PHONE:
(662) 325.2463 or 325.8278

EMAIL:
mark@hpc.msstate.edu

Education

Ph.D., General Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1989 (mathematics minor)

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1984

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1983 (Cum Laude)

Employment

January 2004 - Present

Computational Engineering Program Coordinator/HPC Education Coordinator, MSU HPC, Mississippi State University.

August 1996 - Present

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and MSU HPC, Mississippi State University.

January 1991 - August 1996

Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and NSF/Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University.

March 1989 - May 1992

Solution Algorithms Thrust Team Coordinator, Mississippi State University, NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation.

March 1989 - December 1990

Research Engineer, Mississippi State University, NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation.

August 1985 - February 1989

Graduate Research Assistant,Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University. Algorithm development, multiblock, multigrid techniques, extensive CRAY vectorization and optimization experience; developed a numerical flow simulation computer algorithm which utilizes an advanced approximate Riemann solver (TVD scheme) suitable for time-accurate multistage turbomachinery analysis, which was later developed into the current TURBO code sanctioned by NASA Glenn.

June 1984 - August 1985

Mechanical Engineer, Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, FL. Numerical solutions of the governing PDE's for the Naval bubbly wake evolution model; software development of production code; CDC 7600 and VAX computer experience.

May 1983 - June 1984

Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering. Developed 3-D dynamic grid split-flux Euler solver; CRAY vector processor experience; transonic inviscid-viscous interaction.

Professional Activities

• Mississippi Center for Supercomputer Research Users Advisory Group
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Engineering Honorary)
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary)

Areas of Teaching and Research Specialization

• Teaching
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Aerodynamics
  • Computational Methods
• Research
  • Rotating Machinery Flow Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Algorithm Development

Grants and Contracts

1. Lockheed-Martin Corporation,"Optimization of Unstructured CFD Aerodynamics", 4/05 - 12/05
2. NASA Glenn Research Center, "Modified MSU_TURBO Software", 10/1/00-9/30/05
3. Lockheed-Martin Corporation, "Enhancement of CFD capabilities at Lockheed-Martin", 3/1/96 - 12/31/01
4. Global Aircraft Corporation / NASA Lewis Research Center, " Quasi- Constant-Speed Propeller Analysis", 1/1/96 - 5/31/99
5. NSF GOALI / Allison Gas Turbine, "Aerodynamic and Thermal Design Optimization Tool for Turbine Airfoil Cascades", 9/16/95 - 9/15/99
6. NASA Lewis Research Center, "Computational Fluid Dynamics of Rotating Machinery Using TURBO", 1/23/95-11/07/00
7. AFOSR Grant, "Multidimensional Algorithm Development and Analysis", 1/1/95-12/31/95
8. NASA Langley Research Center, "Analysis of Methods for Reduction of Induced Drag", 10/1/92 - 1/31/94
9. MCSR (Cray Research), "Computational Field Simulation Solution Algorithm Research & Development", 7/1/92 - 6/30/96
10. NASA Lewis Research Center, "Interactive Grid System for Turbomachinery Application", 12/15/90-1/30/95
11. Naval Weapons Center, "Flowfield Computations about Complete Propfan Cruise Missile Configurations: Wind Tunnel Support", 6/20/89 - 12/31/90
12. Eglin Air Force Base, "Computation of Hypersonic Interference Flowfields", 6/12/89 - 6/11/92

Consulting

1. Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN (proprietary research topic), 1/2002 - 7/2002.
2. BailSco Blades and Castings, Shreveport, LA, "CFD Analysis of Industrial Fan Designs", 7/1992 - 12/1999
3. Global Aircraft Corporation, Starkville, MS "Quasi- Constant-Speed Propeller Feasibility Analysis", 4/95 - 6/95
4. Eglin Air Force Base / AFOSR Summer Faculty Grant, EAFB, FL "Multidimensional Algorithm Development and Analysis", 5/94-8/94
5. Institute for COmputational Mechanics in Propulsion (ICOMP), Cleveland, OH, 8/89-8/92

Publications

1. Janus, J. M., "General Aviation Propeller-Airframe Integration Simulations", AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 43, No. 2, March-April 2006, pp. 390-394.
2. Arabshahi, A. and Janus, J. Mark, "A Multiblock Compressible Navier-Stokes Flow Solver Applied to Complex Launch Vehicles," AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 41, No. 3, May-June 2004, pp. 469-472.
3. Janus, J. Mark, Horstman, Howard Z., and Whitfield, David L., "Unsteady Flowfield Simulation of Ducted Prop-Fan Configurations", AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1999, pp.64-72.
4. Janus, J. Mark and Chatterjee, Animesh, "On the Use of a Wake-Integral Method for Computational Drag Analysis", AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1, January 1996, pp.188-190.
5. Janus, J. Mark, Chatterjee, Animesh and Cave, Chris, "Computational Analysis of a Wing-Tip-Mounted Pusher Turboprop", AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 33, No. 2, March 1996, pp.441-444.
6. Janus, J. M., "Advanced 3-D CFD Algorithm for Turbomachinery," Ph.D. Dissertation, Mississippi State University, May 1989.
7. Belk, D. M., Janus, J. M., and Whitfield, D. L., "Three-Dimensional Unsteady Euler Equations Solution on Dynamic Grids," AIAA Journal, Vol. 25, p. 1160, September 1987.
8. Uzes, C.A., Smith, R.W., Peterson, R.S., and Janus, J.M., "Bubble Wake Boundary and Density Evolution/JUA (U)," Journal of Underwater Acoustics, October 1985.
9. Janus, J.M., "The Development of a Three-Dimensional Split Flux Vector Euler Solver with Dynamic Grid Applications," M.S. Thesis, Mississippi State University, August 1984.

Papers & Presentations

1. Massa, Luca and Janus, J.M., "Aerodynamic Sensitivity Analysis of Unsteady Turbine Stages", AIAA Paper No. 2001-2579, 15th AIAA CFD Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 2001.
2. Janus, J. Mark and Massa, Luca, "Turbomachinery Design Sensitivity", IECEC2001-ES-2001-AT-42, Proceedings of the 36th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Savannah, GA, 2001.
3. Janus, J. M., "General Aviation Propeller-Airframe Integration Simulations", AIAA-2000-0357, Jan., 2000.
4. Janus, J. M. and Newman III, J. C., "Aerodynamic and Thermal Design Optimization for Turbine Airfoils", AIAA-2000-0840, Jan., 2000.
5. Janus, J. M., "Analysis of Industrial Fan Designs with Gurney Flaps", AIAA-2000-0983, Jan., 2000.
6. Sahasrabudhe, Nivedita, West, John, Machiraju, Raghu, and Janus, Mark, "Structured Spatial Domain Image and Data Comparison Metrics", IEEE 99-096, Oct., 1999.
7. Arabshahi, A. and Janus, J. Mark, "A Multiblock Compressible Navier-Stokes Flow Solver Applied to Complex Launch Vehicles," AIAA-99-3378, June 28 - July 1, 1999.
8. Arabshahi, A., Beddhu, M., Briley, W.R., Chen, J.P., Gaither, A., Gaither, K., Janus, J.M., Jiang, M., Marcum, D., McGinley, J., Pankajakshan, R., Remotigue, M., Sheng, C., Sreenivas, K., Taylor, L.K. and Whitfield, D.L., "A Perspective on Naval Hydrodynamic Flow Simulations," 22nd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Washington, DC, August 9-14, 1998.
9. Janus, J. Mark, "Computational Matrix Study of Ax=B for Implicit Factored Methods," AIAA-98-0112, January, 1998.
10. Bakhle, Milind A., Srivastava, Rakesh, Stefko, George L., and Janus, J. Mark, "Development of an Aeroelastic Code Based on a Navier-Stokes Aerodynamic Solver", ASME TURBO EXPO '96, Birmingham, UK, June 10-13, 1996.
11. Janus, J. Mark and Chatterjee, Animesh, "On the Use of A Wake Integral Method for Computational Drag Analysis," AIAA-95-0535, 1995.
12. Janus, J. Mark, Chatterjee, Animesh, and Cave, Chris, "Computational Analysis of Methods for Reduction of Induced Drag," AIAA-93-0524, January 1993.
13. Janus, J. M., Horstman, H. Z., and Whitfield, D. L., "Unsteady Flowfield Simulation of Ducted Prop-Fan Configurations", AIAA-92-0521, 30th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 1992.
14. Henley, G. J. and Janus, J. M., "Parallelization and Convergence of a 3-D, Implicit, Unsteady, Turbomachinery Flow Code", 5th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing, March 1991, Houston, TX.
15. Janus, J. M., Whitfield, D. L., Horstman, H. Z., and Mansfield, F., "Computation of the Unsteady Flowfield About A Counter-Rotating Prop-Fan Cruise Missile", AIAA-90-3093, August 1990.
16. Janus, J. M. and Whitfield, D. L., "Counter-Rotating Prop-Fan Simulations Which Feature a Relative-Motion Multiblock Grid Decomposition Enabling Arbitrary Time Steps", AIAA-90-0687, January 1990.
17. Whitfield, D. L., Janus, J. M., and Arabshahi, A., "Unsteady Euler Solutions on Dynamic Blocked Grids for Complex Configurations", AGARD 64th Meeting of the Fluid Dynamics Panel Specialists' Meeting on Applications of Mesh Generation to Complex 3-D Configurations, Loen, Norway, May 1989.
18. Janus, J. M. and Whitfield, D. L., "A Simple Time-Accurate Turbomachinery Algorithm with Numerical Solutions of An Uneven Blade Count Configuration", AIAA-89-0206, January 1989.
19. Whitfield, D. L., Swafford, T. W., Janus, J. M., Mulac, R. A., and Belk, D. M., "Three-Dimensional Unsteady Euler Solutions for Prop-Fans and Counter-Rotating Prop-Fans in Transonic Flow", AIAA-87-1197, June 1987.
20. Belk, D., Janus, J., and Whitfield, D., "Three-Dimensional Unsteady Euler Equations Solutions on Dynamic Grids", AIAA-85-1704, July 1985.
21. Watson, K.P. and Janus, J.M., "Two Extensions to the Unsteady Rational Flow Computer Program (U)", NCSCTN 760-85, Naval Coastal Systems Center, May 1985.
22. Whitfield, D.L. and Janus, J.M., "Three-Dimensional Unsteady Euler Equations Solution Using Flux Vector Splitting", AIAA-84-1552, June 1984.

Reports

1. Janus, J.Mark, "Optimization of Unstructured CFD Aerodynamics", Final Report, June 2006.
2. Janus, J.Mark, "Enhancement of Computational Fluid Dynamic Capabilities at Lockheed Martin", Final Report, MSSU-EIRS-ERC-02-07, April 2002.
3. Janus, J.Mark, "Multidimensional Algorithm Development and Analysis", Final Report for AFOSR Summer Research Extension Program - Wright Laboratory, Wright Laboratory, Armament Directorate, Eglin AFB, May 1996.
4. Janus, J.Mark, "Multidimensional Algorithm Development and Analysis", Final Report for AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Program - Wright Laboratory, Wright Laboratory, Armament Directorate, Eglin AFB, September 1994.
5. Janus, J.M., Cox, C.F., Arabshahi, A., Cinnella, P., and Whitfield, D.L., "Numerical Solution and Algorithm Analysis for the Unsteady Navier- Stokes Equations on Dynamic Multiblock Grids Including Chemical Equilibrium", WL-TR-92-7044, Final Report for Period June 1989 - June 1992, Wright Laboratory, Armament Directorate, Eglin AFB, October 1992.
6. Janus, J. M. and Whitfield, D. L., "Improved 3-D Turbomachinery CFD Algorithm", Final Report, Scientific Research Associates, Inc., June 1988.
7. Whitfield, D. L., Janus, J. M., and Simpson, B. L., "Implicit Finite Element Volume High Resolution Wave-Split Scheme for Solving the Unsteady 3-D Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations on Stationary or Dynamic Grids", Engineering and Industrial Research Station Report, MSSU-EIRS- 88-2, Mississippi State University, February 1988.
8. Janus, J.M. and Whitfield, D.L., "Advanced 3-D Viscous SSME Turbine Rotor Stator CFD Algorithms", NASA CR-178997, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, September 1986.

University Service

• Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (current)
• Engineering College Faculty Council (former)
• Computing in Research Committee (former)
• Solution Algorithms Thrust Team Coordinator -- March 1989 thru May 1992

Professional Service

• AIAA Terrestrial Energy Systems Technical Committee

Award and Honors

• NASA SOYA 1st runner-up award for TURBO-AE, 2004
• NASA Certificate of Recognition for TURBO-AE development, 2004
• Naval Award for timely delivery of propfan cruise missile simulations, 1991
• Mississippi State University Hall of Fame 1989

Students Advised

• M.S.

  Josh Thumann -

  "Nonreflecting Turbomachinery Boundary Conditions", current student

  Nirmal Tatavalli -

  "Multiblock Parallel Implementation of CHEQNS", Aug. 2002.

  James Reuster -

  "Localized Dynamic Grid Adaption for One Dimensional and Two Dimensional Discontinuous Aerodynamic Flow Phenomena", May 1998

  Ramakrishna Sanka -

  "A Study of Communication Strategies for Sub-Domains in Relative Motion", May 1997

  Christopher Cave -

  "Viscous and Inviscid Transient Simulations of Lifting Airfoils with Various Trailing Edge Closure Angles", Aug. 1994

  Animesh Chatterjee -

  "Numerical Prediction of Induced Drag for Wings and Wing-Body Combinations", Dec. 1993

  Howard Horstman -

  "Incorporation of Radial Partitioning in a Turbomachinery Flow Solver for Unsteady Ducted Applications", Aug. 1991

• Ph.D.

  Robert Webster -

  "A Numerical Study of the Conjugate Conduction-Convection Heat Transfer Problem", May 2001.

  Luca Massa -

  "Computational Simulation and Aerodynamic Sensitivity Analysis of Film-Cooled Turbines", Dec. 2000.

• Post Doctoral

  Bogdan Udrea - 1999.

Courses Taught

• Engineering Mechanics I (EM 2113)
• Fluid Mechanics (EM 3313)
• Incompressible Aerodynamics (ASE 3313)
• Introduction To CFD (ASE 4423/6423)
• Special Problems (ASE 7003)
• Advanced Compressible Aerodynamics I (ASE 8313)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics I (ASE 8413)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics II (ASE 8423)