Mingtai Chen
Assistant Teaching Professor
- Phone: (919) 515-8737
- Email: mchen33@ncsu.edu
- Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3308
- Website: https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/exp-aero-lab
I am an experimentalist fascinated with designing a test setup, acquiring test data, analyzing the data, and making the final conclusions and recommendations. As an educator, my goal in the long term is to make the experiment in aerodynamics and vehicle structures more appealing to students.
Before joining NC State, I was a flight test engineer in Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd, Shanghai. This job provided experience on how the ideas in textbooks are transferred to industry and tested in real flights. Also, this working opportunity motivated me to learn more in aerospace engineering. Therefore, I chose to pursue my Ph.D. program in 2016 at the University of Alabama. In the end, I am passionate about aerospace engineering to which I continue devoting my time and efforts.
Outside of work, I will play guitar to refresh myself and go fishing in nature.
Grants
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NCSU FRPD 2022-2345
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NCSU SoTL Scholarship
Publications
- Experimental assessment of blowing effect on vehicle performance and aero-acoustics in small-rotor/wing interaction
- Chen, M., Chen, Y., Hua, J., Maier, N., & Burdette, D. (2024, March 7), JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775463241236303
- Facilitating aerospace engineering senior design: Integrating lab curriculum redesign with student project and new technologies
- Chen, M. (2024, June 2), ENGINEERING REPORTS, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12938
- Synergizing computer-aided design, commercial software, and cutting-edge technologies in an innovative nozzle test apparatus for an engineering laboratory course
- Chen, M. (2024, June 18), COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.22773
- Tip Vortex Trajectory and Its Application in Small-Rotor/Wing Interaction
- , (2024). AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2846
- A Modified Hand-Held Force Meter to Measure Yarn Tension in the Ring Spinning Process
- Ling, Y., Chen, M., Liu, Y., & Yin, R. (2023, July 6), FIBERS AND POLYMERS, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-023-00271-z
- Acoustic measurements in single-rotor/wing interaction at low disk loading and Reynolds number
- Chen, M., Hua, J., Maier, N., & Burdette, D. (2023, December 30), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AEROACOUSTICS, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475472X231225630
- An airflow-driven system for scalable production of nano-microfiber wrapped triboelectric yarns for wearable applications
- Chen, Y., Hua, J., Ling, Y., Liu, Y., Chen, M., Ju, B., … Yin, R. (2023), CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147026
- Experimental Investigation of Surface Roughness on the Flowfield and Aero-acoustics of Converging Nozzles
- Chen, M., Power, H., Stults, E., Mohan, A., & Baby, R. (2023), AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-4447
- Design and test a converging and de Laval nozzle using additive manufacturing
- Chen, M., Baby, R., Dillard, S., Lee, Y. T., & Ekkad, S. (2022), Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering, 1. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpace.2022.951987
- Investigation of Fountain Effect in Dual-Rotor/Wing Interaction at Low Reynolds Number
- Chen, M., Shen, J., & Hubner, J. P. (2022), AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum. Presented at the AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, Chicago, IL. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3816