimental expertise in unsteady applied aerodynamics. I encourage you to read their Tradition of Success: AE at Illinois Teams Take First, Second in AIAA Space Design Contest ....................................26 profiles starting on page 4. Aerospace Engineering Honors Outstanding Students ...............28 The cover story (starting from page 18) chosen for this Beeson Wins Brundage Scholarship .............................31 edition of the newsletter describes the involvement Fujiwara Wins “Love of Learning Award” ........................31 of our students in a wide variety of extra curricular Shah Chosen as Knight of St. Pat; Receives Pierce Award ............32 Sebastian Wins College’s Schowalter Award ......................32 Gonzalez Takes Second in National SHPE Research Presentation .......33 AE Students Use GPS to Improve Wind Farm Efficiency ..............33 Writers Susan Mumm, Aerospace Engineering Media Specialist Alumni News Mike Koon, College of Engineering at Illinois Communications Steven Nagel, Astronaut, Long-time AE Supporter .................34 Office Mike Hopkins’ Year-long Journey: From ISS to Illinois. 35 Photographers Carruthers Receives Illinois’ Highest Alumni Award .................35 Design/Build/Fly AIAA Recognizes Muellner as Honorary Fellow ....................36 Illinois Robotics in Space Alumnus Riley Selected as AIAA Fellow ..........................36 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Deal, Leo, Merret and Whalen Selected for AE Alumni Awards ........37 Student Aircraft Builders Student Space Systems Aerospace Engineering Alum Develops Website for Young Adults Susan Mumm, AE Media Specialist with Cancer ............................................40 Jeff Schotland, Schotland Photography LLC, Kansas City, MO A Word From Alumni Board President Mark Crowley ................41 L. Brian Stauffer, UI News Bureau Class News ...............................................42 Thompson-McClellan Photographers Designer Thanks to Our Donors Gretchen Wieshuber, Studio 2D Why I give to U of I… .......................................46 Support Your Alma Mater ....................................47 2 Department of Aerospace Engineering projects. Our objective is to make sure that every AE student par- Department of Aerospace Engineering ticipates and takes a leadership role in at least one extra curricular Faculty Kenneth R. Sivier project while on campus. Together Wayne C. Solomon Phillip J. Ansell with my AE colleagues, I strongly Shee Mang Yen Lawrence A. Bergman believe these extracurricular activi- Daniel J. Bodony ties are an essential component of Affiliate/Adjunct Timothy W. Bretl Faculty the education of our students. These projects consti- Ioannis Chasiotis tute an ideal complement to the strong theoretical Huck Beng Chew Joseph Bentsman education they receive at Illinois and to the increasing Soon-Jo Chung David Leon Carroll number of hands-on courses that are now part of our Victoria L. Coverstone Naira Hovakimyan curriculum (see the cover story of last year’s newslet- J. Craig Dutton Eric Loth ter, aerospace.illinois.edu/news-events/ae-publica- Gregory S. Elliott Arif Masud tions). The College shares this vision and has decided Jonathan B. Freund D. Michael McFarland George H. Miley this year to dedicate part of the Grainger Engineering Grace X. Gao James W. Phillips Library to collaborative design and manufacturing Philippe H. Geubelle John Lambros Srinivasa M. Salapaka space. Cedric Langbort Nancy R. Sottos We have multiple projects in store for this academic Vincent Le Chenadec Alexander F. Vakakis year, starting with the first offering of our on-line Deborah A. Levin Administrative Staff master’s degree program. As described on page 16, N. Sri Namachchivaya the emphasis has been placed on the quality of the Marco Panesi Lee A. Booher program, with the on-line courses being identical Taraneh Sayadi Timothy A. Cochrane Michael S. Selig David E. Farrow (same instructors, same semesters, same exams, same Petros G. Voulgaris Laura A. Gerhold homework assignments) to those taught on campus. Scott R. White Diane E. Jeffers Another major project for the Department is the Mark S. Hart recently approved $3.2 million campus investment in Lecturers Kendra Lindsey the remodeling of Talbot Lab. As part of this renova- Steven J. D’Urso Stephen S. Mathine tion, AE will create two state-of-the-art educational Gail C. Jonkouski Gregory S. Milner Susan K. Mumm laboratories dedicated to composite manufacturing Brian S. Woodard Staci L. Tankersley and nano-satellite technology. More details about this Emeritus Faculty major project can be found on page 15. Shared Services Michael B. Bragg I encourage you to learn about these and other AE John D. Buckmaster Gregory N. Anderson stories in this newsletter and on the Department’s Rodney L. Burton Tessa M. Hile website, www.aerospace.illinois.edu, where you Bruce A. Conway Lori Ann Ballinger-Pankau can find many more stories about AE alumni, students Harry H. Hilton Leslie L. Reinhart and faculty that could not fit in this publication. As Ki D. Lee Lori A. Rairden Willoughby always, I look forward to your comments. John E. Prussing Philippe H. Geubelle Bliss Professor and Head Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Soon-Jo Chung Daniel J. Bodony J. Craig Dutton Timothy W. Bretl Grace X. Gao Bruce A. Conway Thomas L. Jackson Steven J. D’Urso On the cover: This photo captured the launch of the AE at Illinois team’s entry in the NASA Student J. Craig Dutton Rocket Launch competition. Gregory S. Elliott Ruben Hortensius Brian Woodard 2014 Newsletter 3 Faculty News Four New Faculty Join AE at Illinois Newcomers Build on AE’s Strengths in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Aerodynamics Levin Brings to AE Expertise in Bringing six graduate students and a postdoctoral Modeling, Simulation of Chemical research associate with her to Illinois, Levin plans to Reacting Flows expand her research into hypersonic flow-materials interactions. Having established herself as an international author- “The modeling of the flow into porous materials is a ity in modeling and simulation of chemical reacting hard problem,” Levin said. “We have an understand- flows through a 34-year career, including in the Insti- ing of it at the nanometer scale, but I want to work tute for Defense Analyses and at The Pennsylvania Levin at the micron and millimeter scale. There’s no funda- State University, Deborah A. Levin this fall has brought mental connection of how the material