Marianne Monastero | Center for Flow Physics and Control

Education

Joined CeFPaC

January 2014

CeFPaC Experience

Research focused on sensitivity of the performance of a commercial airplane’s vertical tail to synthetic jet flow control and understanding of the underlying flow physics
Designed interchangeable wind tunnel model based on vertical tail geometry
Mentored and supervised undergraduate student researchers
Performed various experimental techniques in a subsonic wind tunnel including stereo particle image velocimetry (SPIV), particle image velocimetry (PIV), pressure measurements, hotwire measurements, surface oil flow visualization, and tuft flow visualization

Awards & Honors

RPI Founders Award of Excellence, awarded to students with strong academic performance, RPI pride, leadership skills, originality, and imagination, 2015
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, awarded to outstanding graduate students who possess intellectual merit and whose research and work aim to have broader impacts, 2013
Girl Scout Gold Award, highest award in Girl Scouting requiring a minimum of 65 hours,utilizing organizational and leadership skills, 2007

Selected Publications

Jansen, K.E., Rasquin, M., Farnsworth, J.A., Rathay, N., Monastero, M.C., and Amitay, M., “Interaction of a Synthetic Jet with Separated Flow over a Vertical Tail,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 56, No. 7, July 2018.
Lindstrom, A.M., Monastero, M.C., and Amitay, M., “The Flow Physics of Synthetic Jets Interaction with Flow over a Flapped Airfoil,” AIAA 2018 Flow Control Conference, AIAA Paper 2018-4019, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Monastero, M.C., Lindstrom, A., and Amitay, M., “Flow Physics of Synthetic Jets Interaction with a 3-D Separated Flow,” 58th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Paper ThL1T6.2, Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel, March 2018.
Broeren, A.P., Addy, H.E., Jr., Lee, S., Monastero, M.C., and McClain, S.T., “Three-Dimensional Ice-Accretion Measurement Methodology for Experimental Aerodynamic Simulation,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 55, No. 2, March 2018.
Jansen, K.E., Rasquin, M., Farnsworth, J.A., Rathay, N., Monastero, M.C., and Amitay, M., “Interaction of a Synthetic Jet Actuator on Separated flow over a Vertical Tail,” AIAA 35th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2017-3243, Denver, CO, June 2017.
Lindstrom, A., Roman, J., Monastero, M., and Amitay, M., “Effects of Synthetic Jets on Performance Enhancement of an Airfoil Model with a Control Surface,” The MANE Student Research and Design Journal, Vol. 1, June 2016.
Monastero, M.C., and Amitay, M., "Performance Enhancement of an Airfoil Model with a Control Surface using Synthetic Jets," AIAA, 2016-3305, June 2016.
Diebold, J.M., Woodard, B.S., Monastero, M.C., and Bragg, M.B., "Experimental Study of Splitter Plates for Use with Semispan Wing Models, " AIAA, 2015-1227, January 2015.
Broeren, A.P., Addy, H.Ed., Jr., Lee, S., and Monastero, M.C., "Validation of 3-D Ice Accretion Measurement Methodology for Experimental Aerodynamic Simulation." NASA/TM, 2015-218724, August 2015.
Monastero, M.C., and Bragg, M.B., "Validation of 3-D Ice Accretion Measurement Methodology Using Pressure-Sensitive Paint, " AIAA, 2014-2615, June 2014.
Broeren, A.P., Addy, H.E., Jr., Lee, S., and Monastero, M.C., "Validation of 3-D Ice Accretion Measurement Methodology for Experimental Aerodynamic Simulation," AIAA, 2014-2614, June 2014.
Monastero, M.C., "Validation of 3-D Ice Accretion Documentation and Replication Method Including Pressure-Sensitive," M.S. Thesies, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2013.
Diebold, J.M., Monastero, M.C., and Bragg, M.B., "Aerodynamics of a Swept Wing with Ice Accretion at Low Reynolds Number," AIAA, 2012-2795, June 2012.

Presentations:

Monastero, M.C., and Amitay, M., "Flow Physics of Synthetic Jet Interactions on a Sweptback Model with a Control Surface, " 69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Portland, OR, November, 2016.
Monastero, M.C., and Amitay, M., "Performance Enhancement of an Airfoil Model with a Control Surface using Synthetic Jets," AIAA 8th Flow Control Conference, Washington, DC, June 2016.
Monastero, M.C., Lindstrom, A., Beyar, M., and Amitay, M., "Parametric Study of Synthetic-Jet-Based Flow Control on a Verticle Tail Model," 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA, November, 2015.
Monastero, M.C., Rathay, N., Whalen, E., and Amitay, M., "Effect of Synthetic Jet Actuator Spacing on the Performance Enhancement of a Vertical Tail Model," 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014.
Monastero, M.C., and Bragg, M.B., "Validation of 3-D Ice Accretion Measurement Methodology Using Pressure Sensitive Paint," AIAA 6th Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 2014.
Monastero, M.C., Rathay, N., Amitay, M., and Whalen, E., "Effect of Synthetic Jet Spacing on Performance Enhancement of a Vertical Tail Model, " 1000 Islands Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Gananoque, ON, Canada, May 2014.