Turbo Lab Director inducted as AIAA Associate Fellow Turbomachinery Laboratory Director Dr. Eric Petersen was inducted as an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow on January 5, 2020 at the SciTech Forum and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. “Receiving this honor is a realization of a dream I’ve had since I was a […]
Three Turbo Lab students earn Mechanical Engineering Impact Award
Three Turbo Lab students earn Mechanical Engineering Impact Award Three Turbo Lab students were celebrated recently with the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering Impact Award. Sean Cooper, Xueliang Lu, and Nian Wang were honored beside a handful of their mechanical engineering student colleagues at the Fall 2018 Donor Recognition and Scholarship/Fellowship Banquet […]
Former Turbo Lab director Dr. Dara W. Childs still teaching, consulting
Former Turbo Lab director still teaching, consulting Can a historical landmark have feelings? Former director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory, Dr. Dara W. Childs, is beginning to think so. “I felt like Mount Rushmore,” he said, laughing, referring to his first post-retirement experience at the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia (TPS). “Some young person would walk up […]
Turbo Lab grad leads seminar on combustion chemistry
Turbo Lab graduate Dr. Brandon Rotavera delivers “Combustion Chemistry of Advanced Biofuels.” The internal combustion engine is not dead. Dr. Brandon Rotavera, a Turbo Lab graduate and assistant professor at the University of Georgia (UGA), explored this idea on Monday with a room full of Turbo Lab students during a seminar titled, “Combustion Chemistry of […]
Turbo Lab graduate to host seminar on combustion chemistry
It all started with a love for motorcyles and the knowledge that a career in racing wouldn’t be the most practical or safe choice long term. Instead, Dr. Brandon Rotavera, former graduate student researcher in the Turbomachinery Laboratory, turned his passion for motorcycles into a full-time gig researching what makes them run as an assistant […]