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William Louisos

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Will Louisos
Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., MS University of Vermont
  • BS SUNY Buffalo

Courses

  • ME 1010 - First-Year Design Experience
  • ME 1140 - Mechanics of Solids
  • ME 1210 - Thermodynamics
  • ME 1220 - Applied Thermodynamics
  • ME 2231 - Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 2230 - Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 3250 - Compressible Flow
  • ME 3530 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • HCOL 2000 - Energy Dynam. in Complex World

Area(s) of expertise

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion

Courses

  • ME 1010 - First-Year Design Experience
  • ME 1140 - Mechanics of Solids
  • ME 1210 - Thermodynamics
  • ME 1220 - Applied Thermodynamics
  • ME 2231 - Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 2230 - Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 3250 - Compressible Flow
  • ME 3530 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • HCOL 2000 - Energy Dynam. in Complex World

Areas of Expertise

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion

Publications:

  • Greenfield, Ben., Louisos, W.F., & Hitt, D.L., “Impact of Dilute Multiphase Flow in Supersonic Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 190-199, 2019.
  • Pearl, J., Louisos, W.F., Hitt, D.L., “Thrust Calculation for Low-Reynolds-Number Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 287-298, 2017.
  • Louisos, W.F., Hitt, D.L., & Danforth, C.M. “Chaotic Natural Convection in a Toroidal Thermosyphon with Heat Flux Boundaries” International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol. 88, pp. 492-507, September 2015.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Numerical Studies of Supersonic Flow in Bell-Shaped MicroNozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 491-500, 2014.
  • Louisos, W.F., Hitt, D.L., & Danforth, C.M., "Chaotic flow in a 2D natural convection loop with heat flux boundaries” International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol. 61, pp. 565-576, June 2013.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Influence of Wall Heat Transfer on Supersonic MicroNozzle Performance” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 450-460, 2012.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Viscous Effects on Performance of Three-Dimensional Supersonic Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 51-58, 2012
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Analysis of Transient Flow in Supersonic Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 303-311, 2011.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L. “Supersonic Micro-Nozzles” A Chapter of the Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and NanoFluidics, Springer Publishers, 2008
  • Louisos, W.F., Alexeenko, A.A., Hitt, D.L. & Zilic, A. “Design Considerations for Supersonic Micronozzles” International Journal of Manufacturing Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 80-113, 2008.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Viscous Effects on Performance of Two-Dimensional Supersonic Linear Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 706-715, 2008.