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Dr. Woutijn J. Baars
Woutijn is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology, within the sections of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. In 2009, he graduated from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) with a M.Sc. degree in aerodynamics, where he studied the effects of icing on the stability of aircraft. In 2013 he received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin (U.S.A.). At UT Austin his research work comprised studies of propulsive jet flows and the unsteady aerodynamics in rocket-type exhaust nozzles, with a specific focus on the sources of high-intensity noise emitted from these types of systems. After his Ph.D. he became a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne (Australia), where he made contributions to the physical understanding of high-Reynolds-number wall-bounded flows, which is vital for manipulation of the viscous drag force acting on transportation systems, e.g. planes, trains and ships. In 2019 he became a Lecturer at RMIT University (Australia) and subsequently an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University (Denmark). Since his start at Delft in 2020, his research interests include passive manipulation of jet flows and their emitted noise, wall-bounded turbulence and passive/active methods for flow-control, and noise from multi-rotor systems (drones and urban aviation vehicles).
Education
2009 — 2013
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
2006 — 2009
M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
2003 — 2006
B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Professional experience
Spring 2023
Visiting Researcher, CICLoPE Laboratory, University of Bologna, Forli, Italy.
2020 — present
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2019 — 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Lecturer, School of Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2013 — 2018
Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Spring 2018
Visiting Researcher, National Center for Physical Acoustics, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, U.S.A.
Summer/Fall 2013
Post-Doc., Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
2007
Liaison Engineering & Material Review Board, F-35 assembly line, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Professional activities
Memberships
2008 — present, Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2008 — present, Member, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD)
2012 — present, Member, Acoustical Society of America (ASA).
2020 — present, Member, J.M. Burgerscentrum, national research school for fluid mechanics in The Netherlands (JMBC)
2013 — present
Peer review of 100+ journal articles (J. Fluid Mech., Exp. Fluids, AIAA J., Phys. Rev. Fluids, J. Sound Vibr., etc.)
Private pilot
FAA — Private Pilot License, VFR