Ben Bemis

Ben Bemis is a graduate research assistant working under Dr. Thomas Juliano. He received his B.S. with honors in mechanical engineering at the University of Dayton in 2023. Ben has worked on a variety research projects spanning his undergraduate and graduate degrees focusing, mainly, on boundary-layer transition control in hypersonic flow. Throughout his undergraduate his studies focused on attenuation of the second mode instability using porous materials. These tests took place in the Air Force Research Laboratory Mach 6 Ludwieg Tube at WPAFB, employing surface pressure and infrared thermography measurements to map boundary-layer transition over flat-plate geometry. As a graduate student, he is exploring condensation in hypersonic flow employing static probe measurements in the ANDLM6QT and help define test conditions which improve Reynolds number limits in hypersonic facilities. He is also working on shake down testing in ANDLM6QT and design work for the shutter valve used in this facility. His hobbies are: Tabletop board gaming, music, cooking, robotics and hobby electronics and computing.