Senior Lecturer

Curriculum Vitae

Publications:

  • Greenfield, Ben., Louisos, W.F., & Hitt, D.L., “Impact of Dilute Multiphase Flow in Supersonic Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 190-199, 2019.
  • Pearl, J., Louisos, W.F., Hitt, D.L., “Thrust Calculation for Low-Reynolds-Number Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 287-298, 2017.
  • Louisos, W.F., Hitt, D.L., & Danforth, C.M. “Chaotic Natural Convection in a Toroidal Thermosyphon with Heat Flux Boundaries” International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol. 88, pp. 492-507, September 2015.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Numerical Studies of Supersonic Flow in Bell-Shaped MicroNozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 491-500, 2014.
  • Louisos, W.F., Hitt, D.L., & Danforth, C.M., "Chaotic flow in a 2D natural convection loop with heat flux boundaries” International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol. 61, pp. 565-576, June 2013.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Influence of Wall Heat Transfer on Supersonic MicroNozzle Performance” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 450-460, 2012.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Viscous Effects on Performance of Three-Dimensional Supersonic Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 51-58, 2012
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Analysis of Transient Flow in Supersonic Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 303-311, 2011.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L. “Supersonic Micro-Nozzles” A Chapter of the Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and NanoFluidics, Springer Publishers, 2008
  • Louisos, W.F., Alexeenko, A.A., Hitt, D.L. & Zilic, A. “Design Considerations for Supersonic Micronozzles” International Journal of Manufacturing Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 80-113, 2008.
  • Louisos, W.F. & Hitt, D.L., “Viscous Effects on Performance of Two-Dimensional Supersonic Linear Micronozzles” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 706-715, 2008.
Senior Lecturer William Louisos

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion

Education

  • Ph.D., MS University of Vermont
  • BS SUNY Buffalo

Contact

Office Location:

Votey 231C

Courses Taught

  • ME 001 - First-Year Design Experience
  • ME 014 - Mechanics of Solids
  • ME 040 - Thermodynamics
  • ME 042 - Applied Thermodynamics
  • ME 123 - Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 143 - Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 240 - Compressible Flow
  • ME 249 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • HCOL 185 - Energy Dynam. in Complex World