Joanna Austin
Professor of Aerospace; Graduate Option Representative for Aeronautics and Space Engineering; Undergraduate Option Representative for Aerospace
Research Overview
Joanna Austin's research is focused on fundamental problems in reactive, compressible flows across a broad range of applications, including hypervelocity flight and planetary entry, supersonic combustion and detonation, bubble dynamics, and explosive geological events.
Research Summary:
Fundamental problems in reactive, compressible flows across a broad range of applications, including hypervelocity flight and planetary entry, supersonic combustion and detonation, bubble dynamics, and explosive geological events.
Publications
- Gross, Thomas;Torres, Erik et al. (2024) Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Air Chemistry Compared To Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Experiments
- Yu, Wesley M.;Luo, Ying et al. (2024) High-Frequency Static Pressure Measurements in the T5 Reflected Shock Tunnel
- Acosta, Alex;Austin, Joanna M. (2024) Experimental Investigation of an Impinging Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction on a Compliant Panel in Mach 4 Flow
- Schwartz, Tal;Finch, Peter M. et al. (2023) Laser Absorption Sensor Targeting Potassium for Hypersonic Velocity, Temperature, and Enthalpy MeasurementsAIAA Journal
- Lawson, Joel M.;Austin, Joanna M. (2023) Recovering density disturbance spectra from FLDI. Part 2: comparisons with previous methodsApplied Optics
- Lawson, Joel M.;Austin, Joanna M. (2023) Recovering density disturbance spectra from FLDI. Part 1Applied Optics
- Finch, Peter M.;Girard, Julian J. et al. (2023) Measurements of T5 Shock Tunnel Freestream Temperature, Velocity, and CompositionAIAA Journal
- Finch, Peter M.;Schwartz, Tal et al. (2023) Near-Body Measurements in Hypersonic Wedge Flows in the T5 Reflected Shock Tunnel by Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
- Kennedy, Aaron;Penty-Geraets, Rowland et al. (2023) Measurements of Hypersonic Double Cone Flows with Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interactions in the X3 Expansion Tunnel
- Hameed, Ahsan;Parziale, Nick J. et al. (2023) Characterization of Transitional, High-Enthalpy Boundary Layers on a Blunted Cone. Part II: FLDI and Higher Order Spectral Analysis
Related Courses
2022-23
Ae 150 abc – Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Ae 234 ab – Hypersonic Aerodynamics