Research Centers

Faculty in the department have established and are involved in a number of multi-investigator research centers.  Some of these are housed in the Aerospace Department; others span several departments; still others involve more than one university.  The centers are listed below, with a brief description of their focus.  The links below and tabs above lead to more complete information on each center.

• W.M. Keck Foundation Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (CFD) - Prof. Iain Boyd, Director
• Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics (CRASH) - Prof. Paul Drake (AOSS), Director; Prof. Kenneth Powell, co-PI
• FXB Flight Vehicle Institute  - Prof. Wei Shyy, Director
• Center for Space Environment Modeling (CSEM) - Prof. Tamas Gombosi (AOSS), Director; Prof. Kenneth Powell, co-Director
• Constellation University Institutes Project (CUIP) - Prof. Wei Shyy, Director
• Michigan/AFRL/Boeing Collaborative Center in Aeronautical Sciences (MAB-CCAS) - Prof. Wei Shyy, Director
• Michigan/AFRL Collaborative Center in Control Science (MACCCS) - Profs. Anouck Girard and Carlos Cesnik, co-Directors
• Biologically Inspired, Anisotropic Flexible Wing for Flapping Flight (MURI) - Prof. Wei Shyy, Director