Zoltan S. Spakovszky

Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
31-265
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 253-2196
zolti@mit.edu

Dipl. Ing., 1997, ETH Zürich
M.S., 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., 2000, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Specialization and Research Interests

Internal flows, turbomachinery, propulsion systems and control, aeroengine dynamic system modeling, aero-acoustics

Teaching Interests

Thermodynamics and energy conversion; propulsion and fluid mechanics, aero-acoustics

Positions Held at MIT

Visiting Engineer, 1996-1997; C.R. Soderberg Assistant Professor 2001-2004; C.S. Draper Associate Professor 2005-2006; H.N. Slater Associate Professor, 2007 - 2009; Acting Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory, 2007; Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory, 2008 - present.

Positions Held Outside MIT

Propulsion Engineering, Swissair Technics, Zürich Airport, Switzerland, 1995; Research Staff, Turbomachinery Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1996; Lead Engineer, Engine Preliminary Design and Performance, GE Aircraft Engines, 2000-2001; Technology Special Advisor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 2009-2010;

Honors and Awards

George Fischer Award, ETH Zürich, 1997; ASME IGTI Best Paper Awards 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007; ASME 2003 Melville Medal; NASA Honor Award, 2003; AIAA Undergraduate Advising Award 2003, 2005; Aero-Astro Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2008; Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers