James F. Driscoll

Professor

PHONE: (734) 936-0101
EMAIL: jamesfd@engin.umich.edu
Websites:
Propulsion and Combustion Engineering Laboratory
Michigan/AFRL Collaborative Center in Control Science

Specializations & Research Interests
see link above to Propulsion and Combustion Engineering (PACE) Lab
Supersonic Combustion within Scramjet Experiments
Rocket Combustion (H2-O2) for NASA's Project Constellation Center at Michigan
Nitric Oxide Formation in General Electric TAPS Jet Engine Combustors
Fundamental Studies of Turbulent Combustion

Education
Ph.D. Princeton University (Aerospace & Mechanical)
B.S. Cornell University

Honors and Awards
-Editor, Combustion and Flame, 2003-2009
-Board of Directors, The Combustion Institute
-Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005
-Technical Program Co-Chair, 28th Symposium on Combustion, Edinburgh, 2000
-The Silver Medal of the Combustion Institute (1998) for the outstanding paper of the Twenty-Sixth International Symposium on Combustion Naples, Italy, 1996 (with co-authors C. Mueller, M.C. Drake, D. Reuss).
-Distinguished paper award, 2006 Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, with co-author Jeffrey Sutton.
-AIAA Best Paper Award-in the area of Propellants and Combustion, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1994 and 2008
-Combustion and Flame Most Cited Author Award for 2005-2008
-Silver Shaft Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
-The Research Excellence Award - Department of Aerospace Engineering, 1993
-Outstanding Faculty Member Award for 1982, College of Engineering Class of '38 Award
-Service Award, College of Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, 2007
-AIAA Service and Leadership Award, 1990
-Interim Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2003-2005

Teaching Interests
Aerospace Propulsion
Combustion I and II
Aerodynamics

Positions Held at Michigan
Interim Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2003-2005
Associate Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2001-2003
Professor of Aerospace Engineering