3/29/2013 Written by Susan Mumm
Written by Written by Susan Mumm
Assistant Prof. Daniel Bodony and Administrative Secretary Kendra Lindsey are Aerospace Engineering at Illinois’ Teacher and Staff of the Year for 2012, respectively.
This is the third time in Bodony’s young career in AE that the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics student group has recognized him with the teaching award. Joining the AE faculty in October 2006, Bodony was also honored in 2010 and 2008. He is regularly included on the campus-wide List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent and has been honored with the Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising.
Bodony’s research areas are aeroacoustics, fluid mechanics of compressible fluids, large scale parallel computing, fluid-thermal-structure interaction, and flow stability. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in aeronautics & astronautics from Purdue University in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and earned a PhD in aeronautics & astronautics in 2005 from Stanford University.
The Staff of the Year Award is based on overall excellence in service to the students and faculty of the Department. Lindsey, Administrative Aide for AE Department Head Philippe Geubelle, has spent 17 years working for the University of Illinois in secretarial positions for the Department of Classics, the English as an International Language Program, and for AE since 1999.
Said Lindsey, "I love working with the AE faculty and staff so I will most likely work here until I retire. You guys really surprised me with the staff award and it means a lot to me to have received it."