Current Position

Research Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Research Interests

Much of Prof. Matlis' research focuses on improving the efficiency of wing surfaces such as those used by wind turbines and aircraft. Prof. Matlis has extensive experience in performing wind-tunnel studies of the fundamental fluid mechanics associated with boundary layer transition and airfoil separation. Prof. Matlis uses flow control to improve the efficiency of these wing surfaces by delaying the onset of transition to turbulence and by reducing the severity of separation. Flow control is the process of using active devices to modify the way a fluid flows over the wing. This is done to control and limit flow separation which adversely effects lift and increases drag. The flow control strategy includes the use of so-called "Plasma Actuators"; novel surface-mounted devices which are electrically-driven and which have been shown to be highly effective in controlling the flow over a lifting surface near the separation point.

Key Words

Wind Turbines, Flow Control Boundary Layer Transition, Hypersonics

Relevant Energy Publications

1. McGowan, Ryan C., Thomas C. Corke, Eric H. Matlis, Richard W. Kaszeta, and Calman Gold. "Rotating stall control in an axial fan with pulsed-direct-current plasma actuation." Journal of Propulsion and Power 36, no. 2 (2020): 177-190.
2. Arndt, Alexander, Thomas Corke, Eric Matlis, and Michael Semper. "Controlled stationary/travelling cross-flow mode interaction in a Mach 6.0 boundary layer." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 887 (2020).
3. Yates, Harrison B., Eric H. Matlis, Thomas J. Juliano, and Matthew W. Tufts. "Plasma-Actuated Flow Control of Hypersonic Crossflow-Induced Boundary-Layer Transition." AIAA Journal 58, no. 5 (2020): 2093-2108.
4. Matlis, Eric H., Thomas C. Corke, Brian Neiswander, and Anthony J. Hoffman. "Electromagnetic wave transmittance control using self-organized plasma lattice metamaterial." Journal of Applied Physics 124, no. 9 (2018): 093104.
5. Corke, Thomas, Alexander Arndt, Eric Matlis, and Michael Semper. "Control of stationary cross-flow modes in a Mach 6 boundary layer using patterned roughness." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 856 (2018): 822-849.

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