Werner J.A. Dahm Professor ADDRESS: 3056 FXB PHONE: (734) 764-4318 FAX: (unsecured) 734-763-0578 EMAIL: wdahm@umich.edu Websites: Laboratory for Turbulence & Combustion (LTC)

Professor Werner J.A. Dahm has been on the faculty of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Michigan since 1985. During this time, his research has been primarily in fluid dynamics, turbulent flows, combustion and microsystems. He currently serves as Head of the Laboratory for Turbulence & Combustion (LTC) at Michigan. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics from Caltech in 1985 in the area of experimental fluid mechanics. He previously worked in industry as a Research Engineer in the Transonic Wind Tunnel Section of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility at the USAF Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tullahoma, TN, where he was involved in experimental and theoretical work related to adaptive wall transonic wind tunnels and high incidence missile aerodynamics. He has an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) in Tullahoma, TN and a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

He was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1999 and Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) in 2006. He was the recipient of the George J. Huebner Research Excellence Award from Michigan in 2005, the William F. Ballhaus Aeronautics Prize from Caltech in 1985, and the 1938E Distinguished Achievement Award from The University of Michigan in 1991. He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), the Chair of the APS/DFD External Relations Committee, a Member of the APS/DFD Publications & Media Committee, a Member of the AIAA Publications Committee, and has served as an Associate Editor for AIAA Journal.

He is a Member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AF SAB) for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF) and the Air Force Chief of Staff (AF/CS), where he has served as chair for several major studies and reviews. He has also served as a member of numerous Defense Science Board (DSB) task forces for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OUSD AT&L), and is a past member of the Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in Washington, DC.

Professor Dahm is an author of over 160 journal articles, conference papers, and technical publications, a holder of two U.S. patents, and has given over 220 technical presentations and over 100 invited and plenary lectures worldwide, in the areas of fluid dynamics, turbulence and combustion. He has served extensively on technical advisory and organizational committees for numerous technical conferences, and as a consultant for industry.

Specializations & Research Interests
Turbulent flows; Mixing; Combustion; Flow and Combustion Modeling; Propulsion; Aerodynamics; Defense Science

Education
Ph. D. 1985 California Institute of Technology
M.S. 1981 University of Tennessee Space Institute
B.S.E. 1978 University of Alabama at Huntsville

Society Memberships
AIAA
APS
ASME
EUROMECH
The Combustion Institute
Tau Beta Pi
Pi Tau Sigma

Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA), (2006)
George J. Huebner Research Excellence Award (2005)
Combined Research and Teaching Award (1999)
Fellow, American Physical Society (1998)
Aerospace Teaching Award (1992)
1938E Distinguished Achievement Award (1991)
William F. Ballhaus Aeronautics Prize (1985)
Donald Wills Douglas Prize Fellowship (1983)

Teaching Interests
Viscous Flows (Aero 522)
Turbulent Flows (Aero 525 , Aero 625)
Propulsion (Aero 335)

Positions Held at Michigan
Professor 1997 - Present
Head, Laboratory for Turbulence & Combustion (LTC), 1994 - Present
Associate Professor 1991-1997
Assistant Professor 1985-1991

Patents
U.S. Patent No. 5,583,789 titled "Local Integral Method for Computing Molecular Diffusion and Chemical Reaction" issued on 10 December 1996

U.S. Patent No. 5,640,331 titled "Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Species Concentrations and Reaction Rates in a Turbulent Reacting Flow" issued on 17 June 1997

U.S. Patent Application titled "Advanced Compression-Expansion Free Internal Reaction Engine" filed on 31 August 2004 (currently pending)

UM Patent Disclosure titled "Rayleigh-Taylor Enhanced Combuster" filed on 24 November 2005 (currently pending)

Professional Societites
American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (Member and Fellow)
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) (Member and Fellow)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)
Combustion Institute

Links
Gas Dynamics - Aerodynamics, turbulent mixing, combustion, imaging diagnostics, MEMS actuators