Mark Drela

Terry J. Kohler Professor of Fluid Dynamics
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
37-475
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 253-0067
drela@mit.edu

S.B., 1983, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M., 1983, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Specialization and Research Interests

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Design Methodology. Low-Order Modeling of Aeromechanical Systems

Teaching Interests

Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Unified Engineering

Positions Held at MIT

Aeronautics and Astronautics Vehicle Sector Co-head, 2007-present; Terry J. Kohler Professor, 2001-present; Professor, 2000 -2001; Associate Professor, 1991-2000; T. Wilson Associate Professor, 1991-1992; Carl Richard Soderberg Assistant Professor, 1988-1990; Assistant Professor, 1986-1991

Honors and Awards

SAE/AIAA William Littlewood Memorial Award, 2011; Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award, 2010; AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best-Paper Award, 2009; AeroAstro Vicki Kerrebrock Award, 2008; Aer-Astro Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2007; ASME/AIAA SDM Best-Paper Award, 2000; Sigma Gamma Tau Graduate Teaching Award, 1998; DuPont Human-Powered Watercraft Speed-Record Prize, 1993; AIAA, Lawrence Sperry Award, 1991; Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987-1991; Third Kremer Prize for Human-Powered Aircraft (co-recipient), 1984

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow; National Academy of Engineering, Member

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