People
APPL is home to a number of outstanding interdisciplinary researchers from two departments within the College of Engineering.
Contact:
(540) 231-7274
wng@vt.edu
Mechanical Engineering (MC 0238)
425 Goodwin Hall (0238)
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Wing Ng, co-Director
Alumni Distinguished Professor and Chris C. Kraft Endowed Professor
Prof. Ng is an Alumni Distinguished Professor and endowed professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. His primary research interests are aeroacoustics of drones and unmanned air vehicles, aeroacoustics of jet noise, development of advanced diagnostics techniques for flow measurements in turbine engines and for flight tests, transonic turbine blade aerodynamics and heat transfer, evaluation of gas turbine diffuser/collector performance, and aerothermal particle studies for gas turbine components.
Contact:
(540) 231-7650
kelowe@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
McBryde Hall, RM 660A, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Todd Lowe, co-Director
Professor
Prof. Lowe is a professor with the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech. He serves as the director of the Pratt & Whitney Virginia Tech Center of Excellence in instrumentation and is a founding member of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at Virginia Tech. His primary research interests are aerodynamics of inlets and exhausts, novel flow instrumentation, turbine engine/particle interaction, and propulsion/airframe integration.
Contact:
csadams@vt.edu
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Colin Adams
Associate Professor
Prof. Adams is an associate professor with the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech. His primary research interests are in spacecraft propulsion, fusion energy, and plasma in high-speed flows.
Contact:
liselle@vt.edu
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Liselle Joseph
Assistant Professor
Prof. Joseph is an Assistant Professor in Virginia Tech’s Aerospace Engineering department and National Security Institute. She has significant experience in hypersonic phenomenology, turbulence and hypersonic electromagnetic signature modeling. Dr. Joseph also has a strong background in wind tunnel experiments, instrumentation development and system design, and compressor rig testing. Her current research explores the fundamental nature of hypersonic flow phenomenon by leveraging both wind tunnel experiments in the Mach 7 blow-down facility and computational modeling approaches.
Contact:
(540) 231-7295
jwm84@vt.edu
Mechanial Engineering (MC0238)
413C Goodwin Hall
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Joseph Meadows
Assistant Professor
Prof. Meadows is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. His primary research interest is combustion for propulsive and power generating applications.
Contact:
(540) 231-9056
ptiger@vt.edu
Joseph Schetz
Professor Emeritus
Prof. Schetz is a professor emeritus with the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech. His primary interests are in hypersonics, skin friction and heat flux measurements, aerodynamics and multidisciplinary design optimization for advanced aircraft, and injection, mixing and combustion in supersonic flow.
Contact:
(540) 231-7064
changminson@vt.edu
Mechanical Engineering (MC0238)
Goodwin Hall, RM 469, Virginia Tech
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Changmin Son
Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor
Prof. Son is an endowed professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech, and the director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at Virginia Tech. His interests include gas turbine heat transfer and aerodynamics, radial and axial turbomachinery aerodynamics, radical design optimization approaches using multi-physics design optimization, power system modeling, system diagnostics and prognostics, and system innovation.
Contact:
(540) 231-3593
alexu@vt.edu
Mechanical Engineering
Norris Hall, RM 324, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Alexandrina Untaroiu
Associate Professor
Prof. Untaroiu is a professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. Her primary interests are fluid-structure interactions, turbomachinery, seals and fluid film bearings, and rotordynamics.
Contact:
gyoung1199@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering
Virginia Tech Swing Space Rm 205
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Gregory Young
Associate Professor
Prof. Young is a professor with the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. His primary interests are advanced diagnostics and experimental testing, energy systems, and propulsions. He leads research in the laboratory for solid and hybrid rocket systems, as well as ramjet propulsion.
Contact:
gbyun@vt.edu
1670 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Gwibo Byun
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Byun is a Senior Research Scientist with the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. Dr. Byun leads efforts in advanced instrumentation research and development at APPL.
Contact:
gillesj@vt.edu
1670 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
John Gillespie
Research Engineer
John Gillespie is a Research Engineer with the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. He is research interests include propulsion inlet distortion and acoustics-based propulsion measurement. He is the key technical lead for engine test capabilities at APPL.
Contact:
(540) 231-1968 jason.doby@vt.edu, Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
1670 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Jason Doby
Laboratory Manager
Jason Doby coordinates the safety and operations of the laboratory.
Contact:
(540) 231-6752
willrm3@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering
1670 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Randall Monk
Laboratory Machinist
Randall Monk is in charge of the machine shop at APPL. He supports various projects’ manufacturing needs as well as contributes to rig development and safety.
Contact:
(540) 231-6424
disrael@vt.edu
Mechanical Engineering (MC0238)
Goodwin Hall, Virginia Tech
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Diana Israel
Sr. Program Support Technician
Diana Israel supports the administration and operations of APPL through financial planning, billing, and purchasing. She serves as a key liaison among the faculty members and students involved with the lab and is dedicated to continuously improving APPL's operational efficiency and effectiveness.