Brian Argrow

Brian Argrow
Alfred and Betty Look Professor of Engineering
Director, Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
Phone: (303) 492-5312
brian.argrow@colorado.edu

 

Focus Area

Vehicle Systems

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, 1989
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, 1986
B.S., with distinction, Aerospace Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, 1983

Professional Experience

2004-Present, Director, Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles, University of Colorado
2006 Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2002-2004, Associate Chair, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
1999-2005, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
1992-1999, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
1989-1992, Assistant Professor, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma
1986-1988, Instructor, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Awards (selected)

UCB Gold Best Should Teach Award (2007)
Marinus Smith Award (2003)
President's Teaching Scholar (2000)
BFA Award for Excellence in Teaching (1996-1997)
The Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award (1996)
Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, W.M. Keck Foundation (1995)
Contributor to the State of Excellence (1989)
Black Engineer of the Year (1988)
Fellow, National Science Foundation (1983-1986)
Fellow, Graduate Engineering Minority (1983-1985)

Research Interests

Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles (UAVs), high-speed and hypersonic aerodynamics, dense gas dynamics, rarefied gas dynamics

Publications (selected)

Argrow, B. M., “A Survey of Facilities for High-Temperature, High-Pressure Fluids Experiments,” Special Feature, Measurement Science and Technology, 16 (2006)

Guardone, A., Argrow, B., “Nonclassical gasdynamic region of selected fluorocarbons,” Physics of Fluids, 17, 116102 (2005).

Farhat, C., Argrow, B., Nikbay, M, and Maute, K., “Shape Optimization with F-Function Balancing for Reducing the Sonic Boom Initial Shock Pressure Rise,” International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 3, 361-378 (2004).

Guardone, A., Vigevano, L., and Argrow, B., “Assessment of thermodynamic models for dense gas dynamics,” Physics of Fluids, 16, 3878 (2004).

Fergason, S., Guardone, A., and Argrow, B., “Construction and Validation of a Dense Gas Shock Tube,” J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 17, 326 (2003).

Fergason, S. H., Ho, T. L., Argrow, B. M., and Emanuel, G., “Theory for Producing a Single-Phase Rarefaction Shock Wave in a Shock Tube, Journal Fluid Mechanics, 445, 37 (2001).

Brown, B. P. and Argrow, B. M., “Application of Bethe-Zel’dovich-Thompson Fluids in Organic Rankine Cycle Engines,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 16, 1118 (2000).

Graves, R. E. and Argrow, B. M., “Bulk Viscosity: Past to Present,” J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 13, 337 (1999).

Brown, B. P. and Argrow, B. M., “Characteristic Calculation of Equilbrium Flow in Minimum Length Nozzles,” Inverse Problems in Engineering, 7, 65 (1999).

Brown, B. P. and Argrow, B. M., “Nonclassical Dense Gas Flows for Simple Geometries,” AIAA Journal, 36, 1842 (1998).

Brown, B. P. and Argrow, B. M., “Two-Dimensional Shock Tube Flow for Dense Gases,” Journal Fluid Mechanics, 349, 95 (1997).

Argrow, B. M., “Shock Tube Flow for Dense Gases,” Shock Waves, 6, 241 (1996).

Aldo, A. C. and Argrow, B. M., “Dense Gas Flow in Minimum Length Nozzles,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 117, 270 (1995).

Rohrs, H. W., Wickham-Jones, T., Ellison, G. B., Berry, D., and Argrow, B. M., “FTIR Absorption Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Radicals,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 66, 2430 (1995).

Emanuel, G. and Argrow, B. M., “Linear Dependence of Bulk Viscosity on Shock Wave Thickness,” Physics of Fluids, 6, 3203 (1994).

Argrow, B. M. and Cox, R. A., “A Quantitative, Second-Law Based Measure of Numerical Accuracy,” Thermodynamics and the Design, Analysis, and Improvement of Energy Systems, AES-30/HTD-266, ASME, 49 (1993).

Cox, R. A., and Argrow, B. M., “Entropy Production in Finite-Difference Schemes,” AIAA Journal, 31, 210 (1993).

Borth, C. J. and Argrow, B. M., “Evaluation of Entropy Production and Numerical Entropy Change in Flowfield Solutions,” Second Law Analysis: Industrial and Environmental Applications, AES-25/HTD-191, 101 (1991).

Argrow, B. M. and Emanuel, G. “Computational Analysis of the Transonic Flow Field of Two-Dimensional Minimum Length Nozzles,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 113, 479 (1989).

Argrow, B. M. and Emanuel, G., “Comparison of Minimum Length Nozzles,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 110, 283 (1988).

Argrow, B. M., Emanuel, G., and Rasmussen, M. L., “Entropy Production in General Nonsteady Coordinates,” AIAA Journal, 25, 1629 (1987) (Errata, 27, 986 (1989)).

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