University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Mechanical Science & Engineering

Blake Everett Johnson

Teaching Assistant Professor; Director, Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories
(217) 244-8426
1024 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg

Research Interests

  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Professional Identity Development
  • Engineering Education

Research Areas

  • Fluid Mechanics

Selected Articles in Journals

Articles in Conference Proceedings

  • Choi, Hyun Hannah, Selim Havan, Charlotte Hathaway, Blake Everett Johnson, Mattox Alan Beckman, Yuting W. Chen, and Lucas Anderson. "Inform Track: Integrated Teaching and Leadership Development Program for Graduate Teaching Assistants." 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access. 2021.
  • Johnson, B.E., Hathaway-Goldstein, M.G., Bradley, J.A. "Work-in-progress: Identifying Effective Student Leaders to Improve Capstone Design Team Assignments."  127th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.  Online.  June 23, 2020.  
  • Mohan, Akhil Krishna, Priyanka Dey, Urbana Champaign, and Blake Everett Johnson. "Introducing junto: a Web Tool to Build Project Teams based on a Bidding Strategy." 127th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Online.  June 23, 2020
  • Chen, Y.W., Choi, H.H., Johnson, B.E., Beckman, M., Anderson, L. Integrated Engineering Leadership Initiative for Teaching Excellence (iELITE) Year Two: Assessment of Intermediate-Term Outcome for Graduate Teaching Assistant Training. 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Tampa, FL. June 18, 2019.
  • Jassim, E.W., and Johnson, B.E. An Integrated Four-year Hands-on Design Curriculum: A Case Study. 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Tampa, FL. June 18, 2019.
  • Lee, G.-S., K. Kim, B. E. Johnson, G. S. Elliott, and J. C. Dutton, "A Compressible Mixing Layer Facility for CFD Validation Measurements," presented at the 32nd AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, AIAA Paper No. 2016-3982, June 2016.
  • Kim, K., G. S. Lee, B. E. Johnson, G. S. Elliott, and J. C. Dutton, "Stereoscopic PIV Measurements of a Turbulent Compressible Mixing Layer for CFD Validation," presented at the 47th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2017-4129, June 2017.
  • Choi, H.H., Chen, Y.W, Beckman, A.M., Anderson, L., Johnson, B.E., Goodman, M., Migotsky, C., Johnson-Glauch, N. Integrative Engineering Leadership Initiative for Teaching Excellence (iELITE). 125th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Salt Lake City, Utah. June 23, 2018. https://peer.asee.org/30696  
  • Johnson, B.E. and Morphew, J.W. An Analysis of Recipe-Based Instruction in an Introductory Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. 123rd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. New Orleans, LA. June 26, 2016. DOI: 10.18260/p.26564
  • Johnson B; Hu H, Measurement Uncertainties Analysis in the Determination of Adiabatic Film Cooling Effectiveness by Using Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) Technique, FEDSM2014-21230, 4th Joint US-European ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 3~ 7, 2014.
  • Zhou W; Johnson B; Hu H, An Experimental Study of Momentum-Preserving Shaped Holes for Film Cooling Using PSP and PIV, AIAA-2014-0280, 2014 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech2014), National Harbor, Maryland, 13 - 17 January, 2014.
  • Zhang K, Johnson B, Rothmayer AP, Hu H, An Experimental Investigation on Wind-Driven Rivulet/Film Flows over a NACA0012 Airfoil by Using Digital Image Projection Technique, AIAA-2014-0741, 2014 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech2014), National Harbor, Maryland, 13 - 17 January, 2014.
  • Johnson B, Zhang K, Wei T, Hu H, An Experimental Study on Film Cooling Effectiveness by Using PIV and PSP Techniques, AIAA-2013-0603; 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Grapevine, Texas, USA, 07 - 10 January 2013.
  • Zhou WW., Johnson B, Hu H., An Experimental Study of Compressibility Effects on the Film Cooling Effectiveness Using PSP and PIV Techniques, AIAA-2015-0352, 2015 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech2015), Kissimmee, Florida, USA, 5-9 January 2015.
  • Johnson, B., Elliott, G. & Christensen, K. T. 2010. An Experimental Study of Heated Circular and Rectangular Jets Emitting into a Crossflow. 16th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Conference, USNCTAM2010-570.
  • Johnson, B., Elliott, G. & Christensen, K. T. 2010. An Experimental Study of Heated Circular and Rectangular Jets Emitting into a Crossflow. 40th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2010-4846.
  • Johnson, B., Elliott, G. & Christensen, K. T. 2009. An Experimental Study of a Heated Circular Stack Emitting into a Crossflow. 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2009-4171.
  • Johnson, B. & Christensen, K. T. 2008. Low-Order Models of Highly-Irregular Surface Roughness. 38th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2008-3961.

Teaching Honors

  • Engineering Council Outstanding Adviser Award (2021 )
  • Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (2017, 2008, 2007, 2006)

Recent Courses Taught

  • CS 591 TA - Teaching Assistant Training
  • ECE 590 TL - Teaching and Leadership
  • ENG 491 HYP - Hyperloop Pod Competition
  • ENG 598 TL (ENG 598 TL2) - Teaching and Leadership 2
  • ME 320 OBD - Heat Transfer
  • ME 470 AL1 (ME 470 AL2, ME 470 OL1, ME 470 OL2) - Senior Design Project
  • TAM 195 - Mechanics in the Modern World
  • TAM 210 - Introduction to Statics
  • TAM 211 - Statics
  • TAM 251 - Introductory Solid Mechanics
  • TAM 252 - Solid Mechanics Design

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