Justin Jaworski elected fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

In recognition of his research and international leadership in the area of coupled fluid-structure systems with applications to the aerospace, biology, and energy sectors, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) recently elevated Justin Jaworski to fellow. The society has approximately 3,700 fellows out of 25,000 total members in 113 countries. 

Jaworski is an internationally recognized expert in unsteady fluid-structure interactions, avian aeroacoustics, and biomimicry design for flow-noise reduction. A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2023, his current research focuses on vortex dynamics, aeroelasticity, and noise generation in low-speed flows.

Jaworski is a past recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER and Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program awards. In addition, he is the author of no fewer than 80 journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers, and serves as chair of two successive NATO international task groups focused on three-dimensional gust-airfoil interactions.

He holds bachelor of science, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Duke University. He is also a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Five additional aerospace and ocean engineering faculty members are RAeS Fellows: Ella M. Atkins, William Devenport, Todd Lowe, Rakesh Kapania and Joseph Schetz.