Technical Experience:

• (1999-present) Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

• (1990-1999) Physical Scientist, Propulsion Research Lab, Research & Technology Group, Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA

• (1989-1990) Post-Doctoral Scientist/Visiting Professor, Laboratoire d'Énergétique Moléculaire, Macroscopique, Combustion, Ecole Centrale de Paris, France

• (1985-1989) Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA

• (1985) Aerospace Engineer, Aerodynamics Branch, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Technical Society Membership:

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Senior Member)

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• The Combustion Institute

• Institute for Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems - Americas

• Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)

• Pi Tau Sigma (National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity)

Professional Activities:

• Manuscript Reviewer - The AIAA Journal, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Physics of Fluids A, Combustion Science & Technology, Combustion & Flame, Computer & Fluids, International Combustion Symposium, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meetings, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conferences, Non-Intrusive Combustion Diagnostics (Begell House Inc., 1993)

• Proposal Evaluator - NASA Research Grants, DOD research proposals, SBIR proposals

• Professional Committees

• Member of AIAA Propellants & Combustion Technical Committee (1995-present)

• Chair of AIAA P&C TC Publications Subcommittee (1996-1997)

• Chair of AIAA P&C TC Technical Programs Subcommittee (1999-present)

• Member of 1999 Joint Propulsion Conference Organizing Committee

• Technical Sessions Organizer of AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conferences - Propellants & Combustion papers (1999)

Honors and Awards:

• Postdoctoral Research Awards - Associated Western Universities (1993-1994); Office of Naval Research/ American Society for Engineering Education (1990-1993); Chateaubriand from French Government (1989-1990)

• AIAA Best Paper Award (1991) - for a paper entitled "Combustion Enhancement of a Premixed Flame by Acoustic Forcing with Emphasis on Role of Large-Scale Structures," by Yu, Trouve, and Candel.

• AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference Best Paper Award (1998) - for a paper entitled "Sacle-Up Experiments on Liquid-Fueled Active Combustion Control," by Yu, Wilson, and Schadow.

• JANNAF Best Paper Award (1998) - for a paper entitled "Integrated Mixing Emhancer-Flameholder Cavities in A Supersonic Combustion Duct," by Yu, Wilson, and Schadow.