Jay I. Frankel

Jay I. Frankel is a Professor and Department Head at the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at New Mexico State University (NMSU). He earned his Ph.D. (1986), M.S.M.E. (1982) from Virginia Tech and a B.S.M.E. (1980, Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Maryland.

• Ph.D., Virginia Tech (1986)
• M.S.M.E., Virginia Tech (1982)
• B.S.M.E., University of Maryland (1980)

His research focuses on thermal sciences in aerospace contexts, including:

• Inverse heat conduction problems
• Calibration methods for thermal sensors
• Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
• High-temperature measurements for hypersonic vehicles

His work often employs integral equations and advanced mathematical techniques to solve real-world thermal challenges in propulsion and aerospace systems.

Recent publications explore:

• Calibration methods for heat flux estimation
• Experimental validation of thermal models
• Time-spectral approaches for dynamical systems
• Nonlinear diffusion modeling

Key honors include:

• 2018 AIAA Special Award for CIEM development
• 2010 General H.H. Arnold Award for thermal analysis in propulsion
• 2005 AIAA Associate Fellow
• 2000 Fellow of Computational Mechanics at Wessex Institute

He has secured significant funding from the National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, and Department of Energy for projects related to:

• Hypersonic thermal protection systems
• Advanced sensor development
• Calibration methodologies under extreme conditions

His laboratory team collaborates on emerging thermal diagnostics and inverse problem solutions.