David Bogard

David Bogard is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, holding the Baker Hughes Incorporated Centennial Professorship. He leads research in thermal-fluid systems and turbulence, with a focus on turbine blade cooling and drag reduction. His work combines experimental and computational methods to optimize film cooling designs, thermal barrier coatings, and internal cooling channel configurations. Key contributions include studies on shaped film cooling holes, additive manufacturing applications, and crossflow effects in turbine components.

Educational background: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (1982). Joined UT Austin faculty immediately post-Ph.D.

Research interests emphasize turbine aerothermal performance, with specializations in:

• Adjoint-optimized film cooling hole geometries
• Compressible flow effects on cooling efficacy
• Additive manufacturing for turbine cooling components
• Thermal degradation mechanisms and contaminant deposition

Recent work includes evaluating adjoint-optimized cooling hole performance (2024), printability of additively manufactured cooling geometries (2023), and crossflow-fed shaped hole analysis (2022). His research bridges fundamental fluid mechanics with industrial turbine design challenges.

Awarded the 2002 Outstanding Graduate Advisor at UT Austin. Over 130 technical publications span experimental validation, CFD modeling, and turbine cooling innovation. Active in collaborative industry projects with companies like Baker Hughes.

Labs/Teams: Turbulence and Turbine Research Cooling Laboratory. Collaborates with research centers focusing on aero-thermal systems and advanced manufacturing.