This is the professional website of Joe Shepherd, the C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. On this site you will find contact information, facts about his professional career, links to teaching resources for past and present courses at Caltech, lists of publications, and some information about research interests.

More detailed information about research activities and the Explosion Dynamics Laboratory (EDL) can be found on the EDL website. On that site you will find the Detonation Database, other resources like spreadsheets for detonation properties and gas dynamics, explosion glossary, and archives of publications that can be downloaded, details on our studies on aviation kerosene (Jet A) explosions, activities for the CIT ASCI ASAP project, pulse detonation engines, and related topics.

Information for potential students can be found on the ME, GALCIT, and Caltech websites. Please view these sites, the Catalog, and the Graduate Studies Office for further information regarding study at Caltech. All application materials should be submitted directly to the graduate office.

See the memorial pages for information about Brad Sturtevant, Phil Thompson, and information about purchasing Compressible Fluid Dynamcs.