Bryan Schmidt
Education
Awards and Recognitions
Research Interests
Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Hypersonics, Image ProcessingTeaching Interests
Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Experimental MethodsProfessional Leadership and Service
Publications
CV: CV 3-2023.pdf
Affiliated Department Research Areas
News About Bryan Schmidt
Two Case Western Reserve researchers part of prestigious Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative awards
In March, the Department of Defense announced $221 million in awards for basic defense-related research projects as part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. This year, two Case School of Engineering researchers will participate on two separate projects.
Supersonic science: Case Western Reserve University to conduct 9,000 mph ballistics tests into water tank
Sometime next summer, on the second floor of a research building on the Case Western Reserve University campus, scientists hope to record something the world has never witnessed: The moment of impact when an 18-millimeter-diameter projectile hits a wall of water at 9,000 miles per hour. What will occur in that instant and in the subsequent milliseconds—expected to be captured in detail by high-speed cameras—is a tantalizing mix of “knowns, unknowns and what-if’s,” according to Bryan Schmidt, the project’s lead researcher.
Bryan Schmidt receives awards from Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation
From an early age, Bryan Schmidt was fascinated by things that went fast. Now an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering who is also an alumnus of the department, Schmidt has received two awards that will help bring those interests to life in his lab through hypersonic flight experiments.
5 things to know about… air travel
Assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Bryan Schmidt shares some top air travel facts
Bryan Schmidt In the News
NASA Glenn is a key partner with airlines in developing advances in flight
Bryan Schmidt, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, gave insight into how “radically different designs” of airplanes will begin to come into play in the next few decades, including on some of the aircraft being worked on at NASA Glenn in Cleveland. "Right now, a passenger airplane is basically like a big tube with wings stuck on it," Schmidt said. "With composite materials, we don't have to make airplanes like that anymore.
The Navy is about to shoot a projectile at 9,000 mph. No one knows what will happen.
Bryan Schmidt, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, discussed his upcoming experiment that will shoot a projectile into a wall of water twice as fast as ever researched before.