William Engblom

Title
Professor
Email
Department
Aerospace Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Office Hours

MWF 3:00-4:00 T 11:00-12:00 (online) or by appointment

Areas of Expertise

Computational fluid dynamics, Aerodynamics, Hypersonic vehicle propulsion
William Engblom

Dr. Engblom joined the College of Engineering in 2005 to help start the Mechanical Engineering Department and has been a Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department since 2014. He teaches and conducts research in the area of computational fluid dynamics, propulsion, and aerodynamics. He is an AIAA Associate Fellow and has published more than 70 conference papers, journals, and reports with an emphasis on the development and application of high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and multi-disciplinary numerical simulation.

As PI, he has managed more than $3M in funded research while at ERAU. Largest projects include:

  • Development of novel device for low-cost, long-duration testing of materials for hypersonic vehicles for DOD
  • Development of novel atmospheric satellite concept based on sailing principles for NASA
  • High-fidelity simulation of the HiFire and Hy-V scramjet propulsion systems for the DOD

Prior to joining ERAU, Dr. Engblom conducted numerical research for the Hyper-X and Quiet Aircraft Technology programs while at NASA Glenn Research Center, and for the Delta and Titan launch vehicle programs while at The Aerospace Corporation.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Engineering: Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
  • AERO 319: Aerodynamics for Engineers
  • AE 516: Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • AE 800: Dissertation
  • AE 700: Thesis
  • AE308 Compressible Aerodynamics
  • AE319 Aerodynamics
  • AE455 Computational Aerodynamics
  • AE516 Computational Aeronautical Fluid Dynamics
  • AE625 Hypersonic Aerospace Propulsive Flows
  • ME413 Preliminary Design for High Performance Vehicles
  • ME409 Vehicle Aerodynamics
  • ME405 Vehicle Power Systems
  • ME408 Clean Thermal Power Systems
  • ES305 Thermodynamics
  • ES206 Fluid Mechanics
  • ES204 Dynamics
Selected Recent:
  1. Madhvaraju, S., Engblom, W., Vedam, A., Snider, J., “Numerical Evaluation of Morphing Busemann Inlet at Off-Design Angles of Attack,” AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power (accepted for publication).
  2. Vedam, A. and Engblom, W., Exploring A Novel Adaptive Mesh Refinement Strategy for Transonic Flows," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol 126, Dec 2025.
  3. Moncayo, H, Engblom.W, Nshuti, C., and Coulter, N., “Performance Analysis of the Application of Flight Control Laws to a Stratospheric Dual Aircraft Platform Concept,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Jul 2022.
  4. Vedam, A., Engblom, W., “Numerical Investigation of Scaling Effects on a Ramjet-Powered Projectile,” AIAA SciTech Forum 2020, AIAA-2020-2514.
  5. Borghi, M., Engblom, W., Poinsatte, P., and Thurman, P., "Numerical and Experimental Examination of Turbulent Mixing of a Heated Jet in a Crossflow", J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 34, Issue 2, 20 Dec 2019.
  6. Engblom, W., “Proof-of-Concept Flight Demonstration of Novel Atmospheric Satellite Concept,” NIAC Phase II Final Report, Nov. 2018
  7. Engblom, W., Decker, R., "Virtual Flight Demonstration of the Stratospheric Dual-Aircraft Platform", 34th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA 2016-3877. DOI 10.2514/6.2016-3877, June 2016.
  8. Borghi, M., Engblom, W., Georgiadis, N., Osborne, J., Hutchings, R., Evaluation of Mixing-Limited Quasi-Global Wind-US Model for Vitiation Effects on the HIFire 2 Flowpath,” JANNAF conference, Albuquerque, Dec 2014.
  9. Borghi, M., Engblom, W., Georgiadis, N, "Evaluation of Mixing-Limited Quasi-Global Wind-US Model for HIFire 2 Flowpath", 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, AIAA 2014-1160, DOI 10.2514/6.2014-1160
  10. Georgiadis, N., Yoder, D., Vyas, M., Engblom, W., “Status of Turbulence Modeling for Hypersonic Propulsion Flowpaths,” Theoretical Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 28, pp. 295-318. DOI 10.1007/s00162-013-0316-z, Jan. 2014.
13-present, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, ERAU
12-present, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, ERAU
05-12 Associate Professor, Mechanic Engineering, ERAU
01-05 Contractor, Propulsion Directorate, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland
97-01 Engineering Specialist, Vehicle Systems Division, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
96-97 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering, UTexas at Austin

Associate Fellow, AIAA, 2009

Member, AIAA High-Speed Air Breathing Propulsion Technical Committee (2003-2015)

Fellow, NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), 2015

Faculty Researcher of the Year, 2009, ERAU