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Saric, William
University Distinguished Professor
George Eppright '26 Chair in Engineering
Director, Flight Research Laboratory
Director, AFOSR/NASA National Center for Hypersonic Research in Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Phone: (979) 862-1749
Fax: (979) 845-6051
Email: saric@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://flight.tamu.edu/
Mailing Address
Texas A&M University
Department of Aerospace Engineering
602C H.R. Bright Building
3141 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3141
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Currently Teaching
AERO 303 High Speed Aerodynamics, Fall 2011
AERO 660 Nonlinear Flight Dynamics and Chaos, Fall 2011
AERO 672 Perturbation Methods, Spring 2012
AERO 673 Boundary-Layer Stability and Transition, Fall 2012
Education
PhD Mechanics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1968
MS Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1965
BS Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1963
Areas of Interest
Wind-tunnel and flight experiments in the areas of boundary-layer stability and transition, laminar flow control, and low-Reynolds-number aerodynamics. Theoretical and computational studies in hydrodynamic stability, nonlinear waves, stratified fluids, and Taylor-Gortler vortices. Flight measurements of air quality.
Awards and Honors
2006 - Member, National Academy of Engineering
2003 - AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award
1993 - G.I. Taylor Medal, Society of Engineering Science
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2006 - Member, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
2005 - Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2005 - MMAE Department, IIT Alumni Recogntion Award
1996 - NATO (AGARD) Scientific Achievement Award
1993 - Life Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
