Mark Drela, PhD

World-renowned as an aerodynamicist and human-powered vehicle expert, Mark Drela is the Terry J. Kohler Professor at the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His primary research interests are in low speed and transonic aerodynamics, physical modeling and design of aircraft and aeromechanical devices, and computational aerodynamic design methodology. Mark joined Electra as a Senior Technical Advisor.