Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Degrees
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1982
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1984
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, 1994
Research Interests
Convective heat transfer, turbulent boundary layers, high freestream turbulence, gas turbine heat transfer.
Research Areas
Energy, Fluids, Thermal Sciences
Honors & Awards
- University of Texas Distinguished Engineering Graduate, 2024
- Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, The Engineers' Council, February 2023
- Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society, October 2023
- Gas Turbine Best Heat Transfer Paper, ASME, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2023
- R. Tom Sawyer, ASME, December 2022
- Thermophysics Award, AIAA, July 2022
- Heat Transfer Memorial Award, ASME, 2022
- Fellow, AIAA, 2021
- Air Breathing Propulsion Award, AIAA, 2019
- Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity, ABET, 2017
- Propulsion Technical Committee Best Paper, 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASME Joint Propulsion Conference, 2017
- Edwin F. Church Medal for Mechanical Engineering Education, ASME, 2016
- College of Engineering's Distinguished Service Alumni Award, University of Illinois, 2016
- George Westinghouse Gold Medal, ASME, 2015
- Distinguished Service Award, ASME, 2008 and 2015
- Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015
- Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, Society of Women Engineers, SWE, 2014
- Distinguished Alumnae for the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department, University of Illinois, 2013
- Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2012
- U.S. White House "Champion of Change" in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, U.S. Government, 2011
- W. M. Rohsenow Best Presentation for Gas Turbine Heat Transfer, ASME, 1997, 2005, 2009
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004
- Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumnae, University of Texas, 2004
- Ingersoll-Rand Faculty Award, Virginia Tech, 2001
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1996
Faculty Type
Tenured and Tenure-Track