William Devenport

William Devenport is Crofton Professor of Engineering at the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech and leads a research program centred on experimental studies of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. He is Director of the Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel and Director of the Center for Research and Engineering in Aero/hydrodynamic Technology (CREATe). He has published over 200 technical articles and in May 2019 received the AIAA Aeroacoustics Award for "Seminal and...See more

William Devenport is Crofton Professor of Engineering at the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech and leads a research program centred on experimental studies of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. He is Director of the Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel and Director of the Center for Research and Engineering in Aero/hydrodynamic Technology (CREATe). He has published over 200 technical articles and in May 2019 received the AIAA Aeroacoustics Award for "Seminal and pioneering contributions in aeroacoustics particularly in developing new experimental techniques and in the understanding of turbulence and surface roughness noise". See less