Faculty

Joseph E. Shepherd

C. L. Kelly Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Dean of Graduate Studies

Degrees and Appointments

B.S., University of South Florida, 1976; Ph.D., Caltech, 1981. Associate Professor, 1993-99; Professor of Aeronautics, 1999-2005; Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, 2006-08; Johnson Professor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2008-; Dean, 2009-.

Research Overview

Joe Shepherd teaches and conducts research on fluid mechanics, chemistry, thermodynamics, and structural mechanics with applications to high-speed flight, explosion dynamics, energy conversion technologies, and propulsion.

Space-Related Research

Chemical and electric propulsion systems; explosion hazards in launch vehicles and spacecraft.

List of Research Areas

combustion, explosion, detonation, shock waves, hypersonics, structural mechanics