von Ohain Endowed Chair

Dr. Markus P. Rumpfkeil, professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is the current Hans von Ohain Endowed Chair in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Dr. Rumpfkeil came to the University of Dayton in the fall of 2010. Before joining UD, he was a post-doctoral research assistant at the University of Wyoming working with Professor Dimitri Mavriplis. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) under the supervision of Professor Zingg for which he won a departmental award and was nominated for a University-wide medal. He also obtained a Diplom (a combined B.Sc. and M.Sc.) in physics from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, with a minor in mathematics.

Dr. Rumpfkeil is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and his research interest is in the broad area of uncertainty quantification and design optimization applied to computational fluid dynamics problems in which he has published more than seventy peer reviewed journal and conference papers. He has also been active in service to both the university and the broader research community as a member of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate, various leadership positions on the AIAA Technical Committee Non-Deterministic Approaches, organizing regional and national conferences as well as reviewing articles for various journals. For more details, please visit Dr. Rumpfkeil's Google Scholar site.

Vision

To be recognized as a national and international resource for quality, state-of-the-art research and efficient technology transfer.

Mission