Michael Amitay

Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Professor and James L. Decker '45 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering and Director, Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC).

About

Prof. Amitay's research interests are in developing active flow control techniques with applications in aeronautical/mechanical systems. He conducts state-of-the-art experiments to understand the flow phydics of 3-D flow fields and the interaction of flow control actuators with these flows.

Research

Primary Research Focus
Experimental fluid mechanics
Other Focus Areas

Active and passive Flow Control, Experimental Aerodynamics

Teaching

Fluid Dynamic Laboratory

Flight Mechanics

Aerodynamic Flow Control

Capstone: Air Vehicle Design

Office Hours

Wednesdays 2-4pm

Recognition

Awards & Honors

Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Publications
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The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Michael Amitay has 204 indexed publications in the subjects of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy.

Interaction of low aspect ratio, cantilevered, chamfered cylindrical pins with a laminar boundary layer
Tomás E. Rojas Carvajal, Michael Amitay, Tufan Kumar Guha
Physical Review Fluids
, 8
, 2023
.
A parametric study of rectangular jets issuing into a laminar crossflow
Frank A. Tricouros, Michael Amitay, Tyler Van Buren
Experiments in Fluids
, 64
, 2023
.
Hybrid Lumped-Element and Finite Element Model for Novel Synthetic Jet Actuator Shapes
Michael T. Sheng, Scott M. Keller, Anthony Mickalauskas, David Menicovich, Michael Amitay, Christopher S. Lynch
AIAA Journal
, 61
, 2023
, pp.3923-3934
.
Three-dimensional separation over unswept cantilevered wings at a moderate Reynolds number
Jacob M. Neal, Michael Amitay
Physical Review Fluids
, 8
, 2023
.
Linear modal instabilities around post-stall swept finite wings at low Reynolds numbers
Anton Burtsev, Wei He, Kai Zhang, Vassilios Theofilis, Kunihiko Taira, Michael Amitay
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
, 944
, 2022
.
Comparing steady and unsteady rectangular jets issuing into a crossflow
Frank A. Tricouros, Michael Amitay, Tyler Van Buren
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
, 942
, 2022
.
Interaction of synthetic jets with a massively separated three-dimensional flow field
Nicholas Rathay, Michael Amitay
Physical Review Fluids
, 7
, 2022
.
Three Dimensional Flowfield over Swept and Tapered Finite Span Wings at a Low Reynolds Number
Jacob Neal, Jack Ottinger, Brandon Gares, Michael Amitay
IACAS 2022 - 61st Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Science
, 2022
.
Flowfield over a Generic Tailless Chined Forebody-Delta Wing Configuration
Tomás E.Rojas Carvajal, Tufan Kumar Guha, Michael Amitay
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
, 2022
.
Three-Dimensional Flowfield Measurements of a Swept-back Cantilevered Wing at High Angles of Attack
Jacob Neal, Michael Amitay
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
, 2022
.

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