Guillermo Paniagua

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Guillermo Paniagua has pioneered innovative turbine research in transonic turbines and counter-rotating turbines. He demonstrated pulsating trailing edge blowing method to control shock waves and manage the base flow pressure. He invented a new generation of turbines that can operate under high supersonic inlet conditions: supersonic axial, supersonic radial outflow turbines, and bladeless axial turbines. Based on experimental studies of large variations in heat flux on the turbine rotor casing, he co-invented several turbine rotor over-tip concepts that resulted in three patents, enhancing turbine efficiency. After 18 years at the prestigious von Karman Institute, he joined Purdue in 2014 and founded the Purdue Experimental Turbine Aerothermal Lab, developing a tri-sonic turbine facility with modular test sections to enable TRL1 to 6. Professor Paniagua’s research is encapsulated in 100 journal articles and182 proceeding papers at leading conferences. Prof. Paniagua holds an MSc in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (Spain), a Research Master from the von Karman Institute (Belgium), and a Ph.D. with highest distinction in Engineering from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). Since 2016 he is a Part-time Faculty Research Participant in the ORISE program at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.

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