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AE Says 'Happy Retirement' to Kirts

AE at Illinois wishes hearty congratulations to Undergraduate Student Coordinator Barb Kirts on her retirement from the University of Illinois!

AE Students Perform NASA Test of iPAD Use in Microgravity

Five AE students moved closer to the dream of being an astronaut when the NASA chose their team to conduct an experiment in microgravity.

Bird-like Robot Perches On Human Hand

For the first time, AE researchers demonstrate the control functions that allow birds to successfully perform a soft landing.

Butler Garners College Alumni Award

P. Barry Butler addresses the audience at the April 21 College of Engineering Awards Convocation

ISS Hosts Illinois Space Day

High School students attended Illinois Space Day recently on the U of I campus.

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Jonathan B. Freund

Associate Professor

jbfreund@illinois.edu
Office address Mailing Address Research Group
2101B MEL
217-244-7729
1206 W Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Urbana, IL  61801
 The Freund Group
Research Areas
  • Aerodynamic sound, compressible turbulence, numerical methods, large-scale parallel computing, molecular dynamics simulation of nanometer scale flows and heat transfer in solids
  • See also: research summaries

Education:

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1998.
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1992.
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1991.

Major Honors and Awards:

  • APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Gallery of Fluid Motion, 2000

Academic Positions:

  • Associate Professor, UIUC, Aug. 2004–present
  • Assistant Professor, UIUC, July 2001–Aug. 2004
  • Assistant Professor, UCLA, Jan. 1998–July 2001

Selected Publications:

  • J. B. Freund, “Leukocyte margination in a model microvessel,” Phys.
    Fluids, 19(3) 023301 (2007).
  • M. Wei & J. B. Freund, "A noise-controlled free shear flow," J. Fluid Mech., 546, 123-152 (2006).
  • M. Wang, J. B. Freund and S. K. Lele, "Computational Prediction of Flow Generated Sound," Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 38, 483-512 (2006).
  • J. B. Freund, "The atomic detail of an evaporating meniscus," Phys.
    Fluids, 17 022104 (2005).
  • J. B.  Freund, “Noise sources in a low Reynolds number turbulent jet at Mach 0.9,” J. Fluid Mech., 438, 277–305 (2001).