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Noel T. Clemens
Bob R. Dorsey Professor in Engineering
Department of Aerospace
Engineering and Engineering Mechanics TEL: 512-471-5147 |
Background
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o Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1991
o Post Doctoral Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, Combustion Research Facility, 1991-93
o Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1993 - 1999
o Associate Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999-2005
o Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005-present
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Research |
o My research is primarily experimental in the areas of turbulent mixing, reacting flows, and high-speed turbulent flows. Some current research topics are as follows:
o Turbulent jets and jet flames; pulsed jet flames in cross-flow
o Shock-boundary layer interactions
o Supesonic mixing
o Hypersonic low-temperature ablation
o Supersonic flow control / plasma flow control
o Supersonic inlet unstart and control
o Development of laser diagnostic techniques
o Current funding from the NSF, NASA, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, US Department of Energy
o For more details go to my lab webpage:
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Teaching |
o ASE 162M Applied Compressible Flow (laboratory)
o ASE 340 Boundary Layers and Heat Transfer
o ASE 346 Viscous Fluid Flow
o ASE 362K Compressible Fluid Mechanics
o ASE 369K Measurements and Instrumentation
o ASE 382Q Advanced Problems in Compressible Flow
o ASE 382R Optical Diagnostics for Gas Flows
o ASE 396 Turbulent Mixing
Experiments in Fluids
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I am the co-Editor-in-Chief of Experiments in Fluids, a position that I share with Prof. Cam Tropea of Technische Universität Darmstadt. To download a nice high-resolution (5 MB) Experiments in Fluids poster from Springer click here. |
| Honors, Awards,
Professional Service |
o 2011 Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching
o 2011 AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper for: “Requirements, Capabilities and Accuracy of Time-Resolved PIV in Turbulent Reacting Flows,” by Mirko Gamba and N. Clemens (AIAA paper 2011-0362)
o 2010 Awarded the Bob R. Dorsey Professorship in Engineering (endowed position)
o 2007 Awarded the Engineering Foundation Professorship (endowed position)
o 2006 Turbulent Combustion Colloquium Co-chair for the 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany
o 2003 Elected to Associate Fellow of the AIAA
o 2000 Member AIAA Advanced Measurement Technology Committee
o 2000 Awarded the Robert and Francis Stark Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
o 2000 ASE/EM Departmental Teaching Award
o 1998 College of Engineering Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor
o 1997 College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award
o 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 Homepageo 1996 Recognized by the College of Engineering for excellence in teaching by an assistant professor
o 1995 NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
o 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.
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Memberships |
o The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow
o The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Have some time to kill? |
Visualization of a F-14 in transonic flight (1.3MB Movie)
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 October, 2011 by clemens@mail.utexas.edu