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Knox T. Millsaps
Professor & Chairman

Christopher A. Adams
Lecturer

Brij N. Agrawal
Distinguished Professor and Director Of SRDC

Terry Alfriend
Visiting Professor (IPA)

Robert Ball
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Oscar Biblarz
Professor Emeritus

Luke N. Brewer
Associate Professor

Christopher M. Brophy
Associate Professor

Charles Calvano
Professor Emeritus

Muguru S. Chandrasekhara
Research Professor

Jarema (Jake) M. Didoszak
Research Assistant Professor

Vladimir N. Dobrokhodov
Research Associate Professor

Morris R. Driels
Professor

Noel DuToit
Research Associate Professor

Joseph C. Farmer
Visiting Professor

Stephen Frick
Visiting Professor - NASA

Anthony J. Gannon
Research Associate Professor

Joshua H. Gordis
Associate Professor & Academic Associate (570, 571, 572)

Anthony J. Healey
Distinguished Emeritus Professor

Garth V. Hobson
Professor & Associate Chairman

Douglas P. Horner
Research Assistant Professor

Kevin D. Jones
Research Associate Professor

Isaac I. Kaminer
Professor

Matthew D. Kelleher
Professor Emeritus

Jae Jun Kim
Research Assistant Professor

Ramesh Kolar
Research Assistant Professor

Sean P. Kragelund
Research Associate

Young W. Kwon
Distinguished Professor

John R. Lloyd
Distinguished Visiting Professor

Claudia C. Luhrs
Associate Professor

Theodore D. Masek
Research Associate

Terry R. McNelley
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Sarath K. Menon
Research Associate

Sebastian Osswald
Assistant Professor (joint appointment with Physics)

Fotis A. Papoulias
Associate Professor

Maximilian F. Platzer
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Marcello Romano
Associate Professor

Isaac Mike Ross
Professor

Turgut Sarpkaya
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Alan D. Scott
Associate Director Of SRDC/Senior Lecturer & Academic Associate (591/AE)

Douglas L. Seivwright
Research Associate

Young S. Shin
Distinguished Emeritus Professor

Raymond P. Shreeve
Professor Emeritus

Edward Bob Wood
Professor Emeritus

Oleg A. Yakimenko
Professor (joint appointment with SE)

Knox T. Millsaps,
Professor & Chairman

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Academic Interests:
Power and propulsion; fluid mechanics; thermodynamics; energy conversion; heat transfer; turbomachinery; rotordynamics; fluid structure interaction; condition based maintenance of rotating and reciprocating machinery.

Awards:
University of Florida, Preseidential Scholar; Sigma Nu (honorary society); Tau Beta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Charles Starke Draper Research Fellow (MIT); John and Fanny Hertz Fellowship (MIT, not accepted); Air Force Research in Aero-Propulsion Technology Fellow (MIT); Best Paper, Intl Gas Turbine Institute, Marine Committee (2005); Listed in Who's Who in America

Department Staff

John Bagnasco, Contractor - Research Scientist

Mardo Blanco, Maintenance Mechanic

Thomas Christian, Contractor - Electronics Technician

David Dausen, Research Associate

Marivel del Rosario, Contractor - Administrative Assistant

John Gibson, Engineering Technician

Desiree Gonzales, ASA

George Hageman, Contractor - Aerospace Lab Manager/Technician

Patricia Jackson, MAE Spon Prog Financial Analyst

Albert Jordan, Research Associate

Michael Krol, Contractor - Senior Office Administrator