Gregory Receives Army Research Office’s Young Investigator Program Award
The Army Research Office (ARO) has informed Assistant Professor James Gregory that the research proposal he submitted to its Young Investigator Program (YIP) will be funded by the ARO for three years. Gregory’s research, which fits within the ARO’s Unsteady Aerodynamics research category is titled “Time-Varying Compressible Dynamic Stall Mechanisms Due to Freestream Mach Oscillations.” He will receive funds totaling $150,000 across three years to support his proposed research.
The knowledge gleaned from Gregory’s study of compressible dynamic stall will help helicopter manufacturers design rotor blades that enable higher speed flight, and provide weight savings for next-generation helicopters. Gregory’s ARO research proposal states that “dynamic stall is a performance-limiting phenomenon experienced by rotorcraft in forward flight, maneuver, and at high altitude.” In the case of military operations, obviating the physical phenomena that place limitations on the maximum forward flight speed (advance ratio) of rotorcraft, would help to improve the deployment response times of army helicopters.
About ARO and the Young Investigator Program
The objectives of the ARO’s Young Investigator Program are "to attract to Army research outstanding young university faculty members, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers.” The ARO solicits proposals for basic and scientific research in mechanical sciences, environmental sciences, mathematical and computer sciences, electronics, computational and information sciences, physics, chemistry, life sciences, and materials science.
About James Gregory
Gregory is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University. He received his doctorate and masters degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 2005 and 2002, respectively. He received his Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1999, graduating with highest honors. His work has resulted in the Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal, a best paper award presented by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Before arriving at Ohio State, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the U.S. Air Force Academy, funded through the National Research Council Research Associateship Program. His service activities include membership on the AIAA Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee.
