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Juan Alonso is the Vance D. Arlene C. Coffman Professor at Stanford University, holding a chair in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He directs the Aerospace Design Laboratory (ADL), where he specializes in the development of high-fidelity computational design methodologies that enable the creation of realizable and efficient aerospace systems. His research spans both manned and unmanned applications in various areas including transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft, as well as turbomachinery and launch and re-entry vehicles. Alonso is the author of over 200 technical publications that focus on computational aircraft and spacecraft design, multidisciplinary optimization, fundamental numerical methods, and high-performance parallel computing. He has been actively involved in curriculum development, particularly in aircraft design, sustainable aviation, and UAS design and operations, within the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department and the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) at Stanford. His contributions have led to notable achievements, such as being a member of the team that currently holds a world speed record for human-powered watercraft, and overseeing a student team that achieved an altitude record for an unmanned electric vehicle weighing 5 lbs.
Patent for a system and method to break large-scale eddies to improve airflow in rotary disk storage devices.
Patent for a technique that manipulates boundary layers for airflow in rotary disk storage devices.
The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.