David Darmofal

David Darmofal is the Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT and a member of the MIT Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory (ACDL) and the MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering (CCSE).  His principal areas of interest are computational methods for partial differential equations, especially fluid dynamics; and engineering education innovation.  In recognition of excellence in teaching and advising, he was honored with the MIT School of Engineering Bose Award for Junior Faculty in 2002, appointed as an MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellow in 2004, and received the MIT Earll M. Murman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising in 2011.  In 2012, he received the MIT Bisplinghoff Fellow and the University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Alumni Merit Award in recognition for his contributions in research, teaching, and service.  He has also been recognized by the MIT student chapter of the AIAA  for excellence in undergraduate teaching (2005, 2013) and undergraduate advising (2017).  He received his BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan (1989), and SM (1991) and PhD (1993) in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.  Since July 2017, David and his wife Claudia have served as the Heads of House at the MIT graduate residence, The Warehouse.