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Jonathan W. Naughton
Dr. Jonathan W. Naughton

Jonathan W. Naughton, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director Wind Energy Research Center (WERC)
Room 1074, Engineering Building
University of Wyoming
College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307.766.6284


Jonathan received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1986. After two years working for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company, he returned to graduate school at Penn State University where he received his PhD in 1993. After working for NASA-Ames Research Center for four years, Jonathan joined the University of Wyoming in 1997.  During the 2004-2005 academic year, Jonathan was a visiting researcher at the Turbulence Research Laboratory at the Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg, Sweden.  In December 2007, Jonathan became the director of the newly formed Wind Energy Research Center (WERC).

Research Interests:

  • Experimental fluid dynamics and aerodynamics
    • Characterization of turbulent flows
    • Control of turbulence flows
  • Instrumentation
    • Wall shear stress measurement techniques in aerodynamic flows.
  • Wind Energy
    • Atmospheric inflow modeling
    • Blade aerodynamics

Teaching:

  • Undergraduate
    • Fluid Dynamics
    • Thermodynamics
    • Hear transfer
    • Wind Energy
  • Graduate
    • Theoretical and Experimental Fluid Dynamics
    • Turbulence

Selected Publications:

X. Zhang, J. W. Naughton, and W. R. Lindberg. 2-D and 3-D numerical modelling of a dynamics resonant shear stress sensor. Computers and Fluids, 38(2):340--346, 2008.
A. F. Shiri, W. K. George, and J. W. Naughton.  An experimental study of the far-field of incompressible swirling jets. AIAA Journal, 46(8):2002--2009, August 2008.
J. W. Naughton and T. Liu. Photogrammetry in oil-film interferometry. AIAA Journal, 45(7):1620-1629, July 2007.
J. W. Naughton, S.Viken, and D.Greenblatt. Skin friction measurements on the NASA hump model. AIAA Journal, 44(6):1255{1265, June 2006.
R. T. Gilchrist and J. W. Naughton. An experimental study of incompressible jets with different initial swirl profiles: Mean results. AIAA Journal, 43(4):741--751, April 2005.
J. W. Naughton and M. Sheplak.  Modern developments in shear stress measurement. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 38:515--570, August/October 2002.
J. W. Naughton, L. N. Cattafesta III, and G.S. Settles.  An experimental study of compressible turbulent mixing enhancement in swirling jets.  Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 330:271--305, 1997.

J.W. Naughton, L.N. Cattafesta III, and G.S. Settles.  An experimental study of compressible turbulent mixing enhancement in swirling jets.  Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 330:271--305, 1997.

J.W. Naughton, L.N. Cattafesta III, and G.S. Settles.  Miniature, fast-response five-hole conical probe for supersonic flowfield measurements. AIAA Journal, 31(3): 453—458, 1993.


University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
(307)766-4253
email: enginfo@uwyo.edu
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences