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APPL is home to a number of outstanding interdisciplinary researchers from two departments within the College of Engineering.

Wing Ng

Contact:
(540) 231-7274
wng@vt.edu 
425 Goodwin Hall (0238)
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Wing Ng, co-Director

Chris C. Kraft Endowed Professor

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Lab co-director

Prof. Ng is an 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.

Todd Lowe

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

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Prof. Lowe is a professor with the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department 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, supersonic jet noise reduction and propulsion/airframe integration.

Colin Adams

Contact:
(540) 231-2652
csadams@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Randolph Hall, RM 202, Virginia Tech
460 Old Turner St.
Blacksburg, VA 240611

Colin Adams

Assistant Professor

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Prof. Adams is an assistant professor with the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. His primary research interests are in spacecraft propulsion, fusion energy, and plasma in high-speed flows.

Joeseph Meadows

Contact:
(540) 231-7295
jwm84@vt.edu
413C Goodwin Hall (0238)
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Joseph Meadows

Assistant Professor

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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.

Joe Schetz

Contact:
(540) 231-9056
ptiger@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Randolph Hall, RM 224-9, Virginia Tech
460 Old Turner St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Joseph Schetz

Fred D. Durham Endowed Chair Professor

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Prof. Schetz is an endowed professor with the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department 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.

Changmin Son

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

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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.

Alex Untaroiu

Contact:
(540) 231-3593

alexu@vt.edu
Mechanical Engineering 
Norris Hall, RM 324, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Alexandrina Untaroiu

Assistant Professor

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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.

Greg Young, Associate Professor

Contact:

gyoung1199@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Randolph Hall, RM 215, Virginia Tech
460 Old Turner St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Gregory Young

Associate Professor

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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:
(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.

Randall Monk, Laboratory Machinist

Contact:
(540) 231-6752
willrm3@vt.edu
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Hancock Hall, RM 115, Virginia Tech
490 Old Turner St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061

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.

Randall Monk, Laboratory Machinist

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.