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James Coder

Associate Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Aerospace Engineering

381 ECoRE Building

jcoder@psu.edu

814-863-2887

Research Areas:

Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics; Flight Science; Rotorcraft Engineering; Vehicle Systems Engineering

Interest Areas:

Computational fluid dynamics; Applied aerodynamics; Turbulence and transition modeling; Hypersonic aerothermodynamics

 
 

 

Education

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Jimmy-John O.E. Hoste, Nicholas N Gibbons, Tobias Ecker, Chiara Amato, Doyle Knight, Artemii Sattarov, Olivier Thiry, Jean-Pierre Hickey, Fahri Erinc Hizir, Tolga Kokturk, Neil Castelino, Valerio Viti, Megan A Roldan, Steven Qiang, James Coder, Robert A Baurle and Jeffrey A White, 2025, "A review of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes modeling for hypersonic large cone–flares", Physics of Fluids, 37, (2)
  • James G Coder, Benjamin LS Couchman, Marshall C Galbraith, Steven R Allmaras and Nick Wyman, 2024, "Output-based mesh adaptation for high-speed flows", Computers and Fluids, 273
  • Blair Basom, Mark Miller, Constantinos Kandias, James Coder, Sven Schmitz and Mark Maughmer, 2024, "Inviscid Analysis of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines Using Distributed Vorticity Elements", Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
  • Micah A Wyssmann, James G Coder, John S Schwartz and A. N. Thanos Papanicolaou, 2024, "Turbulent junction flow characteristics upstream of boulders mounted atop a rough, permeable bed and the effects of submergence", Experiments in Fluids, 65, (1)
  • Carl F Ollivier-Gooch and James G Coder, 2023, "Fourth AIAA High-Lift Prediction Workshop: Fixed-Grid Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Summary", Journal of Aircraft, 60, (6)
  • James Coder, 2023, "Accuracy of High-Order, Discrete Approximations to the Lifting-Line Equation", The Aeronautical Journal, 127, (1315)
  • Hector Ortiz-Melendez, Ethan Long, Christopher Colletti, George Toth, Cody Perkins, Kathryn Keely, Phillip Ansell and James G Coder, 2023, "Design and Characterization of High-Lift Capabilities for Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoils", Journal of Aircraft, 60, (4), pp. 19
  • Forrest J Mobley, Tristan D Wall and James G Coder, 2023, "Computational Characterization of Unsteadiness and Turbulence in Rotor Hub Wakes", Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 68, (1)
  • Ethan A Vogel and James G Coder, 2022, "A Novel Entropy Normalization Scheme for Characterization of Highly Compressible Flows", Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Jared A Carnes and James G Coder, 2022, "Analyzing the Near-Wall Behavior of the Langtry-Menter Transition Model", Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 108
  • Jared A Carnes and James G Coder, 2022, "Numerical Investigation of Unsteady Boundary Layer Transition on a Dynamically Pitching Rotor", Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 67, (1)
  • Hector D Ortiz-Melendez, James G Coder and Arvin Shmilovich, 2022, "High-Lift Computational Strategy for Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoils", Journal of Aircraft, 59, (4)
  • Jared A Carnes and James G Coder, 2022, "Effect of Crossflow Transition on the Pressure-Sensitive-Paint Rotor in Hover", Journal of Aircraft, 59, (1)
  • Micah A Wyssmann, James G Coder, John S Schwartz and A. N. Thanos Papanicolaou, , "Volumetric characterization of spatially organized features of Reynolds stress anisotropy in the vicinity of submerged model boulders", Physics of Fluids

Conference Proceedings

  • Julie Brennan Coder, James George Coder and Mark Maughmer, 2025, "Aerospace Engineering Education in the Era of Generative AI", Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • FY2022 AFOSR Young Investigator Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 2022
  • AIAA Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, November 2022

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Committee Work, Member, ICDS Power Users Group (PUG), Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Power Users Group (PUG), June 2024

Service to External Organizations:

  • Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Co-Chairperson, Vice-Chair, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee, May 2024 - April 2025
  • Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Chairperson, Chair, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee, May 2022 - April 2024
 


 

About

The Penn State Department of Aerospace Engineering, established in 1961 and the only aerospace engineering department in Pennsylvania, is consistently recognized as one of the top aerospace engineering departments in the nation, and is also an international leader in aerospace education, research, and engagement. Our undergraduate program is ranked 15th and our graduate programs are ranked 15th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, while one in 25 holders of a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering in the U.S. earned it from Penn State. Our students are consistently among the most highly recruited by industry, government, and graduate schools nationwide.

The department is built upon the fundamentals of academic integrity, innovation in research, and commitment to the advancement of industry. Through an innovative curriculum and world-class instruction that reflects current industry practice and embraces future trends, Penn State Aerospace Engineering graduates emerge as broadly educated, technically sound aerospace engineers who will become future leaders in a critical industry

Department of Aerospace Engineering

308 Engineering Collaborative Research and Education (ECoRE) Building

556 White Course Drive

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-2569