John Bernhardt

  • Assistant Teaching Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1996
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1989

Research Interests

Fluid Dynamics and Control Systems

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

  • Reviewed articles for publication in the Journal of Fluids Engineering of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Reviewed articles for publication in the Journal of Aircraft of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Licensed by the State of Illinois as a Professional Engineer
  • Senior member of AIAA
  • Member of ASME
  • Member of SAE
  • Member of Sigma Xi
  • Member and past president of the Illinois Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi

Publications

  1. Bernhardt, J., and Williams, D., “Closed-Loop Control of Forebody Flow Asymmetry,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2000, pp. 491-498.
  2. Bernhardt, J., and Williams, D., “Proportional Control of Asymmetric Forebody Vortices,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 11, 1998, pp. 2087-2093.
  3. Bernhardt, J., “Closed-Loop Control of Forebody Flow Asymmetry,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, May 1996.
  4. Bernhardt, J., and Williams, D., “Closed-Loop Control of Forebody Flow Asymmetry,” AIAA Paper 95-0651, January 1995.
  5. Bernhardt, J., and Williams, D., “The Effect of Reynolds Number on Control of Forebody Asymmetry by Suction and Bleed,” AIAA Paper 93-3265, July 1993.
  6. Bernhardt, J., and Williams, D., “The Effect of Reynolds Number on Vortex Asymmetry About Slender Bodies,” Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1993, pp. 291-293.
  7. Williams, D., and Bernhardt, J., “Proportional Control of Asymmetric Forebody Vortices with the Unsteady Bleed Technique,” AIAA Paper 90-1629, June 1990.

Patents

  • Bernhardt, J., and Ciesla, C., “Control Strategies for a Variable Displacement Oil Pump,” United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent 7,201,147, April 2007.
  • Isaac, E., Bernhardt, J., and McNulty, M., “Variable Nozzle Turbine Control Strategy,” United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent 6,427,445, August 2002