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Research Expertise
| • | Hydrodynamic Stability |
| • | Laminar-Turbulent Transition |
| • | Flow Control |
| • | Aerodynamic Heating |
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Education
| • | D.Sc. | : | Fluid, Gas and Plasma Dynamics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1987 |
| • | Ph.D. | : | Fluid, Gas and Plasma Dynamics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1975 |
| • | M.S. | : | Physics and Applied Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, 1972 |
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Courses Taught (since 2001)
| • | AME 302 | : | Numerical Methods |
| • | AME 413a/b | : | Mechanical Engineering Design Laboratory [supervised projects] |
| • | AME 432 | : | Heat Transfer |
| • | AME 500a/b | : | Advanced Engineering Analysis |
| • | AME 521 | : | Compressible Aerodynamics |
| • | AME 535 | : | Boundary Layers |
| • | AME 536a | : | Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics |
| • | AME 536b | : | Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics |
| • | AME 536c | : | Compressible Fluid Mechanics |
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Employment
| • | 1/00-date | : | Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Assistant Professor 11/00-8/03; Associate Professor 8/03-06; Professor 2006-date |
| • | 1993-02 | : | Engineering, Tel-Aviv University: Associate Professor (leave of absence 2001-02): Associate Professor |
| • | 1992-93 | : | Engineering, Tel-Aviv University: Researcher-Fellow |
| • | 1990-92 | : | Aeromechanics and Flight Techniques, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology: Associate Professor |
| • | 1990 | : | Moscow Technical University: Professor (concurrent with above) |
| • | 1982-90 | : | Scientific-Industrial Design Office "Molniya": Head of Laboratory, Leading Designer/ Engineer |
| • | 1975-82 | : | Aeromechanics and Flight Techniques, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology: Assistant Professor |
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Honors and Awards
| • | Associate Fellow, AIAA, 2005 |
| • | Aerospace America (No. 12, p. 15) - project on transient growth theory was included in "AIAA Highlights 2004 on Fluid Dynamics," 2004 |
| • | Aerospace America (No. 12, p. 19) - project on transient growth theory was included in "Aerospace Science Achievements," 2002 |
| • | Aerospace America (No. 12, p. 18) - project on transient growth theory was included in "AIAA Highlights 2001 on Fluid Dynamics," 2001 |
| • | "Citation of Honor" for teaching in Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, 2000 |
| • | The Guastela Scholarship, Rashi Foundation (Israel), 1993 |
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Professional Societies
| • | AIAA | : | Associate Fellow, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| • | APS | : | The American Physical Society |
| • | Combustion Institute | : | The Combustion Institute |
| • | EUROMECH | : | European Mechanics Society |
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Publications (since 2001; not including conferences)
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Tumin, A., Comment on "Instability of Isolated Planar Shock Waves", Phys. Fluids. 20: Paper 029101, 2008. |
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Tumin, A., Initial-Value Problem for Small Disturbances in Idealized One-Dimensional Detonation, Phys. Fluids. 19, paper 106105, 2007. |
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Lifshitz, Y., Degani, D., and Tumin, A., On the Interaction of Turbulent Shear Layers with Harmonic Perturbations, Flow, Turbul. Combust. 80: 61-80, 2008. |
| • | Tumin, A., Multi-Domain Spectral Collocation Method for Stability Analysis of Detonations, AIAA J. 45:2356-2359, 2007. |
| • | Tumin, A., Three-Dimensional Spatial Normal Modes in Compressible Boundary Layers, J. Fluid Mech. 586:292-322, 2007. |
| • | Tumin, A., Wang, X., and Zhong, X., Direct Numerical Simulation and the Theory of Receptivity in a Hypersonic Boundary Layer, Phys. Fluids, 19: Paper 014101, 2007. |
| • | Zuccher, S. Shalaev, I., Tumin, A., and Reshotko, E., Optimal Disturbances in the Supersonic Boundary Layer Past a Sharp Cone, AIAA J. 45:366-373, 2007. |
| • | Forgoston, E. and Tumin, A., Three-Dimensional Wave Packets in a Compressible Boundary Layer, Phys. Fluids 18:Paper 104103, 2006. |
| • | Tumin, A., Biorthogonal Eigenfunction System in Triple-Deck Limit, Studies in Appl. Math. 117:165-190, 2006. |
| • | Zuccher, S., Tumin, A., and Reshotko, E., Parabolic Approach to Optimal Perturbations in Compressible Boundary Layers, J. Fluid Mech. 556:189-216, 2006. |
| • | Tumin, A. and Reshotko, E., Receptivity of a Boundary-Layer Flow to a Three-Dimensional Hump at Finite Reynolds Numbers, Phys. Fluids 17: Paper 094101, 2005. |
| • | Forgoston, E. and Tumin, A., Initial-Value Problem for Three-Dimensional Disturbances in a Hypersonic Boundary Layer, Phys. Fluids 17:Paper 084106, 2005. |
| • | Gaydos, P. and Tumin, A., Multimode Decomposition in Compressible Boundary Layers, AIAA J. 42:1115-1121, 2004. |
| • | Reshotko, E. and Tumin, A., Role of Transient Growth in Roughness-Induced Transition, AIAA J. 42:766-770, 2004. |
| • | Federov, A. and Tumin, A., Evolution of Disturbances in Entropy Layer on Blunted Plate in Supersonic Flow, AIAA J. 42:89-94, 2004. |
| • | Tumin, A. and Reshotko, E., Optimal Disturbances in Compressible Boundary Layers, AIAA J. 41:2357-2363, 2003. |
| • | Tumin, A. and Ashpis, D. E., Optimal Disturbances in Boundary Layers Subject to Streamwise Pressure Gradient, AIAA J. 41:2297-2300, 2003. |
| • | Tumin, A., Multimode Decomposition of Spatially Growing Perturbations in a Two-Dimensional Boundary Layer, Phys. Fluids 15: 2525-2540, 2003. |
| • | Tumin, A., Optimal Streamwise Vortices Intended for Supersonic Mixing Enhancement, AIAA J. 41:1542-1546, 2003. |
| • | Fedorov, A. and Tumin, A., Initial-Value Problem for Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Flows, AIAA J. 41:379-389, 2003. |
| • | Tumin, A., The Spatial Stability of Natural Convection Flow on Inclined Plates, ASME J. Fluids Eng. 125:428-437, 2003. |
| • | Reau, N. and Tumin, A., Harmonic Perturbations in Turbulent Wakes, AIAA J. 40:526-530, 2002. |
| • | Reau, N. and Tumin, A., On Harmonic Perturbations in a Turbulent Mixing Layer, Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids 21:143-155, 2002. |
| • | Tumin, A. and Reshotko, E., Spatial Theory of Optimal Disturbances in Boundary Layers, Phys. Fluids 13: 2097-2104, 2001. |
| • | Tumin, A., A Model of Spatial Algebraic Growth in a Boundary Layer Subjected to a Streamwise Pressure Gradient, Phys. Fluids 13:1521-1523, 2001. |
| • | Reshotko. E. and Tumin, A., Spatial Theory of Optimal Disturbances in a Circular Pipe Flow, Phys. Fluids 13:991-996, 2001. |
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Research Grants (since 2001)
| • | Theoretical and Computational Studies of Stability, Transition and Flow Control in High-Speed Flows, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 3/1/05-12/31/07. |
| • | Transient Growth Module for PSECHE (First State), University of Dayton Research Institute (subcontract of AFOSR contract), 7/6/04-6/30/05. |
| • | Mathematical Modeling of Turbulent Flows with Oscillatory Perturbations, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, 10/1/03-9/30/06 (with D. Degani, Technion, Israel). |
| • | The Effects of Curvature on a Boundary Layer Subjected to Highly Adverse Pressure Gradient, U.S. Office of Scientific Research, 9/1/04-11/30/05 (with I. Wygnanski). |
| • | Optimal Placing of Roughness Elements for Separation Delay in LPT Airfoils, NASA Glenn Research Center, 7/29/02-9/16/05. |
| • | On Controlling the Flow over Cavities, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 6/1/01-11/30/03 (with I. Wygnanski, E. Kerschen). |
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