Rate My Professor William Louisos

William Louisos is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Vermont's College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, where he also serves as Undergraduate Program Coordinator. He earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Vermont in July 2009, with a dissertation on Numerical Studies of Viscous Flow in Supersonic MicroNozzles; an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution in May 2005, with a thesis on Viscous Effects in 2D Supersonic MicroNozzle Flow; and a B.S. cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in May 2003. Prior to his academic appointments at UVM, Louisos worked as a Mechanical Engineer and CAD Specialist at Trane Energy Systems in Buffalo, New York, from May 2001 to August 2003, specializing in distributed power generation, cogeneration systems, refrigeration, heat recovery, thermal storage, building automation, HVAC, hydronic, natural gas, steam, and electrical systems.

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.