Bodony named Willett Faculty Scholar

3/6/2015 Susan Mumm, Media Specialist

New Willett Faculty Scholar Dan Bodony is recognized for contributions to the University of Illinois.

Written by Susan Mumm, Media Specialist

Daniel J. Bodony
Daniel J. Bodony
Associate Prof. Daniel Bodony
Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Associate Prof. Daniel Bodony has been named an Engineering at Illinois Donald Biggar Willett Scholar for 2015.

The recognition is targeted for faculty members who, at a relatively early stage in their careers, are excelling in their contributions to the University of Illinois.

Bodony is a lead principal investigator for the Department of Energy Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-Coupled Combustion whose aim is to develop algorithms, computer science tools, and a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics code that will utilize future, exascale-class supercomputers.

Designated a year ago as a Blue Waters Associate Professor, Bodony uses Blue Waters’ sustained 11+ petaflop computer facilities to study the noise pollution caused by commercial and military aircraft. This study aims to improve near-airport community conditions and reduce hearing damage and related health care costs.

Bodony earned an NSF CAREER award in 2012 to support his work in investigating the biomechanics of sound generation of the human vocal folds. Also in 2012 he was named a Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer.

An Illinois faculty member since 2006, he has held affiliate positions with Computational Science and Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the Parallel Computing Institute.

He is regularly included on the campuswide list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, and was named the Aerospace Engineering Teacher of the Year in 2008, 2010 and 2012. During his teaching career he has introduced a new graduate-level computational fluid dynamics course and a sophomore-level new application-focused programming course.

Bodony is very active in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and was named an AIAA Associate Fellow in 2013.

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This story was published March 6, 2015.