Faculty

Name Title Research Areas
Breidenthal, Robert
(206) 685-1098
breidenthal@aa.washington.edu 		Professor
 Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence
Bruckner, Adam P.
(206) 543-6143
bruckner@aa.washington.edu 		Professor
 Propulsion, Space Systems, Energy Conversion
Dabiri, Dana
(206) 543-6067
dabiri@aa.washington.edu 		Associate Professor
Adjunct in Mechanical Engineering		 Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Turbulence
Feraboli, Paolo
(206) 543-2170
feraboli@aa.washington.edu 		Research Associate Professor Composite Damage Resistance & Tolerance, Composite Crashworthiness, Lightning Strike Damage to Composites, Composite Methods & Allowables, Discontinuous Composite Material Forms
Ferrante, Antonino
(206) 616-0109
ferrante@aa.washington.edu

 Assistant Professor Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Multiphase Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Hermanson, Jim
(206) 616-2310
jherm@aa.washington.edu 		Professor
Department Chair
Adjunct in Mechanical Engineering		 Combustion, Gasdynamics, Microgravity Science, Heat Transfer
Holsapple, Keith A.
(206) 543-6198
holsapple@aa.washington.edu 		Professor Impact Processes, Planetary Sciences, Numerical Methods, Finite Element Methods, Structures
Jarboe, Thomas R.
(206) 685-3427
jarboe@aa.washington.edu		 Professor
Adjunct in Physics 		Plasma Science , Electric Propulsion, Controlled Fusion
Kurosaka, Mitsuru
(206) 685-2619
kurosaka@aa.washington.edu 		Professor Airbreathing Propulsion, Turbomachinery, Fluid Dynamics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer
Lin, Kuen Y.
(206) 543-6334
lin@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Composite Materials, Finite Element Methods, Fracture Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Structural Analysis
Livne, Eli
(206) 543-6643
eli@aa.washington.edu		 Professor
Adjunct in Mechanical Engineering		 Aerospace Structures, Structural Optimization, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aero-servo-thermo-elasticity, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), Airplane Design
Mesbahi, Mehran
(206) 543-7937
mesbahi@aa.washington.edu		 Professor
Adjunct in Mathematics		 Automatic Control, Autonomous Vehicles, Optimization, Space Systems
Milroy, Richard
(425) 241-5865
rmilroy@aa.washington.edu		 Research Professor Plasma Science, Fusion, Propulsion
Morgansen, Kristi
(206) 616-5950
morgansen@aa.washington.edu		 Associate Professor
Adjunct in Electrical Engineering		 Nonlinear Control, Dynamical Systems, Coordinated Control, Bio-inspired Systems, Autonomous Vehicles, Human Cognition in Autonomous System
Shumlak, Uri
(206) 616-1986
shumlak@aa.washington.edu 		Professor
Associate Department Chair for Research
Advanced Space Propulsion, Electric Thrusters, Plasma Physics, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Slough, John
(206) 221-4820
slough@aa.washington.edu		 Research Associate Professor Plasma Sciences, Fusion, Propulsion
You, Setthivoine
syou@u.washington.edu		 Assistant Professor Spacecraft propulsion, Magnetic Confinement, Variable-thrust and Variable-specific-impulse Plasma Thrusters, Magnetohydrodynamics
Emeritus Faculty
Bollard, John
bollard@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Emeritus Structures, Solid Mechanics, Aeroelasticity
Christiansen , Walter H.
(206) 685-3010
walt@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Emeritus Gas Dynamics, Energy Conversion, Fluid Mechanics
Decher, Reiner
decher@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Emeritus
Adjunct in Civil Engineering 		Energy Conversion, Propulsion, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics
Mattick, Arthur T.
mattick@aa.washington.edu		 Associate Professor Emeritus Energy Conversion, Gas Physics, Heat Transfer
Hoffman, Alan L.
(206) 616-3590
hoffman@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Emeritus Plasma Science, Fusion, Propulsion
Parmerter, Reid
parmerter@aa.washington.edu 		Professor Emeritus Continuum Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Viscoelasticity
Russell, David
russell@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Emeritus Aerodynamics, Gas Physics, Hypersonics, Fluid Dynamics
Vagners, Juris
(206) 616-3590
vagners@aa.washington.edu		 Professor Emeritus Automatic Control, Dynamic Systems, Optimization