Dipl. Ing., 1997, ETH Zürich M.S., 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., 2000, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zoltán S. Spakovszky

Gas Turbine Laboratory
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
31-317
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
George Fischer Award, ETH Zürich, 1997; ASME IGTI Best Paper Awards 2000 (2), 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 (2), 2018; ASME 2003 Melville Medal; NASA Honor Award, 2003; AeroAstro Undergraduate Advising Award 2003, 2005; AeroAstro Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2008; Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009; ASME Gas Turbine Award 2012; ASME John P. Davis Gas Turbine Applications Award 2016
Fellow, ASME; Associate Fellow, AIAA
Visiting Engineer, 1996-1997; Assistant Professor, 2001-2005; Associate Professor, 2005-2012; Professor, 2012 - present; Acting Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory, 2007; Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory, 2008 – present; Vehicle Sector Head, 2015 – 2018; Chair Graduate Committee, 2020 - present
Propulsion Engineering, Swissair Technics, Zürich Airport, Switzerland, 1995; Research Staff, Turbomachinery Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1996; Lead Engineer, Engine Preliminary Design and Performance, GE Aircraft Engines, 2000-2001; Technology Special Advisor, MHI R&D Center, 2009-2010; Senior Advisor for Strategy, Technology and Innovation, MHI Head Office, 2018-2019
Propulsion and energy conversion, internal flows in fluid machinery, compressor aerodynamics and stability, micro-fluidics and rotordynamics, aero-acoustics, aircraft design for environment
Thermodynamics and energy conversion; propulsion and fluid mechanics, aero-acoustics