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Graduate Faculty and Research Interests

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Addresses for faculty not based at the West Lafayette campus are provided.

Faculty  Research Interests
Carney, Thomas Q.
Professor & Department Head
Office: AT 219
Phone: 765.494.9954 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: tcarney@purdue.edu   
  • The impact of weather on aviation operations
  • Synoptic-scale dynamics and energetics, and the interactions between synoptic- and mesoscale motion fields
  • High performance turbine operations
  • High altitude/high speed flight
  • Corporate flight department management

 

 

Fanjoy, Richard O.
Associate Professor 
Office: AT 103 
Phone: 765.494.9964 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: rofanjoy@purdue.edu

  • Advanced Flight Training
  • Cognitive modeling & Learning styles
  • Aviation Human factors
  • Airline Category Aircraft Operations
  • High Performance Aerodynamics
Hagovsky , Thomas C.
Associate Professor 
Office: AT 101 
Phone: 765.494.9961 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: hagovsky@purdue.edu
  • Helicopter Maintenance and Research
  • Distance Education
  • Troubleshooting
Lopp, Denver W.
Professor
Office: TERM Lab 
Phone: 765.494.6387 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: denver@purdue.edu
  • Alternative aviation fuels
  • Project Management
  • Resource analysis and Optimization
  • Line mainatenance operations

 

Nolan, Michael S.
Professor
Office: AT 124A 
Phone: 765.494.9962 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: mnolan@purdue.edu 

  • Air traffic control technologies, procedures, air traffic management and controller training systems
  • Airline operations, high performance flight planning
  • Computer network theory and operation, computer assisted instruction and training

Oderman, Dale B.
Associate Professor
Office: AT 202 
Phone: 765.494.9567 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: doderman@purdue.edu

  • Air transportation systems
  • Aviation History
  • Airline Operations
  • Aviation Safety
  • Business ethics

Petrin, Donald A.
Associate Professor
Office: Hangar 5 Phone: 765.494.9979
Fax: 765.494.2305
Email: dapetrin@purdue.edu

  • Human Factors
  • Corporate flight operations
  • Crew Resource Management
  • Globalization Concepts
  • Aviation Safety Decision Making Theory

Suckow, Michael W.
Associate Professor
Office: TERM Lab
Phone: 765.496.6375
Fax: 765.496.1149
Email: msuckow@purdue.edu

  • Systems theory and thinking
  • Airline management and operations
  • Corporate flight operations
  • Entrepreneurship

 

 

Thom, J.  Mark
Associate Professor
Office: TERM 213 
Phone: 765.494.9757 
Fax: 765.494.2305 
Email: thomj@purdue.edu

  • Inappropriate Crew Response to engine malfunction
  • Alternative fuels and propulsion systems
  • Engineering Design Support and Logistics Analysis
  • Female and Minority Careers in Aerospace Technologies
  • Distance Education

 

 

Wulle, Bernard W.
Associate Professor
Office: AT 402
Phone: 765.494.9973
Fax: 765.494.2305
Email: wulleb@purdue.edu

  • Regional Airline Operations
  • Flight Evaluation and Standardization

Young, John P.
Professor
Office: At 402
Phone: 765.494.9969
Fax: 765.494.2305
Email: jpy@purdue.edu

 

  • Airline Operations
  • Turbine Aircraft Operations
  • Aviation Human Factors
  • Intructional Technologies