Guillermo Paniagua

Adjunct Professor

Aeronautics and Aerospace Department

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics (by Courtesy) at Purdue University

von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Waterloosesteenweg 72
1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode

Biography

M.S., Universidad de Oviedo, ‘96

Research Master, von Karman Institute, ‘97

Ph.D., Universite Libre de Bruxelles, ‘02

2015 - present Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics (by Courtesy), Purdue University - USA

2009-2014 Associate Professor, von Karman Institute – Belgium

2013 – 2015: Adjunct Full Membership to Graduate Faculty, Texas A&M – USA

2012: Senior Research Associate, Wright Patterson Air Force Lab. – USA

2011: Visiting Professor, Oxford University – UK

2010 – 2015: Adjunct Full Membership to Graduate Faculty, Wright State Univ. – USA

2009 – present: Associate Professor, von Karman Institute – Belgium

2009: Visiting Professor, Wright State Univ. – USA

2008: Visiting Professor, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ingenieria, Gijon – Spain

2007 – 2014: Visiting Professor, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia – Spain

2005 – 2009: Assistant Professor, von Karman Institute – Belgium

2002 – 2005: Senior Research Engineer, von Karman Institute – Belgium

Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME (2015)
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA (2013)
Outstanding Paper Award at the ASME InterPack: Paper IPACK2017-74224 (2017)
Patented invention of the year for Safran Aircraft Engines (winner out of 400 patents, 2016)
7th place in the first SpaceX Hyperloop Competition, faculty advisor (2017)
2nd Place EREA Best paper award on evolutionary research (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)
2nd Place AIAA Undergraduate Team Engine Design Competition, faculty advisor (2011)
Best Paper Award in Heat Transfer at the ASME Turbo Expo: Paper GT2008-51308 (2009)
EREA Award on Visionary Aeronautics Project Idea for Revolutionary Research: "Turbine shocks modulation with plasma actuators" (2008)
The Biennial International Award Iwan Akerman on innovative research on expansion machines and related technical disciplines: "Hub disk leakage" (2006)