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Justin Jaworski

Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, 2009
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, 2006
  • B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 2003
Justin Jaworski
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
McBryde Hall, RM 622, Virginia Tech
225 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
United States

Fluid-structure interactions (including aerospace and biological applications), aeroacoustics, unsteady aerodynamics, nonlinear dynamics, power generation

AVT Team Member, NATO Science and Technology Organization, 2016 - present
Assistant Organizer, 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum
Symposium co-organizer, "Bio-inspiration of quiet flight of owls and other flying animals: recent advances and unanswered questions," 2020 SICB Annual Meeting

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Physical Society
Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering National Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
National Society of Collegiate Scholars

AIAA Associate Fellow, 2022
NSF CAREER Award, 2019
AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2016, 2017, 2019
AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2015
NSF International Research Fellowship, 2010
National Research Council Postdoctoral Associateship, 2010
Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Duke University, 2008
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Faculty Award, Duke University, 2003

  • Associate Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2023 - present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, 2020 - 2023
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, 2013 - 2020
  • NSF International Research Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge, 2011 - 2013
  • NRC Research Associate, Air Force Research Laboratory, 2010 - 2011
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Duke University, 2005 - 2010
  • Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow, Duke University, 2002 - 2003
  • Engineering Intern, General Electric Aviation, Summer 2001