Congratulations, Dr. Dowdle!

On April 21st, Aidan Dowdle successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations!!

As of today, Dr. Dowdle will be joining Draper as a systems research engineer. He will be greatly missed in the Gas Turbine Lab, and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors!

Dr. Durgesh Chandel selected for AIAA Technical Committee

Consisting of worldwide experts in their respective fields, AIAA Technical Committees work to develop, support, and administer AIAA conferences, publications, awards, and design contests. Dr. Chandel has been selected as a member of the Thermophysics Technical Committee under the aerospace sciences group. The scope of this committee includes the study and applications of the properties and mechanisms involved in thermal energy transfer and storage in gases, liquids, and solids, or combinations thereof. Congratulations, Durgesh!

Cross-disciplinary collaboration during IAP:

During the Independent Activities Period (IAP) some students from the GTL and Space Propulsion Lab explored temperature constraints of gas turbine engines for novel applications. While the results of this effort remain unpublished, several follow-on activities are already being planned!

Congratulations Dr. Hur!

On October 4th, In Young Hur successfully defended his thesis entitled Forced Response System Identification of Full Aero-Engine Rotordynamic Systems. Congratulations!!

Now Dr. Hur will be working as engineering consultant in Exponent. He will be greatly missed in the Gas Turbine Lab, and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors!

Congratulations, Laurens!

Laurens Voet, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Gas Turbine Laboratory and the Laboratory for Aviation and Environment, was recently awarded the Luis de Florez Graduate Award! This award is in recognition and support of his work on the environmental impacts of supersonic transport.

Thank you, Yamashita-san!

Yamashita-san participated in the weekly meetings of the boundary layer ingestion (BLI) project. He has provided insightful comments and suggestions about the research and helped the team gain a better understanding of industrial needs at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). He also coordinated communication between the GTL and MHI, which facilitated progress of the BLI project. He brought MHI’s philosophy to the GTL and expanded everyone’s perspectives. Thank you, Yamashita-san!