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Joanna M. AustinAssistant Professorjmaustin@illinois.edu |
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| Office address | Mailing Address | Research Group |
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311 Talbot Lab 217-333-3739 |
306 Talbot Lab 104 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801 |
Compressible Fluid Mechanics Laboratory |
| Research Areas | ||
| Fluid mechanics, compressible flow, and combustion. | ||
Education:
- PhD, Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2003
- MS, Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1997
- BE, Mechanical and Space Engineering, University of Queensland, 1996
- BSc, Mathematics, University of Queensland, 1996
Academic Positions:
- Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2003-present.
Honors and Awards:
- Richard Bruce Chapman Award for distinguished research in hydrodynamics in the Engineering and Applied Science Division, Caltech, 2003
- Russell R. Vought Scholarship, Caltech, 1997
- George Washington University Scholarship for internship at NASA Langley, 1994
- Australian Students Prize, 1990
Selected Publications:
- Austin, J.M., Pintgen, F., and Shepherd, J.E. Reaction Zones in Highly Unstable Detonations. Proc. 30th Combustion Symposium (2004).
- Wintenberger, E., Austin, J.M, Cooper, M., Jackson, S., and Shepherd, J.E. An Analytical Model for the Impulse of a Single-Cycle Pulse Detonation Engine. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 19:1, 22-38 (2003).
- Pintgen, F., Eckett, C.A., Austin, J.M., and Shepherd, J.E. Direct Observations of Reaction Zone Structure in Propagating Detonations. Combustion and Flame 133:3, 211-229 (2003).
- Austin, J.M., and Shepherd, J.E. Detonations in Hydrocarbon Fuel Blends. Combustion and Flame 132 :1-2, 73-90 (Jan 2003).
- Cooper, M., Jackson, S., Austin, J.M., Wintenberger, E., and Shepherd, J.E. Direct Experimental Impulse Measurements for Detonations and Deflagrations. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 18:5, 1033-1041 (2002).
