Lt Col Michael M. Walker, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
BS, Aeronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, 2003; MS, Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2007; MBA, Amberton University, 2008; PhD, Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2018. Maj Walker’s research interests include low-speed aerodynamics, swept-wing performance, active flow control, and experimental fluid mechanics. He is a developmental engineer with experience at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Hanscom AFB; the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), Wright-Patterson AFB; the Launch and Range Systems Directorate (LRS), Los Angeles AFB; and deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Maj Walker is a member of Sigma Gamma Tau and AIAA.
Education
BS, Aeronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, 2003
MS, Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2007
MBA, Amberton University, 2008
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2018
Publications
Walker, M.M., Hipp, K.D., Benton, S.I., and Bons, J.P., “Effect of Jet Spacing on Swept-Wing Leading-Edge Separation Control,” AIAA Journal, July 2018, Vol. 56: 2907-2910, DOI: 10.2514/1.J056352
Walker, M.M., “Replicating the Effects of a Passive Boundary-Layer Fence via Active Flow Control,” PhD Dissertation, The Ohio State University, March 2018.
Walker, M.M., and Bons, J.P., “The Effect of Passive and Active Boundary-Layer Fences on Swept-Wing Performance at Low Reynolds Number,” 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2018. DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-0793
Hipp, K.D., Walker, M.M., Benton, S.I., and Bons, J.P., “Control of Post-stall Airfoil Using Leading-Edge Pulsed Jets,” AIAA Journal, February 2017, Vol. 55: 365-376, DOI: 10.2514/1.J055223
Hipp, K.D., Walker, M.M., Benton, S.I., and Bons, J.P., “Control of Leading-Edge Airfoil Stall Using Pulsed Jets,” 2016 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-1822
Walker, M.M., Hipp, K.D., and Bons, J.P., “The Role of Spanwise Flow for Swept Wing Separation Control with Varied Spanwise Jet Spacing,” 2016 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, June 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-3120
Hipp, K.D., Benton, S.I., Walker, M.M., and Bons, J.P., “Parametric Optimization of Control for a Post-Stall Airfoil Using Pulsed Jets,” 2015 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2015. DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-1268
Walker, M.M., Hipp, K.D., Benton, S.I., and Bons, J.P., “Effect of Spanwise Jet Spacing on Separation Control for Swept and Unswept Airfoils,” 2015 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, June 2015. DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-2425