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White, Edward Professor and Associate Department Head
Positions
- Professor and Associate Department Head, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
My research interests includes experimental aerodynamics, laminar-to-turbulent transition, wind-turbine aerodynamics, dynamic stall, and surface roughness effects.
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Publications
selected publications
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van Dam, C. P., Mothukuri, S. B., Hosseini, S. S., White, E. B., Brown, L. M., Kutz, D. M., & Justiniano, E.
(2023).
Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-Based Flow Control on a Two-Dimensional Wing with Flap. 60(2), 577-580.
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Talley, J. L., White, E. B., & Willis, M. A.
(2023).
A comparison of odor plume-tracking behavior of walking and flying insects in different turbulent environments. 226(2), jeb244254.
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White, E. B., & Schmucker, J. A.
(2021).
Wind- and gravity-forced drop depinning. Physical Review Fluids.
6(2), 023601.
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Suryanarayanan, S., Goldstein, D. B., Berger, A. R., White, E. B., & Brown, G. L.
(2020).
Effect of pressure gradients on the different stages of roughness induced boundary layer transition. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW.
86, 108688-108688.
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Long, R. R., White, E. B., Tichenor, N. R., & Kremeyer, K.
(2017).
Instantaneous Wind-Tunnel Model Vibration Measurements Using a Kalman Filtering Approach. Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME.
139(7), 071106.
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Kuester, M. S., & White, E. B.
(2016).
Structure of turbulent wedges created by isolated surface roughness. 57(4), 47.
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Monschke, J. A., Kuester, M. S., & White, E. B.
(2016).
Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using Modal Decomposition of a Modified Orr-Sommerfeld Equation. 54(3), 805-815.
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Wilcox, B., & White, E.
(2016).
Computational analysis of insect impingement patterns on wind turbine blades. Wind Energy.
19(3), 483-495.
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Kuester, M. S., & White, E. B.
(2015).
Roughness receptivity and shielding in a flat plate boundary layer. 777, 430-460.
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Kuester, M. S., & White, E. B.
(2014).
Active Noise Control in a Closed-Circuit Wind Tunnel. 52(9), 1829-1838.
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Lovig, E. N., Downs, R. S., & White, E. B.
(2014).
Passive Laminar Flow Control at Low Turbulence Levels. 52(5), 1072-+.
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Ehrmann, R. S., Loftin, K. M., Johnson, S., & White, E. B.
(2014).
Lock-in of elastically mounted airfoils at a 90 angle of attack. 44, 205-215.
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Downs, R., & White, E. B.
(2013).
Free-stream turbulence and the development of cross-flow disturbances. 735, 347-380.
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Denissen, N. A., & White, E. B.
(2013).
Secondary instability of roughness-induced transient growth. Physics of Fluids.
25(11), 114108.
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Schmucker, J. A., Osterhout, J. C., & White, E. B.
(2012).
Speckle technique for dynamic drop profile measurement on rough surfaces. 52(1), 123-136.
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Downs, R., & White, E. B.
(2011).
Spectral analysis of phase-shifting measurements of crossflow waves. 51(6), 1673-1684.
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Denissen, N. A., & White, E. B.
(2009).
Continuous spectrum analysis of roughness-induced transient growth. Physics of Fluids.
21(11), 114105-13.
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White, E. B., & Schmucker, J. A.
(2008).
A runback criterion for water drops in a turbulent accelerated boundary layer. 130(6), 061302.
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Denissen, N. A., & White, E. B.
(2008).
Roughness-induced bypass transition, revisited. AIAA Journal.
46(7), 1874-1877.
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Downs, R., White, E. B., & Denissen, N. A.
(2008).
Transient growth and transition induced by random distributed roughness. AIAA Journal.
46(2), 451-462.
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Ergin, F. G., & White, E. B.
(2006).
Unsteady and Transitional Flows Behind Roughness Elements. AIAA Journal.
44(11), 2504-2514.
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White, E. B., Rice, J. M., & Ergin, F. G.
(2005).
Receptivity of stationary transient disturbances to surface roughness. Physics of Fluids.
17(6), 064109-12.
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White, E. B., & Saric, W. S.
(2005).
Secondary instability of crossflow vortices. Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
525, 275-308.
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White, E. B., & Ergin, F. G.
(2004).
Using laminar-flow velocity profiles to locate the wall behind roughness elements. 36(5), 805-812.
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Saric, W. S., Reed, H. L., & White, E. B.
(2003).
STABILITY AND TRANSITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.
35(1), 413-440.
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White, E. B.
(2002).
Transient growth of stationary disturbances in a flat plate boundary layer. Physics of Fluids.
14(12), 4429-4439.
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Justiniano, E., Mainka, G. E., Brown, L. M., Kutz, D. M., White, E. B., van Dam, C. P., & Sheida Hosseini, S.
Microjet Flow Control on an Airfoil Flap: Particle Image Velocimetry Characterization. AIAA Journal.
1-14.
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Justiniano, E., Brown, L. M., White, E. B., Suryanarayanan, S., & Goldstein, D. B.
Mitigation of Roughness-Induced Boundary-Layer Transition on Airfoils Using Shielding Strips. AIAA Journal.
1-13.
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van Dam, C. P., Mothukuri, S. B., Hosseini, S. S., White, E. B., Brown, L. M., Kutz, D. M., & Justiniano, E.
(2023).
Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-Based Flow Control on a Two-Dimensional Wing with Flap. 60(2), 577-580.
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chapter
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Denissen, N., White, E., & Downs, R.
(2010).
Quantifying sub-optimal transient growth using biorthogonal decomposition. IUTAM Bookseries.
Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition.
(pp. 473-476).
Springer Nature.
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Denissen, N., White, E., & Downs, R.
(2010).
Quantifying sub-optimal transient growth using biorthogonal decomposition. IUTAM Bookseries.
Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition.
(pp. 473-476).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Justiniano, E., Brown, L., White, E. B., Suryanarayanan, S., & Goldstein, D. B.
(2023).
Mitigation of Airfoil Boundary-Layer Transition due to Leading-Edge Roughness Using Shielding Strips
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Shine, J., White, J., Bowersox, R. D., White, E. B., Gragston, M. T., & Siddiqui, F.
(2023).
3D-Printed Quasi-Random Distributed Roughness for Turbulent Boundary Layer Analysis on Hypersonic Ogive Nosecones
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Morreale, B. J., Swinny, E., Kostak-Teplicek, H. E., Bowersox, R. D., White, E. B., Dufrene, A. T., & Wadhams, T. P.
(2023).
Boundary Layer Turbulence Flight Experiment in Memory of Mike Holden: Pre-Flight Mission Design
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Herrera Hernandez, E., Matthews, W., Justiniano, E., White, E. B., Goldstein, D. B., & Suryanarayanan, S.
(2023).
Experiments on Streamwise Vortex Mitigation Using Two-Dimensional Shielding Strips
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Feliciano, J. G., & White, E. B.
(2023).
Measurements of Crossflow Vortices and Tollmien-Schlichting Waves on a Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil
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Van Dam, C. P., Mothukuri, S. B., Hosseini, S. S., White, E., Brown, L., Kutz, D., & Justiniano, E.
(2022).
Correction: Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-based Flow Control on a Multi-Element High-Lift Airfoil
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Feliciano, J. G., Finke, C. P., & White, E.
(2022).
Boundary-Layer Stability Measurements of a Variably Swept and Pitched, Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil
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Suryanarayanan, S., Goldstein, D. B., Finke, C. P., Herrera Hernandez, E., White, E., & Brown, G. L.
(2022).
On the Evolution of Streamwise Vortices over Solid Surfaces: Theory, Experiments and Matched Direct Numerical Simulations
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Van Dam, C. P., Mothukuri, S. B., Hosseini, S. S., White, E., Brown, L., Kutz, D., & Justiniano, E.
(2022).
Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-based Flow Control on a Multi-Element High-Lift Airfoil
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Suryanarayanan, S., Goldstein, D. B., Berger, A. R., White, E. B., & Brown, G. L.
(2020).
Mechanisms of Roughness-Induced Boundary-Layer Transition Control by Shielding. AIAA Journal.
2951-2963.
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Berger, A. R., & White, E. B.
(2020).
Experimental Study of the Role of High- and Low-speed Streaks in Turbulent Wedge Spreading
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Miller, M. Q., Leber, E., Brown, L., & White, E. B.
(2020).
Redesign of a Sting Mount Pitch Actuator for Improved Data Quality
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McMillan, M., & White, E. B.
(2019).
Numerical Simulations of Asymptotic Theory for Distributed Roughness
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Berger, A. R., & White, E. B.
(2019).
On the Role of High- and Low-speed Streaks in Turbulent Wedge Lateral Spreading
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Zha, G., Yang, Y., Ren, Y., & McBreen, B.
(2018).
Super-Lift and Thrusting Airfoil of Coflow Jet Actuated by Micro-Compressors
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Suryanarayanan, S., Goldstein, D. B., Berger, A., White, E. B., & Brown, G. L.
(2018).
Toward A Generalized Roughness-Induced-Transition Mitigation Strategy Using A Streamwise Array of 2D Flat Strips
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McMillan, M. N., Berger, A. R., & White, E. B.
(2017).
Measurements of Distributed Roughness Receptivity
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Suryanarayanan, S., Goldstein, D. B., Berger, A. R., White, E. B., & Brown, G. L.
(2017).
Mechanics of Distributed Roughness Shielding for Suppression of Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition
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Suryanarayanan, S., Goldstein, D. B., Brown, G. L., Berger, A. R., & White, E. B.
(2017).
On the Mechanics and Control of Boundary Layer Transition induced by Discrete Roughness Elements
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Berger, A. R., McMillan, M. N., White, E. B., Suryanarayanan, S., & Goldstein, D. B.
(2017).
Suppression of Transition Behind a Discrete Roughness Element Using a Downstream Element. 533-538.
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Long, R., & White, E. B.
(2017).
Experiments on dynamic aeroelastic response of wind turbine blades
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Maniaci, D. C., White, E. B., Wilcox, B., Langel, C. M., van Dam, C. P., & Paquette, J. A.
(2016).
Experimental Measurement and CFD Model Development of Thick Wind Turbine Airfoils with Leading Edge Erosion. Journal of Physics : Conference Series.
022013-022013.
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Hwang, S., Lee, M., Ih, K. D., White, E. B., & Kim, Y. J.
(2016).
Experimental Contribution Analysis of External Aeroacoustic Noise Components to Interior Noise of Simplified, Scaled Automobile Model in Wind Tunnel. 149-156.
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Herring, A. P., Kutz, D., Brown, L., & White, E. B.
(2015).
Upgrades to the Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low-Speed Wind Tunnel for M=0.4 Operation
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Herring, A. P., Kutz, D., Brown, L., & White, E. B.
(2015).
Upgrades to the Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low-Speed Wind Tunnel for M=0.4 Operation
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Langel, C. M., Chow, R., Hurley, O. F., Van Dam, C. P., Maniaci, D. C., Ehrmann, R. S., & White, E. B.
(2015).
Analysis of the Impact of Leading Edge Surface Degradation on Wind Turbine Performance
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Langel, C. M., Chow, R., Van Dam, C. P., Rumsey, M. A., Maniaci, D. C., Ehrmann, R. S., & White, E. B.
(2014).
A Computational Approach to Simulating the Effects of Realistic Surface Roughness on Boundary Layer Transition
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Kuester, M. S., Sharma, A., White, E. B., Goldstein, D. B., & Brown, G.
(2014).
Distributed Roughness Shielding in a Blasius Boundary Layer
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Sharma, A., Drews, S., Kuester, M. S., Goldstein, D. B., & White, E. B.
(2014).
Evolution of disturbances due to distributed surface roughness in laminar boundary layers
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Ehrmann, R. S., & White, E. B.
(2014).
Influence of 2D Steps and Distributed Roughness on Transition on a NACA 63(3)-418
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Sharp, N. S., & White, E. B.
(2014).
Roughness-Induced Transient Growth on a Hypersonic Blunt Cone
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Monschke, J., Kuester, M., & White, E.
(2013).
Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using Modal Decomposition of a Modified Orr-Sommerfeld Equation
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Kuester, M. S., & White, E. B.
(2013).
Distributed-Roughness-Induced Transient Growth in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer
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Sengupta, A.
(2013).
Performance of a Subscale CPAS Conical Ribbon Drogue Parachute in a Turbulent Wake
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Ehrmann, R. S., White, E. B., Maniaci, D. C., Chow, R., Langel, C. M., & Van Dam, C. P.
(2013).
Realistic Leading-Edge Roughness Effects on Airfoil Performance
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Kuester, M., & White, E.
(2012).
Acoustic Forcing and Control of Reflected Waves in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel
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Downs, R., Lovig, E., & White, E.
(2012).
Experimental Investigation of the Crossflow Instability in Moderate Freestream Turbulence
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Ehrmann, R., Loftin, K., Johnson, S., & White, E.
(2012).
Lock-in of Elastically Mounted Airfoils at High Angles of Attack
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Long, R., & White, E.
(2012).
Real-Time Measurement of Skin Friction Using Calibrated Multi-Element Hotfilm Arrays
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Drews, S., Downs, R., Doolittle, C., Goldstein, D., & White, E.
(2011).
Direct Numerical Simulations of Flow Past Random Distributed Roughness
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White, E., Kutz, D., Freels, J., Monschke, J., Grife, R., Sun, Y., & Chao, D.
(2011).
Leading-Edge Roughness Effects on 63(3)-418 Airfoil Performance
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Denissen, N., & White, E.
(2011).
Secondary Instability of Roughness Wakes and Optimal Disturbances
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Denissen, N., White, E., & Downs, R.
(2010).
Quantifying sub-optimal transient growth using biorthogonal decomposition. IUTAM Bookseries.
473-476.
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Hunt, L., Downs, R., Kuester, M., White, E., & Saric, W.
(2010).
Flow Quality Measurements in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel
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Denissen, N., Downs, R., & White, E.
(2009).
Transient Growth due to Surface Roughness: Theory, Simulation and Experiment
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Schmucker, J. A., & White, E. B.
(2007).
Technique for Measurement of Droplet Profiles for Use in Icing Physics Studies. SAE Technical Papers.
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Schmucker, J., & White, E.
(2007).
Measurements of Water Droplet Movement in a Stagnation Point Boundary Layer. 10949-10962.
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White, E., Downs, R., & Emer, H.
(2006).
Disturbances Generated by Random and Periodic Surface Roughness: Experiments and Models. 1426-1439.
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White, E. B., & Oliver, M. J.
(2005).
Experiments on surface roughness effects in ice accretion
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Ergin, F., & White, E.
(2005).
Multicomponent and Unsteady Velocity Measurements of Transient Disturbances. 7331-7343.
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Gurun, A., & White, E.
(2005).
Tollmien-Schlichting Wave Suppression and Transition Delay Using Stationary Transient Disturbances
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White, E., Shelley, M., & Gurun, A.
(2004).
Interactions of Tollmien-Schlichting Waves and Stationary Transient Disturbances
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White, E., & Ergin, F. G.
(2003).
Receptivity and Transient Growth of Roughness-Induced Disturbances
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White, E., & Reshotko, E.
(2002).
Roughness-induced transient growth in a flat-plate boundary layer
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White, E., Saric, W., Gladden, R., & Gabet, P.
(2001).
Stages of swept-wing transition
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White, E., & Saric, W.
(2000).
Application of variable leading-edge roughness for transition control on swept wings
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Saric, W., White, E., & Reed, H.
(1999).
Boundary-layer receptivity to freestream disturbances and its role in transition
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Saric, W., & White, E.
(1998).
Influence of high-amplitude noise on boundary-layer transition to turbulence. 1-11.
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Miller, F. J., White, E., & Ross, H. D.
(1997).
Gravitational influences on flame propagation through non-uniform premixed gas systems. NASA Conference Publication.
343-348.
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Justiniano, E., Brown, L., White, E. B., Suryanarayanan, S., & Goldstein, D. B.
(2023).
Mitigation of Airfoil Boundary-Layer Transition due to Leading-Edge Roughness Using Shielding Strips
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institutional repository document
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Finke, C., & White, E. B.
(2023).
Temperature-compensated calibration of cross-style hotwire anemometers
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Roger L. Simon, J. r., & White, E. B.
(2021).
Drop Interface and Airflow Unsteadiness in Wind-Forced Drop Depinning
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Berger, A. R., & White, E. B.
(2020).
Roughness-induced transition and turbulent wedge spreading
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White, E. B., & Schmucker, J. A.
(2020).
Wind- and Gravity-Forced Drop Depinning
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Finke, C., & White, E. B.
(2023).
Temperature-compensated calibration of cross-style hotwire anemometers
Research
principal investigator on
co-principal investigator on
- ARL: Hypersonic Vehicles awarded by United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2019 - 2024
- Hypersonic Boundary Layer Turbulance (BOLT-II) Flight Test Experiment awarded by United States Air Force - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2022
- IUSE/PFE: RED: REvolutionizing Diversity Of Engineering (REDO-E) awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2017 - 2022
- Stability of Partially Wetting Droplet in Wind awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2019
- Hypervelocity Expansion Facility for Fundamental High-Enthalpy Research awarded by United States Department of the Navy - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2016
Teaching
teaching activities
- AERO301 Theoretical Aerodyn Instructor
- AERO303 High Speed Aerodyn Instructor
- AERO307 Aero Engr Lab Instructor
- AERO472 Airfoil And Wing Design Instructor
- AERO491 Hnr-research Instructor
- AERO491 Hnr-research Instructor
- AERO601 Advanced Aerodynamics Instructor
- AERO681 Seminar:professional Dvlpmnt Instructor
- AERO684 Professional Internship Instructor
- AERO685 Directed Studies Instructor
- AERO691 Research Instructor
- AERO691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Denissen, Nicholas Allen (2012-07). Roughness-induced Transient Growth: Continuous-spectrum Receptivity and Secondary Instability Analysis.
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Downs, Robert 1982- (2012-08). Environmental Influences on Crossflow Instability.
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Ehrmann, Robert Schaefer (2014-06). Effect of Surface Roughness on Wind Turbine Performance.
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Freels, Justin Reed (2012-10). An Examination of Configurations for Using Infrared to Measure Boundary Layer Transition.
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Guthery, John (2013-12). Assessment of Flow Efficiency Through a Closed Circuit Wind Tunnel with Recommendations for Improvements.
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Herring, Alexander (2015-03). Dynamic Pressure Improvements to Closed-Circuit Wind Tunnels with Flow Quality Analysis.
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Hidore, John Preston (2013-04). Investigation of Data Quality for Wind Tunnel Internal Balance Testing.
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Kuester, Matthew (2012-07). Acoustics in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel: Background Identification, Forcing, and Active Control.
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Kuester, Matthew Scott (2014-04). Distributed Roughness Receptivity in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer.
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Kutz, Douglas M (2014-05). An Updated Procedure for Tare and Interference Wind Tunnel Testing of Strut-Mounted Models.
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Monschke, Jason Andrew (2015-09). Most-Critical Transient Disturbances in an Incompressible Flat-Plate Boundary Layer.
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Recla, Benjamin Jeremiah (2013-04). Developing a Practical Wind Tunnel Test Engineering Course for Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students.
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Schmucker, Jason (2012-10). Experimental Investigation of Wind-Forced Drop Stability.
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Sharp, Nicole Susanne (2014-04). Hypersonic Measurements of Roughness-Induced Transient Growth.
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Stanford III, John William (2016-06). Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis Method for a Pyramidal External Balance.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University - (Tempe, Arizona, United States) 2000
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University - (Cleveland, Ohio, United States) 1997
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University - (Cleveland, Ohio, United States) 1995
Contact
first name
- Edward
has last name
- White
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Aerospace Engineering
3141 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3141
USA
Other
- ebw@tamu.edu