CPT(P) Daniel Eichner
Instructor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Captain Daniel Eichner was commissioned as an Aviation officer from the U.S. Military Academy in 2014 where he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation he completed Initial Entry Wing training at Fort Novosel earning qualifications in the TH-67 and H-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Captain Eichner completed operational assignments at Fort Cavazos, Texas and Wiesbaden, Germany where he served in leadership positions including maintenance, distribution, and flight platoon leader and flight and maintenance company commander.
In 2024, he earned a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a concentration in experimental aerodynamics.
MS - University of Colorado-Boulder
BS - US Military Academy
Research Interests
Flow Control Design, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing
Current Research
Bio-Inspired Flow Control
Selected Publications
Eichner, D. J., “Flap Separation Control Using Deployable Passive Hinge-Line Protuberances,” M.S. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2024
Eichner, Daniel J., and John A. Farnsworth. “Flap Separation Control Using Deployable Passive Hinge-Line Protuberances.” Manuscript submitted to the AIAA Aviation Forum, accepted 2024.
Gloutak, Dasha, Eichner, Daniel, McGhee, Jayon, Jansen, Kenneth E., and Farnsworth, John A. “Unsteady Pressure Gradients in Wind Tunnels with Time-Varying Freestreams.” AIAA Journal, doi:10.2514/1.J063971, 2024.
Eichner, Daniel. (2013). Utilizing X-Ray Computed Tomography in Spray Nozzle Analysis. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE). doi: 10.1115/IMECE2013-65329.
Ryan, M., J. Tennis, D. Eichner, Z. Lee, T. Sowell, M. Benson, B. Van Poppel, M. Kurman, and C. B. Kweon. "Experimental results of an electrostatic injector." In ILASS Americas, 26th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. 2014.
Lee, Z., Eichner, D.J., Tennis, J., Ryan, M., Sowell, T., Benson, M.J., Poppel, B.P., Nelson, T., Guzmán, P., Fahrig, R., Eaton, J.K., Kurman, M.S., & Kweon, C.M. (2014). A Comparison of Shadowgraphy and X-Ray Computed Tomography in Liquid Spray Analysis.enter content here