Boeing and Notre Dame enter into research agreement | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Boeing and Notre Dame enter into research agreement Boeing and Notre Dame enter into research agreement Published: October 05, 2009 Author: William G. Gilroy The Boeing Company and the University of Notre Dame recently entered into a Master Sponsored Research Agreement whereby Boeing will fund research projects at the University with a near-term focus on technology translation. The agreement, the first of its kind under Boeing’s recently implemented enterprise-wide research strategy, distinguishes Notre Dame as a premier provider of applied research in aero-optics and flow control. Boeing will collaborate with Notre Dame faculty and research engineers in these disciplines which have application to current and future Boeing products. “Notre Dame’s Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department has been one of the premier programs in aero-optics and plasma flow control,” said Bill Bower, senior technical fellow at Boeing. “Boeing Research & Technology has worked with Notre Dame since 2002 in applying flow control to aero-optics under a number of Air Force contracts, and Integrated Defense Systems is currently collaborating with them in flow control applications.” The agreement provides a framework by which Boeing and Notre Dame will collaborate on research of interest to both organizations. Boeing will identify which research projects have the potential to translate to performance improvements of Boeing products and will work jointly with Notre Dame faculty and research engineers in the execution of the research. Robert Bernhard, Notre Dame’s vice president for research acknowledged the importance of the agreement, saying, “We have a long-term, very successful relationship with Boeing and believe the execution of this master agreement will provide additional opportunities for our faculty and graduate students to work in close collaboration with one of the truly premier aerospace companies.” Notre Dame’s aerospace sciences research area encompasses both the theoretical and experimental aspects of aeroacoustics, aero-optics, aerospace systems design, high-lift aerodynamics, low Reynolds-number aerodynamics, low-speed aerodynamics, particle aerodynamics, flow control, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic flows, and vortex dynamics. The University has a distinguished history in flow visualization dating from the 1930s when Professor Frank N.M. Brown first developed equipment and techniques for accurate smoke visualization in wind tunnels. Contributions to aircraft technology from Notre Dame’s aerospace engineering laboratories long have been recognized for the development of low-turbulence, subsconic, transconic and supersconic smoke-visualization wind tunnels. Contact: Robert J. Bernhard, vice president of research, 574-631-1862, Bernhard.9@nd.edu Posted In: Research Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 05, 2022 Astrophysicists find evidence for the presence of the first stars October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 22, 2022 Climate-prepared countries are losing ground, latest ND-GAIN index shows For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn