Background

Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, September 1997-Present)

Ph.D.
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University, June 1993-June 1997.

Master of Arts
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University, September 1991-June 1993.

Bachelor of Science
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1988-June 1991

Research Interests

My main research interests focus on the development of techniques and environments to perform multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) of aerospace systems. The work in our group attempts to reach this goal using high-fidelity modelling such as field CFD methods for aerodynamics and FEM models for structural calculations. A variety of research areas need to be pursued to accomplish this goal, including but not limited to:

• Advanced algorithms for fast, accurate, and efficient disciplinary analysis.
• Advanced algorithms for computationally feasible disciplinary design.
• Mathematical techniques for multidisciplinary coupling.
• Mathematical formulations of the multidisciplinary design problem.
• High-performance parallel computing.
• Demonstrations using existing and future aircraft systems.

The research projects in our group span a variety of these topics. More details can be found in the projects section of our home page.

Teaching

• AA100 - Introduction to Aeronautics & Astronautics
• AA200b - Applied Aerodynamics II
• AA210a - Fundamentals of Compressible Flow
• AA210b - Fundamentals of Compressible Flow II
• AA220 / CS238 - Parallel Methods in Numerical Analysis
• AA241a - Introduction to Aircraft Design: Analysis and Synthesis
• AA245 - Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
• AA298 (E298) - Seminar in Fluid Mechanics
• AA241X - Flight Pictures - Flight Day 1 - 12/8/03

Publications

2005
			Choi, S., Alonso, J.J., Kim, S., Kroo, I., and Wintzer, M., "Two-Level Multi-Fidelity Design Optimization Studies for Supersoniv Jets", 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2005-0531, Reno, Nevada, January 10-13 2005.
2004
			Alonso, J.J., LeGresley, P., Van der Weide, E., and Martins, J., "pyMDO: A Framework for High-Fidelity Multi-Disciplinary Optimization",10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplany Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2004-4480, Albany, New York, August 30 - September 1, 2004.
			Choi, S. and Alonso, J.J., "Multi-fidelity Design Optimization of Low-boom Supersonic Business Jet",10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplany Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2004-4371, Albany, New York, August 30 - September 1, 2004.
			Chung, H. S., and Alonso, J.J., "Multiobjective Optimization Using Gradient Enhanced Genetic Algorithms",10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplany Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2004-4325, Albany, New York, August 30 - September 1, 2004.
			LeGresley, P. and Alonso, J.J., "Improving the Performance of Design Decomposition Methods with POD",10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplany Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2004-4465, Albany, New York, August 30 - September 1, 2004.
			Choi, S., Alonso, J. J., and Chung, H. S., "Design of a Low-Boom Supersonic Business Jet Using Evolutionary Algorithms and an Adaptive Unstructured Mesh Method", 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures,Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference , Palm Springs, CA, April 19-22, 2004.
			Choi, S., Alonso, J. J., and Van der Weide, E., "Numerical and Mesh Resolution Requirements for Accurate Sonic Boom Prediction of Complete Aircraft Configurations", 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-1060, Reno, NV, January 5-8, 2004.
			Fatica, M., Jameson, A., and Alonso, J. J., "StreamFLO: an Euler solver for streaming architectures", 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-1090, Reno, NV, January 5-8, 2004.
			Hosseini, K., and Alonso, J. J., "Practical Implementation and Improvement of Preconditioning Methods for Explicit Multistage Flow Solvers", 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-0763, Reno, NV, January 5-8, 2004.
			Schluter, J., Alonso, J., and Pitsch, H., "Integrated RANS-LES Computations in Gas Turbines: Compressor-Diffusor Coupling", 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-0369, Reno, NV, January 5-8, 2004.
2003
			Chung, H., Choi, S., and Alonso, J., "Supersonic Business Jet Design Using Knowledge-Based Genetic Algorithm with Adaptive, Unstructured Grid Methodology", 21st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper AIAA-2003-3791, Orlando, FL, June 23-26, 2003.
			Alonso, J., Martins, J., and Reuther, J., "High-Fidelity Aero-Structural Design of Complete Aircraft Configurations with Aeroelactic Constrains", 16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper AIAA-2003-3429, Orlando, FL, June 23-26, 2003.
			Hosseini, K., and Alonso, J., "Optimization of Multistage Coefficients for Preconditioned Explicit Multigrid Flow Solvers", 16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper AIAA-2003-3705, Orlando, FL, June 23-26, 2003.
			LeGresley, P.A., and Alonso, J. J., Dynamic Domain Decomposition and Error Correction for Reduced Order Models, 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2003-0250, Reno, NV, January 6-9, 2003.
2002
			Alonso, J.J., Kroo, I.M., and Jameson, A., Advanced Algorithms for Design and Optimization of Quiet Supersonic Platform, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2002-0144, Reno, NV, January 2002.
			Chung, H.S. and Alonso, J.J., "Using Gradients to Construct Cokriging Approximation Models for High-Dimensional Design Optimization Problems", AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,AIAA-2002-0317, Reno, NV, January 14-17, 2002.
			Kim, S. K., Alonso, J.J., Jameson, A., Design Optimization of High-Lift Configurations Using a Viscous Continuous Adjoint Method, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2002-0844, Reno, NV, January 2002.
			McMullen, M.S., Jameson, A. and Alonso, J.J., "Application of a Non-Linear Frequency Domain Solver to the Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations", AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,AIAA-2002-0120, Reno, NV, January 14-17, 2002.
			Nadarajah, Siva; Jameson, Antony; Alonso, Juan "An Adjoint Method for the Calculation of Remote Sensitivities in Supersonic Flow," AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2002-0261, Reno, NV, January 2002.
2001
			Martins, J. R. R. A., Alonso, J.J., Reuther, J. J., Aero-Structural Wing Design Optimization Using High-Fidelity Sensitivity Analysis, CEAS Conference on Multidiciplinary Analysis and Optimization. Cologne, June 2001, Germany. Submitted for publication, Aircraft Design Journal.
			McMullen, M., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Acceleration of Convergence to a Periodic Steady State in Turbomachinery Flows , 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2001-0152, Reno, NV, January 2001.
			Yao, J., Davis, R., Jameson, A., Alonso, J. J., Unsteady Flow Investigation in Axial Turbines Using the Massively Parallel Flow Solver TFLO , 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2001-0529, Reno, NV, January 2001.
			Martins, J. R. R. A., Alonso, J. J., Stability and Convergence of Algorithms That Use the Complex-Step Derivative Approximation, 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2001-0921, Reno, NV, January 2001.
			Chung, H. S., Alonso, J. J., Using Gradients to Construct Response Surface Models for High-Dimensional Design Optimization Problems , 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2001-0922, Reno, NV, January 2001.
			LeGresley, P., Alonso, J. J., Investigation of Non-Linear Projection for POD Based Reduced Order Models for Aerodynamics , 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2001-0926, Reno, NV, January 2001.
			Shankaran, S., Alonso, J. J., Liou, M.-F., Liu, N.-S., Davis, R., A Multi-Code-Coupling Interface for Combustor/Turbomachinery Simulations , 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2001-0974, Reno, NV, January 2001.
2000
			Martins, J. R. R. A., Kroo, I. M., Alonso, J. J., A Method for Sensitivity Analysis using Complex Variables, 38th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2000-0689, Reno, NV, January 2000.
			Yao, J., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Liu, F., Development and Validation of a Massively Parallel Flow Solver for Turbomachinery Flows, 38th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2000-0882, Reno, NV, January 2000.
			LeGresley, P.A, and Alonso, J.J., Airfoil Design Optimization Using Reduced Order Models Based on Proper Orthogonal Decomposition, Fluids 2000 Conference and Exhibit, AIAA-2000-2545, Denver, CO, June 19-22, 2000.
			Kim, S. K., Alonso, J.J., Jameson, A., Two-Dimensional High-Lift Aerodynamic Optimization Using the Continuous Adjoint Method, 8th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, AIAA Paper 2000-4741, Long Beach, CA, September 2000.
			Chung, H. S., Alonso, J.J., Comparison of Approximation Models with Merit Functions for Design Optimization, 8th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, AIAA Paper 2000-4754, Long Beach, CA, September 2000.
			Yao, J., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Liu, F., Development and Validation of a Massively Parallel Flow Solver for Turbomachinery Flows, Accepted for publication, Journal of Propulsion and Power.
			LeGresley, P.A., et. al., "1998/1999 AIAA Foundation Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition: Super STOL Carrier On-board Delivery Aircraft," World Aviation Congress & Exhibition, San Diego, CA, October 10-12, 2000, SAE 00WAC-16.
1999
			Reuther, J. J., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Rimlinger, M. J., Saunders, D., Constrained Multipoint Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using an Adjoint Formulation and Parallel Computers: Part I, Journal of Aircraft, vol. 36, no., 1, pp. 51-60, January-February 1999.
			Reuther, J. J., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Rimlinger, M. J., Saunders, D., Constrained Multipoint Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using an Adjoint Formulation and Parallel Computers: Part II, Journal of Aircraft, vol. 36, no., 1, pp. 61-74, January-February 1999.
			Reuther, J. J., Alonso, J. J., Martins, J. R. R. A., S. C. Smith, A Coupled Aero-Structural Optimization Method for Complete Aircraft Configurations, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 99-0187, Reno, NV, January 1999.
			Kim, S. K., J. J. Alonso, Jameson, A., A Gradient Accuracy Study for the Adjoint-Based Navier-Stokes Design Method, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 99-0299, Reno, NV, January 1999.
			Reuther, J. J., Alonso, J. J., Martins, J. R. R. A., Smith, S. C., A Coupled Aero-Structural Optimization Method for Complete Aircraft Configurations, Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute, Montreal, Canada, May 1999.
			LeGresley, P. et al., "The Cardinal, A Graduate Team Aircraft Design," 1999 AIAA Graduate Team Aircraft Proposal, June 1 1999.
			Jameson, A., Alonso, J. J., Future Research Avenues in Computational Engineering and Design, 4th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, ICIAM 99, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-9, 1999.
1998
			Pierce, N. A., Alonso, J. J., Efficient Computation of Unsteady Viscous Flows by an Implicit Preconditioned Multigrid Method, AIAA Journal, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 401-408, March 1998.
			Jameson, A., Alonso, J.J., Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Techniques Based on Control Theory, HPCMO DoD Users' Group Meeting, Houston, TX, June 1998.
			Jameson, A., Alonso, J.J., Reuther, J. Martinelli, L., Vassberg, J.C., Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Techniques Based on Control Theory, AIAA 29th Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA 98-2538, Albuquerque, NM, June 15-18, 1998.
1997
			Reuther, J. J., Jameson, A., Alonso, J. J., Rimlinger, M. J., Saunders, D., Constrained Multipoint Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using an Adjoint Formulation and Parallel Computers, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA paper 97-0103, Reno, Nevada, January 1997.
			Sheffer, S. G., Alonso, J. J., Martinelli, L., Jameson A., Time-Accurate Simulation of Helicopter Rotor Flows Including Aeroelastic Effects, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA paper 97-0399, Reno, Nevada, January 1997.
			Pierce, N. A., Alonso, J. J., Preconditioning an Implicit Multigrid Algorithm for Parallel Computation of Unsteady Aeroelastic Flows, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA paper 97-0444, Reno, Nevada, January 1997.
			Reuther, J. J., Alonso, J. J., Vassberg, J. C., Jameson, A., Martinelli, L., An Efficient Multiblock Method for Aerodynamic Analysis and Design on Distributed Memory Systems, AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA paper 97-1893, Snowmass, CO, June 1997.
			Martinelli, L., Alonso, J. J., Jameson, A., Reuther, J. J., CFD Analysis and Design Optimization Using Parallel Computers, Contributed Chapter in "Some New Directions in Science on Computers", Gyan Bhanot, Shiyi Chen and Philip Seiden, Editors, World Scientific, Singapore, 1997.
1996
			Jameson, A, Alonso, J.J., Automatic Aerodynamic Optimization on Distributed Memory Architectures, AIAA 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 96-0409, Reno, NV, January 1996.
			Alonso, J. J., Sheffer, S. G., Martinelli, L., Jameson, A., Parallel Unsteady Simulation of the Flow Through a Helicopter Rotor in Hover Including Aeroelastic Effects, First AFOSR Conference on Dynamic Motion CFD, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, June 1996.
			Reuther, J. J., Alonso, J. J., Rimlinger, M. J., Jameson, A., Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Supersonic Aircraft Configurations via an Adjoint Formulation on Parallel Computers, 6th AIAA/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, AIAA paper 96-4045, Bellevue, WA, September 1996.
1995
			Alonso, J.J., Martinelli, L., Jameson, A., Multigrid Unsteady Navier-Stokes Calculations with Aeroelastic Applications, AIAA 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 95-0048, Reno, NV, January 1995.
1994
			Alonso, J.J., Jameson, A.,"Fully-Implicit Time-Marching Aeroelastic Solutions," AIAA 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 94-0056, Reno, NV, January 1994.
			Alonso, J.J., Mitty, T.J., Martinelli, L., Jameson, A., A Two-Dimensional Multigrid Navier-Stokes Solver for Multiprocessor Architectures, Proceedings of Parallel CFD '94, Kyoto May 1994, Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: New Algorithms and Applications (ed. Satofuka, Periaux, Ecer), Elsevier Science B.V., 1995.