TEL: 512-471-5147
FAX: 512-471-3788
Director of the
Background
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1991
Post Doctoral Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, Combustion Research Facility, 1991-93
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, 1993 - 1999
Associate Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, 1999-2005
Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering &
Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, 2005-present
| Research |
Turbulent mixing and combustion
Shock-boundary layer interactions
Supersonic flow control / plasma flow control
Supersonic inlet unstart and control
Development of laser diagnostic techniques
High-repetition rate Raman scattering in flames
Current funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, National Science Foundation, NASA, Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center
For more details see the
The Flowfield
Imaging Laboratory Home Page
| Teaching |
ASE 162M Applied Compressible Flow (laboratory)
ASE 340 Boundary Layers and Heat Transfer
ASE 346 Viscous Fluid Flow
ASE 362K Compressible Fluid Mechanics
ASE 369K Measurements and Instrumentation
ASE 382Q Advanced Problems in Compressible Flow
ASE 382R Optical Diagnostics for Gas Flows
ASE 396 Turbulent
Mixing and Combustion
| Honors, Awards, Professional Service |
2006-present Associate Editor, AIAA
Journal
2005 Member Editorial Advisory
Board for Experiments in Fluids
2006 Turbulent Combustion Colloquium Co-chair for the 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany, August 2006
2003 Promoted to grade of Associate Fellow of the AIAA
2000 Robert and Francis Stark Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
2000 ASE/EM Departmental Teaching Award
1998 College of Engineering Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor
1997 College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award
1996 Outstanding Entry,
APS Gallery of Fluid Motion -
"Hydrogen/Helium Planar Turbulent Diffusion Flames" (with J.E. Rehm).
See
related images within the Flowfield Imaging Lab Homepage
1996 Recognized by the College of Engineering for excellence in teaching by an assistant professor
1995 NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
1992 Outstanding Entry, APS Gallery of Fluid Motion - "Mach Waves Radiating from a Supersonic Jet" (with P.H. Paul). For a better reproduction of the image click here.
| Memberships |
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow
Have some time to kill?
Visualization of a F-14 in transonic flight (1.3MB Movie - awesome!)
Click here for an explanation of what's happening in this video
Here's another one (youtube)
Sonic Boom (or close to one) (youtube)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure (700 kB Movie on another website - must see)
Boeing 777 wing load test (youtube)
Space Shuttle at high altitude (youtube)
Why I like cats (414kB Movie - funny)
Cats 2, Kids 0 (113kB Movie - funny)
Cat on cat (1.4MB Movie - funny)
Granny for 3! (590kB Movie - funnier?)
Bicycling is a non-contact sport (1.8MB Movie - funny)
"Put that on the news" (800 kB Movie)
Don't get behind a jet engine (1 MB Movie)
Crab vs. Pipe (1.8 MB Movie -- The following description is from the original link that is no longer available because of too much traffic: "This is a video taken in 6000 feet of water. An undersea robot is sawing a 3mm wide slit (1/10th of an inch ... remember that width) in a pipeline. The pressure inside the pipeline is 0 psig, while the pressure outside is 2700 psi, or 1.3 tons per square inch. Then a crab comes along.")
What all teachers feel like doing sometimes (youtube)
Amazing Liquid (youtube)
Cornstarch lifeform (youtube)
OK, here's some educational stuff
A brief history of supersonic flight
How a gas turbine engine works
Last modified January 12, 2007 by clemens@mail.utexas.edu
