Joseph W. Nichols

Joseph W. Nichols
Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and MechanicsEducation
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 2005
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 2001
B.S., Computer Engineering, Pacific Lutheran University, 1999
B.S., Computer Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 1999
Undergraduate Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995-1997
Professional Background
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2019-Present
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2013-2019
Consultant, Cascade Technologies, Inc., 2012-2013
Research Associate, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, 2011-2013
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, 2009-2011
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), Ecole Polytechnique, 2006-2008
Pre-Doctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Washington, 2001-2005
Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Washington, 2001
Systems Administrator, University of Washington, 1999-2001
Programmer, Engineered Software, Inc., Summer 1998, 1999, 2001
Professor Nichols’ current interests are in the areas of aeroacoustics of high-speed jets and the stability and sensitivity analysis of hypersonic flows. He has performed some of the largest Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations in the world, involving massively parallel high-fidelity Large Eddy Simulation of tactical aircraft engine exhausts, running on more than a million computer processors simultaneously. He recently was awarded an INCITE grant of computational resources at the DoE Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. He is currently developing novel and scalable stability and transition analysis tools for hypersonic flow over complex geometry.
Honors and Awards
INCITE grant of computational resources, DoE Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, 2018
Louis and Katherine Marsh Memorial Fellowship, University of Washington, 2002
Osberg Fellowship Nomination, University of Washington, 2001
Selected Publications
Cook, D.A., Thome, J.S., Brock, J.M., Nichols, J.W., Candler, G.V. , 2018, Understanding effects of nose-cone bluntness on hypersonic boundary layer transition using input-output analysis, AIAA Paper , (Journal Article)
GS, S., Dwivedi, A., Candler, G. & Nichols, J.W., 2018, Onset of three dimensionality in supersonic flow over a slender double wedge, Physical Review Fluids, (Journal Article)
Dwivedi, A., GS, S., Nichols, J.W., Candler G. & Jovanovic, M. R. , 2018, Instabilities in hypersonic compression ramp flow: an input-output approach, (Journal Article)
Jeun, J. & Nichols, J.W., 2018, Input-output analysis of Mach 0.9 jet noise, (Journal Article)
Nichols, J.W., 2018, Input/output analysis of F and S mode synchronization in hypersonic boundary layers, (Journal Article)