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Thomas Corke serves as the Clark Equipment Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame's College of Engineering and is the Founding Director of the Notre Dame Center for Flow Physics and Control (FlowPAC). His research laboratory is housed in Hessert Laboratory.
His academic foundation includes:
- Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1981
Corke's research program centers on flow control applications across wind energy systems, aircraft/ground vehicle aerodynamics, and turbomachinery optimization. He investigates hydrodynamic stability, transition to turbulence, and fully turbulent flows in boundary layers, wakes, and jets using computational simulations, wind tunnel experiments, and full-scale testing on 25kW wind turbines. His work spans subsonic to hypersonic regimes with practical implementations in drag reduction and energy production enhancement, culminating in his textbook 'Wind Energy Design' published by Taylor-Francis CRC Press.
Analysis of his 2019-2020 publications reveals a dominant focus on plasma-based flow control mechanisms for rotating stall suppression, hypersonic boundary layer management, and turbulent drag reduction, demonstrating strong interdisciplinary integration of fluid dynamics with sustainable energy and transportation systems.
His distinguished contributions are recognized through:
- Clark Equipment Professorship
As FlowPAC Director, Corke leads research initiatives funded by grants targeting wind turbine efficiency, aircraft performance enhancement, and hypersonic flow control systems. His mentorship extends to graduate students in aerospace engineering, though specific advisee names are not documented in the source material.
FlowPAC operates as a multidisciplinary research hub within Hessert Laboratory, conducting cutting-edge experimental and computational studies across the full Mach number spectrum to advance fundamental fluid dynamics principles and their real-world applications.
