Research Expertise

•	Aerodynamics (related to fixed and rotary craft)
•	Control of separation, high lift devices, and drag reduction
•	Aeroacoustics (jet noise, cavity noise, screech)
•	Turbulent shear flows, control of turbulent mixing
•	Laminar-turbulent transition
•	Hydrodynamic stability
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Education

•	Ph.D.	:	Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1964
•	M.S.	:	Aerodynamics, McGill University, 1962
•	B.S.	:	Mechanical Sciences-Honors Option, McGill University, 1961
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Courses Taught  (since 2000)

•	AME 320	:	Aerodynamics
•	AME 331	:	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
•	AME 401	:	Senior Aerospace Laboratory
•	AME 413a/b	:	Mechanical Engineering Design Lab [supervised projects]
•	AME 433	:	Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
•	AME 538	:	Nature of Turbulent Shear Flow
•	AME 908	:	On Active Flow Control
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Employment

•	1986-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Visiting Professor 1981-86; Professor 1986-date
•	1982	:	Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University: Lazarus Professor of Aerodynamics
•	1990-91	:	Institute for Advance Study, Berlin, Germany: Fellow
•	1980	:	Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California (summer): Visiting Professor
•	1978	:	Technical University, Berlin (summer): Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German NSF) Visiting Scholar
•	1977-80	:	Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University: Dean
•	1976-77	:	Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California: Visiting Professor
•	1973	:	Mechanics and Structures, University of California, Los Angeles (summer): Visiting Professor
•	1972-76	:	Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Tel Aviv University: Chairman
•	1972	:	Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Tel Aviv University: Professor
•	1965-72	:	Flight Sciences Laboratory, Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories: Senior Research Scientist
•	1964-65	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia: Assistant Professor
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Honors and Awards

•	Recognition by Industry and Science Community, Full-scale Demonstration of a Micro Adaptive Flow System on the XV-15 tiltrotor, Bell Helicopter Textron facilities, July 2003
•	AIAA Fluids Dynamics Award, 2001
•	Senior Fulbright Fellow, 1995/96
•	Fellow, AIAA, 1996
•	LSG Kovaszaay Lecturer, 1995
•	Fellow, Institute of Advanced StudyBerlin, 1990
•	Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 1989
•	Fellow, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 1983
•	Lazarus Chair of Aerodynamics, Tel Aviv University, 1982
•	Landau Prize for Research on Transition (Israel), 1973
•	Graduate Fellow, McGill University, 1963
•	Fellowship, National Research Council of Canada, 1962-64
•	AIAA Prize for Technical Paper, 1962
•	Institute of Aerospace Science Prize for Technical Paper, 1961
•	Canadian Aeronautical Institute Medal for a Technical Paper, 1961
•	British Association Medal for Great Distinction in Engineering, 1961
•	Scholarship, Mechanical Engineering Department, McGill University, 1959-61
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Professional Societies

•	NAE	:	National Academy of Engineering
•	CRDF	:	US Civilian Research & Development Foundation
•	AIAA	:	Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
•	APS	:	Fellow, American Physical Society
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Publications  (since 2002, not including conferences)

•	Naim, A., Greenblatt, D., Seifert, A., and Wygnanski, I., Active Control of a Circular Cylinder Flow at Transitional Reynolds Numbers, J. Flow Turb.Combus. 78:3830407, 2007.
•	Kit, E., Wygnanski, I., Friedman, D., Krivonosova, O., and Zhilenko, D., On the Periodically Excited, Plane Turbulent Mixing Layer Emanating from a Jagged Partition, J. Fluid Mech. 589:479-507, 2007.
•	Halfon, E., Cerchie, D., Hammerich, A., Han, G., Taubert, L., Trove, L., Varghese, P., and Wygnanski, I., Some Circulation and Separation Control Experiments, Applications of Circulation Control Technologies (R. Joslin, G. Jones, Eds.), Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 214:113-164, 2006.
•	Han, G., de Zhou, M., and Wygnanski, I., On Streamwise Vortices and Their Role in the Development of a Curved Wall Jet, Phys. Fluids 18:095104, 2006.
•	Margalit, S., Greenblatt, D., Seifert, A., and Wygnanski, I., Delta Wing Stall and Roll Control Using Segmented Piezoelectric Fluidic Actuators, J. Aircraft 42:698-709, 2005.
•	Seifert, A., Greenblatt, D., and Wygnanski, I., Active Separation Control: An Overview of Reynolds and Mach Numbers Effects, Aerosp. Sci. Technol. 8:569-582, 2004.
•	Darabi, A., and Wygnanski, I., Active Management of Naturally Separated Flow Over a Solid Surface. Part 2. The Separation Process, J. Fluid Mech. 510:131-144, 2004.
•	Darabi, A., and Wygnanski, I., Active Management of Naturally Separated Flow Over a Solid Surface. Part 1. The Forced Reattachment Process, J. Fluid Mech. 510:105-129, 2004.
•	Neurendorf, R., Lourenco, L., and Wygnanski, I., On Large Streamwise Structures in a Wall Jet Flowing Over a Circular Cylinder, Phys. Fluids 16:2158-2169, 2004.
•	Greenblatt, D. and Wygnanski, I., Effect of Leading Edge Curvature on Airfoil Separation Control, J. Aircraft 40:473-481, 2003.
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Research Grants  (since 2002)

•	Quantitative Identification of Physics Based Parameters Governing Active Separation and Circulation Control on Wings, NASA, 1/1/07-12/31/09.
•	Plasma Actuator System Test and Evaluation, The Boeing Company, 9/8/06-11/27/06.
•	Statement of Work on V-22 Model, The Boeing Company, 1/1/06-1/31/07.
•	Yaw Nose Slice Analysis and Test, AirLaunch LLC, 2/13/06-6/30/06.
•	V-22 Hover Model, The Boeing Company, 5/15/05-12/31/05.
•	Application of AFC to Helicopter Shank Drag Reduction, The Boeing Company, 5/1/05-1/31/06.
•	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 A. Tumin]
•	Download Alleviation and Rotor Thrust Improvement V-22, The Boeing Company, 9/1/04-1/11/11.
•	Download Alleviation and Rotor Thrust Improvement Possibility on the V-22 Using Butterfly Devices of Gurney Flaps and V.G.’s on Rotors, The Boeing Company, 9/1/04-1/11/11.
•	The Modification of the V-22 Wing and the Use of the Oscillating Suction or Blowing for Download Alleviation, Bell Helicopter/Textroan, 4/19/04-1/1/11.
•	Download Alleviation of the V-22 Model Using AFC, The Boeing Company, 3/1/04-12/31/04.
•	Active Flow Control System (Option III), The Boeing Company, 9/3/02-8/31/03.
•	Control of High Speed Flows FPR the Purpose of Reducing Emissions and Buffet, AFOSR (DURIP), 6/1/02-5/31/05.
•	The Effects of Curvature on a Boundary Layer Subjected to Highly Adverse Pressure Gradient, U.S. Office of Scientific Research, 12/1/02-11/30/05 [with H. Fasel].
•	On Controlling the Flow over Cavities, AFOSR, 6/1/01-11/30/03 (with E. Kerschen, A. Tumin).
•	The Coanda Effect, ONR, 6/14/01-6/13/06.
•	Pressure Transducer and Computer System Providing Instantaneous Information over a Surface and Time-Dependent Predictive Ability, AFOSR, 3/1/01-5/31/02.
•	Three-Dimensional Particle Image Velocimeter: An Equipment Grant, ARO, 3/1/01-5/31/02.
•	Micro Adaptive Flow Control, Boeing DARPA, 12/1/98-5/31/03.
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