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Francis H. Champagne
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Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Research Expertise
- Experimental fluid mechanics: Turbulent shear flows, laminar-turbulent transition, drag reduction
- Digital data acquisition and signal processing
Education
- PhD: Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1966
- MS: Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1962
- BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1959
Employment
- 2005: The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus
- 1979-05: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Professor
- 1972-79: Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego: Associate Research Engineer and Lecturer
- 1969-72: Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington: Staff Scientist
- 1966-69: Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland: Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1963-66: Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington: Research Engineer
- 1962: Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington (summer): Research Engineer
- 1959-60: Hanford Atomic Works, General Electric Company, Richland, Washington: Chemical Engineer
Honors and Awards
- Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, UA College of Engineering and Mines, Spring 1999, Fall 2001, Spring 2005
- Exiting Seniors Award, Faculty Contributing Most to Educational Growth and Maturity, Spring 1998, Spring 1999
- Anderson Consulting Outstanding Faculty Award, 1996
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1967 and 1968
- NASA Fellowship, University of Washington, 1962
- Stauffer Chemical Fellowship, University of Washington, 1961
- Sigma Xi, 1961
- Union Carbide and Carbon Scholarship, 1955 to 1959
- President, USC Chapter, Tau Beta Pi, 1959
- Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma, 1959
- Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1958
Courses Taught Since 2000
- AME 300: Instrumentation Laboratory
- AME 331: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
- AME 401: Senior Aerospace Laboratory
- AME 413A: Mechanical Engineering Design Lab [supervised project]
- AME 696G: Graduate Seminar
- ENGR 102: Introduction to Engineering
Professional Societies
- The American Physical Society
- The American Society for Engineering Education
