Saric, William Distinguished Professor Stewart & Stevenson Professor Director, Flight Research Laboratory Telephone: (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

Currently Teaching

AERO 425 Flight Test Engineering, Spring 2009

AERO 689 Perturbation Methods, Fall 2009

AERO 689 Boundary-Layer Stability and Transition, Fall 2008

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