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Francis H. Champagne
Professor Emeritus
 
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 • MailDr. Francis H. Champagne
The University of Arizona
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
PO Box 210119
Tucson AZ 85721-0119
Francis H. Champagne
Research Expertise
Education
Employment
Honors and Awards
Courses Taught
Professional Societies
Publications

Research Expertise

 • Experimental fluid mechanics: Turbulent shear flows, laminar-turbulent transition, drag reduction
 • Digital data acquisition and signal processing
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Education

 • Ph.D.Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1966
 • M.S.Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1962
 • B.S.Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1959
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Employment

 •  2005The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus
 • 1979-05Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Professor (1979-7/05)
 • 1972-79Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego: Associate Research Engineer and Lecturer
 • 1969-72Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington: Staff Scientist
 • 1966-69Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland: Post-Doctoral Fellow
 • 1963-66Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington: Research Engineer
 • 1962Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington (summer): Research Engineer
 • 1959-60Hanford Atomic Works, General Electric Company, Richland, Washington: Chemical Engineer
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Honors and Awards

 • Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, College of Engineering and Mines, Spring 1999, Fall 2001, Spring 2005
 • Exiting Seniors Award, Faculty Contributing Most to Educational Growth and Maturity, Spring 1998, Spring 1999
 • Anderson Consulting Outstanding Faculty Award, 1996
 • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1967 and 1968
 • NASA Fellowship, University of Washington, 1962
 • Stauffer Chemical Fellowship, University of Washington, 1961
 • Sigma Xi, 1961
 • Union Carbide and Carbon Scholarship, 1955 to 1959
 • President, USC Chapter, Tau Beta Pi, 1959
 • Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma, 1959
 • Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1958
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Courses Taught  (since 2000)

 • AME 300Instrumentation Laboratory
 • AME 331Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
 • AME 401Senior Aerospace Laboratory
 • AME 413aMechanical Engineering Design Lab [supervised project]
 • AME 696gGraduate Seminar
 • ENGR 102Introduction to Engineering
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Professional Societies

 • APSThe American Physical Society
 • ASEEThe American Society for Engineering Education
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