Juan J. Alonso

Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Durand Building, Room 252
Stanford, CA 94305
650.723.9954

Background

Career highlights:

Professor, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2015-present.
Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2004-2015.
Director, Fundamental Aeronautics Program Office, NASA Headquarters, 2006-2008.
Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 1997-2004.
Ph.D., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1997.
M.A., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1993.
B.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, 1991.

You can find a more detailed version of my CV here.

Research Interests

The work in our group is focused on research and development of new high-fidelity, multidisciplinary methods and techniques for the analysis and design of complex aerospace systems. The focus is on the development of the methods and their use in realistic test cases in order to assess their value. In the past, our research has involved transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft, helicopters, turbomachinery, and launch and re-entry vehicles. Current research topics of interest in the group include:

High-fidelity computational analysis of multiple disciplines (fluid mechanics, structures, acoustics, etc.)
Advanced methodologies for treatment of multi-disciplinary design.
Multi-fidelity/variable-fidelity techniques for aerospace design.
Including uncertainties in the analysis and design process (UQ and robust deisgn).
System-level analysis / assessment of technology benefits.
Design of very advanced aircraft able to meet the challenges of the NextGen.

Teaching

Below you can find links for the courses that I have taught since the Winter Quarter 2009

Recent Publications

A detailed list of publications can be found here. PDF versions will be added soon.

2009

Palaniappan, K., Sahu, P., Alonso, J.J, Jameson, A., "Design of Adjoint-Based Laws for Wing Flutter Control," 47th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2009-148, Orlando, FL, January 2009.

2008

	Colonno, M. R., van der Weide, E., and Alonso, J. J., "The Optimum Vacuum Nozzle: an MDO Approach," 47th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2009-911, Orlando, FL, January 2009.
	Mader, C., Martins, J., Alonso, J. J., and van der Weide, E., "ADjoint: An Approach for the Rapid Development of Discrete Adjoint Solvers," AIAA Journal, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 863-873, April 2008.
	Choi, S., Alonso, J. J., Kroo, I. M., and Wintzer, M., "Multifidelity Design Optimization of Low-Boom Supersonic Jets," AIAA Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 106-118, January-February 2008.
	Choi, S., Potsdam, M., Lee, K., Iaccarino, G., and Alonso, J. J., "Helicopter Rotor Design Using a Time-Spectral and Adjoint-Based Method," AIAA Paper 2008-5810, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, September, 2008.
	Colonno, M., Reddy, S., and Alonso, J. J., "Multi-Fidelity Trajectory Optimization with Response Surface Based Aerodynamic Performance Prediction," AIAA Paper 2008-0218, 46th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2008.
	Alonso, J. J., Hahn, S., Ham, F., Herrmann, M., Iaccarino, G. and van der Weide, E., "CHIMPS: A High- Performance Scalable Module for Multi-Physics Simulations," AIAA Paper 2006-5274, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Sacramento, CA, July 2006.
	Marta, A. C., Alonso, J. J., "Discrete Adjoint Formulation for the Ideal MHD Equations," 3rd AIAA Flow Control Conference, AIAA Paper 2006-3345, San Francisco, CA, June 2006.
	van der Weide, E., Kalitzin, G., Schluter, J., Alonso, J.J., "Unsteady Turbomachinery Computations Using Massively Parallel Platforms," 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-0421, Reno, NV, January 2006.

2007

	Nelson, A., Alonso, J. J., and Pulliam, T. H., "Multi-Fidelity Aerodynamic Optimization Using Treed Meta-Models," AIAA Paper 2007-4057, 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Miami, FL, June 2007.
	Choi, S., Alonso, J. J., van der Weide, E., and Sitaraman, J., "Validation Study of Aerodynamic Analysis Tools for Design Optimization of Helicopter Rotors," AIAA Paper 2007-3929, 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Miami, FL, June 2007.
	Medic, G., Kalitzin, G., You, D., van der Weide, E., Alonso, J. J., and Pitsch, H., "Integrates RANS/LES Computations of an Entire Gas Turbine Jet Engine," AIAA Paper 2007-1117, 45th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2007.
	Kalitzin, G., Medic, G., van der Weide, E., and Alonso, J. J., "Interaction of Turbomachinery Components in Large-Scale Unsteady Computations of tJet Engines," AIAA Paper 2007-0519, 45th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2007.
	Gopinath, A., van der Weide, E., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Ekici, V., and Hall, K., "Three-Dimensional Unsteady Multi-Stage Turbomachinery Simulations Using the Harmonic Balance Technique," AIAA Paper 2007-0892, 45th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2007.

2006

McMullen, M., Jameson, A., and Alonso, J.J, "Demonstration of Nonlinear Frequency Domain Methods," AIAA Journal, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1428-1435, July 2006.

2005

Davis, R. L., Alonso, J.J, Yao, J., Paolillo, R., and Sharma, O. P., "Prediction of High-Pressure Turbine Main-/Secondary-Air System Flow Interaction," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 158-166, January-February 2005.

2004

	Kim, S., Alonso, J.J, Jameson, A., "Multi-Element High-Lift Configuration Design Optimization Using a Viscous Continuous Adjoint Method," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1082-1097, September-October 2004.
	Martins, J. R. R. A., Alonso, J.J, and Reuther, J. J., "High-Fidelity Aerostructural Design Optimization of a Supersonic Business Jet," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 523-530, May-June 2004.