Michael Amitay

James L. Decker '45 Endowed Professor 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 physics of 3-D flow fields and the interaction of flow control actuators with these flows.

Education & Training

D.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 1994

Research

Experimental in wind tunnels and water tunnels on complex configurations is static and dynamic conditions.  Implement physics-based and model-based flow control to improve the aerodynamic of air and ground vehicles.

Primary Research Focus
Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, and Flow Control
Other Focus Areas

Wind turbines

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), 2019-

Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), 2021-

William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award, 2024

Publications

The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Michael Amitay has 224 indexed publications in the subjects of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy.

Cooper Nelson, Tufan Kumar Guha, Michael Amitay
AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND, 2024
, 2024
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Tomás E. Rojas Carvajal, Tufan Kumar Guha, Michael Amitay
AIAA Journal
, 62
, 2024
, pp.620-636
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Tomás E. Rojas Carvajal, Jacob Neal, Michael Amitay
AIAA Journal
, 62
, 2024
, pp.4221-4233
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Cooper Nelson, Tufan Kumar Guha, Michael Amitay
AIAA Journal
, 62
, 2024
, pp.1503-1516
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Akshit Jariwala, John D.B. Wylie, Alexandros Tsolovikos, Saikishan Suryanarayanan, Efstathios Bakolas, Michael Amitay, David Goldstein
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
, 2024
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John D.B. Wylie, Michael Amitay
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
, 2024
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Paul Remneff, Tomás E. Rojas Carvajal, Michael Amitay
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
, 2024
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Jacob Neal, Michael Amitay
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
, 2024
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Tomás E. Rojas Carvajal, Michael Amitay, Tufan Kumar Guha
Physical Review Fluids
, 8
, 2023
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Frank A. Tricouros, Michael Amitay, Tyler Van Buren
Experiments in Fluids
, 64
, 2023
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