Aerospace Engineering
S. N. Balakrishnan
Curators' Distinguished Professor
271 Toomey Hall
Guidance, stability, control and estimation, pattern recognition, stochastic processes, optimization, neural network applications to control, numerical methods and design.
K. Chandrashekhara
Curators' Distinguished Professor
573-341-4587 | chandra@mst.edu |
188 Toomey Hall
Composite materials, smart structures, nanocomposites, biocomposites, structural dynamics, finite element analysis, damage monitoring, composite manufacturing and experimental characterization.
Lokeswarappa Dharani
Curators' Distinguished Professor
573-341-6504 | dharani@mst.edu |
333 Toomey Hall
Aircraft structures, fracture mechanics, fatigue and failure analysis; micromechanics; composite materials and structures; process modeling of ceramic matrix composites; friction and wear of composites; and fracture of laminated glazing.
Kyle DeMars
Assistant Professor
573-341-4884 | demarsk@mst.edu |
337 Toomey Hall
Stochastic estimation and control theory; information theory; nonlinear uncertainty propagation and rectification; autonomous guidance, navigation, and control of aerospace vehicles; orbit determination, data association, conjunction assessment, and collision avoidance; attitude dynamics, determination, and control; autonomous sensor management; high-fidelity dynamical and observational modeling.
Lian Duan
Assistant Professor
573-341-7682 | duanl@mst.edu |
231 Toomey Hall
High-speed aerodynamics, flow instability and transition, turbulent flow simulation and modeling, flow-generated sound, high performance computing, machine learning and data-driven modeling.
Serhat Hosder
Professor
573-341-7239 | hosders@mst.edu |
290B Toomey Hall
Computational aerodynamics/aerothermodynamics, hypersonic flows and technologies, uncertainty quantification, planetary entry/descent/landing of spacecraft, computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamic shape optimization, robust design, numerical methods.
K. M. Isaac
Professor/Associate Chair of Aerospace Engineering
573-341-4604 | isaac@mst.edu |
194G Toomey Hall
Fluid dynamics, aero-structure interaction and control, active flow control, unmanned air vehicles (UAV), electrochemical magnetohydrodynamics-based microfluidics, CFD simulation of transport phenomena.
Henry Pernicka
Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Dean’s Educator Scholar
573-341-6749 | pernicka@mst.edu |
331 Toomey Hall
Astrodynamics, orbital mechanics, spacecraft design, spacecraft mission design, satellite attitude dynamics, nonlinear analysis, dynamics and control, optimization.
David Riggins
Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor
573-341-6684 | rigginsd@mst.edu |
184 Toomey Hall
Fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, hypersonic propulsion systems, computational analysis of jet mixing, flow losses and mixing enhancement in combustors, aircraft gas turbine ramjet propulsion systems, and scramjet performance.