DR. THOMAS E. MCLAUGHLIN
Director, Aeronautics Research Center
DEGREES:
PhD, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1992
MS, Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1986
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1982
YEARS SERVICE ON THIS FACULTY: 11
Associate Professor: July 2005
Assistant Professor: November 1994
Date of Original Appointment: December 1986
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE (Teaching/Industry/etc):
Contracted Research Associate, USAFA, June 1999- July 2004
Chief Engineer, Air Force Phillips Laboratory High Altitude Balloon Experiment, September 1992-November 1994
Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse Research Engineer, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, January 1983-May 1985
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS (of the last five years):
• C. Porter; J. Baughn; T. McLaughlin; C.L. Enloe; G. Font, Plasma Actuator Force Measurements, AIAA J. (45), 1562-1570, July 2007
• S. Gordeyev; M. L. Post; T. McLaughlin; J. Ceniceros, E. Jumper, Aero-Optical Environment Around a Conformal-Window Turret, AIAA J. (45), 1514-1524, July 2007
• C.L. Enloe, T.E. McLaughlin, G.I. Font, J.W. Baughn, Parameterization of Temporal Structure in the Single-Dielectric Barrier Aerodynamic Plasma Actuator”, AIAA J. (44) 1127-1136, June 2006.
• S. Siegel, K. Cohen, T. McLaughlin, “Numerical Simulations of a Feedback Controlled Circular Cylinder Wake”, AIAA J. (44) 1266-1276, June 2006.
• H. Perez-Blanco, R Van Dyken, A. Byerley, T. McLaughlin, “Turbine Cascade Flow Control Using a Wake Filling Plasma Actuator”, GT 2005-68114, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo Power for Land, Sea and Air, June 2005, Reno, NV
• Cohen, K.; Siegel, S.; McLaughlin, T.; Gillies, E.; Myatt, J., “Closed-loop approaches to control of a wake flow modeled by the Ginzburg-Landau equation”, Computers and Fluids, (34) 927-949, 2005.
• Cohen, K.; Siegel, S.; McLaughlin, T., “A Heuristic Approach to Effective Sensor Placement for Modeling of a Cylinder Wake”, Computers and Fluids No. 35, (2006)
• S. Siegel, T. McLaughlin, J. Albertson, "PIV Measurements on a Delta Wing with Periodic Forcing", AIAA J. of Aircraft Vol 41 No. 6, November-December 2004
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Associate Fellow
Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honorary)
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2004 National Academies Research Advisor
2002 Associate Fellow, AIAA
2001 Honorable Mention, Seiler Award for Faculty Research Excellence
1997 USAFA nominee for American Society of Engineering Educators Outstanding Teaching Award
1986 Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Institute of Technology
1982 Distinguished Graduate, University of Nebraska
Numerous military outstanding achievement awards
INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (in the last five years):
Director, Aeronautics Research Center
Discipline Director, Experimental and Computational Investigations
Reviewer of Air Force Research Laboratory-supported efforts in Russia, April 2007
Research proposal reviewer for Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Selection committee member for Frank J. Seiler Research Award, USAFA Small Grants
Instructor for pilot USAFA “First Year Experience” course in 2007-08
Academic Advisor, Class of 2006, 2009
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS:
Member of AIAA Ground Test Technical Committee, active on standards, publications, aerodynamics and membership subcommittees.
Member of AIAA Standards Executive Committee, 2001-2004.
Current Member of AIAA Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee since June 2005.
Journal article reviewer for AIAA Journal, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Experiments in Fluids
Selected at Fluid Dynamics Chair for 2009 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL |
