Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Demetri Telionis

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Frank J. Maher Professor Emeritus

300-A Norris Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540/231-7492
telionis@vt.edu

Interests:

Unsteady aerodynamics, high-angle-of-attack aerodynamics, flow over fore-body configuration

Education:

1970 Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
1969 M. S., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University
1964 Diploma, Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Greece

Honors & Awards:

1990 The ESM Frank J. Maher Award for excellence in engineering education
1990 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow)
1990 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow)
1987 The American Society of Engineering Education SE Research Award for best paper
1976 College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
1969 The Glauert Fellowship of the Department of Aerospace Engineering
1968 The McMullen Fellowship of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Professional Service:

Served on all committees of and coordinating groups of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division, 1990-2000

Currently serving on the ASME FED Advisory Committee, 1996-present

Currently serving on the AIAA, V/STOL Technical Committee

Currently serving on the ASME Publication Committee, 2000-present

Currently Chairman of the Board of ASME Transactions Editors

Meeting Organization:

Co-chairman of a session of 6th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Boston, MA, 1970

Chairman of a session of the Symposium on Nonsteady Fluid Mechanics, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1978.

Member of the Organizing and Editorial Committee for the IUTAM International Symposium on Unsteady Turbulent Shear Flows, Toulouse, France, 1981.

Member of the Editorial Committee of SECTAM IX, Huntsville, AL, 1981.

Co-chairman of a session of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Engineering Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, 1984.

Chairman of a session of the IUTAM Symposium ``Optical Methods in Dynamics of Fluids and Solids", Prague, Chechoslovakia, 1984.

Chairman of 2 sessions of the ASME 1987 Spring Meeting.

One of the 6 lead organizers of the 1st National Fluid Dynamics Congress, July, 1988. Also chairman of 2 sessions.

One of two organizers of the ASME International Symposium on Nonsteady Fluid Dynamics, July 1990. Also, chairman & co-chairman of 4 sessions.

Chairman of two sessions in ASME Winter Annual Meetings of 1991, 1993 and 1994.

One of 3 lead organizers of the ASME Forum on Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic - Applications to Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. Also chaired one session.

Member of the organizing committee of the international conference on Bluff Body Aerodynamics III July 1996 (held in Blacksburg, VA). Also chaired one session.

Recent Publications:

  1. M. D. Zeiger, J. Gerlach, S. Miranda and D. P. Telionis, Control of Separated Flow over a Swept, Sharp-Edged Wing, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2002-0414, 2004
  2. O. Pierrakos, P. Vlachos and D. P. Telionis, Vorticity and Turbulence Characteristics Inside a Transparent Flexible Left Ventricle via Digital Particle Image Velocimetry, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2004
  3. D.P. Telionis, Vorticity and Turbulence Characteristics Inside a Transparent Flexible Left Ventricle via Digital Particle Image Velocimetry, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, in press,, 2004
  4. J. Rullan, P.P. Vlachos, D.P. Telionis, M.D. Zeiger, Flow Control of Sharp Edge Wings via Unsteady Blowing, AIAA 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2004
  5. M. Brady, D.P. Telionis, I. Sherrell, R.H. Yoon, P.P. Vlachos, Turbulent Bubble-Particle Interactions Measured by Particle Image Velocimetry, Society of Mining Engineers, February, 2004
Full listing

Facilities:

Cardiovascular Hemodynamics Laboratory
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Multi-Phase Flow Laboratory
Fluid Mechanics Lab

CoursesTaught:

ESM 2204 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Spring 2008
ESM 5994 Research and Thesis Spring 2008
ESM 7994 Research and Dissertation Spring 2008
ESM 4014 Applied Fluid Mechanics Fall 2007
ESM 5994 Research and Thesis Fall 2007
ESM 7994 Research and Dissertation Fall 2007
ESM 2204 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Spring 2007
ESM 3016 Fluid Mechanics I, II Spring 2007
ESM 5994 Research and Thesis Spring 2007
ESM 7994 Research and Dissertation Spring 2007
ESM 4014 Applied Fluid Mechanics Fall 2006
ESM 3016 Fluid Mechanics I, II Spring 2006
ESM 4014 Applied Fluid Mechanics Fall 2005
ESM 2204 Mech of Deform Bodies Spring 2005
ESM 4014 Applied Fluid Mechanics Fall 2004
ESM 2204 Mech of Deform Bodies Spring 2004
ESM 3034 Fluid Mechanics Lab Spring 2004
ESM 4014 Applied Fluid Mechanics Fall 2003