Focus Area

• Fluids, Structures and Materials

Education

• PhD, Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton, England, 1988
• BSc (with Honors), Mathematics, University of Southampton, England, 1985

Professional Experience

• 2019 - Present, Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2019 - Present, Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, CU Boulder Research and Innovation Office
• 2017 - 2019, Faculty Director of Government Relations, University of Michigan, Washington, DC
• 2010 - 2019, James E. Knott Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2002 - 2010, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1999 - 2002, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1995 - 1999, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• 1993 - 1995, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• 1989 - 1992, Research Scientist, Eloret Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

Awards (Selected)

• AIAA Thermophysics Award, 2018
• Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society, 2017
• Chief of Staff of the Air Force Award for Exceptional Public Service, United States Air Force, 2017
• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2014
• Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 2011
• Paper selected by Physics of Plasmas as one of its most significant publications in 50 years, 2009
• AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award, 1998

Research Interests

• Hypersonic aerothermodynamics, electric propulsion, rocket plumes and computation of nonequilibrium gas and plasma dynamics.