Bio
Dr. Fagley is an aeronautical research engineer at the US Air Force Academy with research interests computational/experimental fluid dynamics, closed-loop aerodynamic flow control, control of large scale aeroelastic systems, and non-linear systems. Other research interests include reduced order modeling and data-driven sciences. He has been the author of over 40 scholarly publications including journal articles, technical papers, and reports. He has a strong track record with cadet success in professional environments.
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2010, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 2007, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering 2006, New Mexico Mining and Technical Institute, Socorro, New Mexico
Professional Experience
Research Associate, Department of Aeronautics, U.S. Air Force Academy (2008 – Present)
Research and Scholarly Interests
Specific interest include experimental and computational methods, fluid-structural interaction, non-linear flight dynamics and control, unsteady flow mechanics
Publications
Fagley, Casey P., Robert M. Warner, Matthew R. Chmiel, and Thomas R. Yechout. “Nonlinear, Rate-Dependent Evaluation of Flight Damping Derivatives of the Orion Crew Module.” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2022): 1-9.
Fagley, Casey, Jürgen Seidel, and Thomas McLaughlin. “Cyber-physical flexible wing for aeroelastic investigations of stall and classical flutter.” Journal of Fluids and Structures 67 (2016): 34-47.
Fagley, Casey, John Farnsworth, Chris Porter, Jürgen Seidel, Thomas McLaughlin, Jinik Lee, and Eunseok Lee. “Open-Loop Dynamics of the Asymmetric Vortex Wake behind a von Kármán Ogive at High Incidence.” International Journal of Flow Control 5, no. 1 (2013).
Porter, Chris, Casey Fagley, John Farnsworth, Jürgen Seidel, and Thomas McLaughlin. “Closed-loop flow control of a forebody at a high incidence angle.” AIAA journal 52, no. 7 (2014): 1430-1440.
Siegel, Stefan G., Juergen Seidel, Casey Fagley, D. M. Luchtenburg, Kelly Cohen, and Thomas McLaughlin. “Low-dimensional modelling of a transient cylinder wake using double proper orthogonal decomposition.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 610 (2008): 1-42.