Rate My Professor William Louisos

Louisos's research focuses on supersonic micronozzles and micropropulsion through numerical simulations of viscous supersonic flows in MEMS-based thruster nozzles for nanosatellite applications; chaotic natural convection in toroidal thermosyphons with heat flux boundaries as toy climate models; porous media modeling for spacecraft thermal protection systems ablation; and CFD validation for blood flow and damage prediction in medical devices via FDA's Critical Path Project. He teaches courses including ME 1010 First-Year Design Experience, ME 1140 Mechanics of Solids, ME 1210 Thermodynamics, ME 1220 Applied Thermodynamics, ME 2231 Thermo-Fluid Lab, ME 2230 Fluid Mechanics, ME 3250 Compressible Flow, ME 3530 Computational Fluid Dynamics, and HCOL 2000 Energy Dynamics in a Complex World. His accolades include the College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2014, CEMS Faculty Award for Excellence in Service in 2017, multiple nominations for the Kroepsch-Maurice Teaching Award (2014-2019), AIAA Senior Member status, and various graduate student awards from UVM. Key publications feature Impact of Dilute Multiphase Flow in Supersonic Micronozzles (AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, 2019), Chaotic Natural Convection in a Toroidal Thermosyphon with Heat Flux Boundaries (International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 2015), Numerical Studies of Supersonic Flow in Bell-Shaped MicroNozzles (AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, 2014), and the chapter Supersonic Micro-Nozzles in Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and NanoFluidics (Springer, 2008). He has also participated in FDA interlaboratory CFD studies for medical devices.