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Liselle Joseph

Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2017
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2014
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2011
Liselle Joseph
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
616 McBryde Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
  • AOE 3114: Aerodynamics & Compressibility
  • Hypersonic flows: experimentation and simulations
  • High speed flow physics
  • Turbulent flows
  • Boundary layer theory
  • Experimental design & instrumentation
  • Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
  • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  • Sigma Gama Tau (National Aerospace Engineering Honor Society)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
  • 2025 Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) New Investigator Program Award
  • 2022 Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, Spectral Sciences Inc.
  • 2017 Student Speaker, Graduate Commencement Ceremonies, Virginia Tech2016 Tolson Fellowship
  • 2014-2018 New Horizon Graduate Scholar, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • 2014 Paul E. Torgersen Excellence in Research Award
  • 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, National Society of Black Engineers
  • 2011 C. Howard Robins Jr '58 Scholar
  • 2011 Chevron International Scholar
  • 2010 & 2011 CAMEO Scholar
  • 2011 Jean B. Duerr Memorial Scholar, The P.E.O. Sisterhood
  • 2011 Bruce H. and Dorothy R. Pauly Scholar
  • 2009 BCA Scholar, National Society of Black Engineers
  • 2009 AIAA Junior Scholar
  • 2009, 2010 & 2011 Clinton and Helen Robins Memorial Scholar
  • 2007 Island Scholar, Grenada
  • 2023-present: Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, Assistant Professor
  • 2020-2023: Spectral Sciences Inc., Senior Scientist
  • 2017-2020: Pratt & Whitney Compression Systems Aerodynamics, Senior Aero/Thermal Engineer
  • 2012-2017: Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, Graduate Research Assistant