Principal Investigator

Education

  • Postdoctoral Scholarship, Stanford University, 2016
  • PhD Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2014
  • MS Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2011
  • BSE Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2009

Biography

Dr. Goldenstein is an Associate Professor in Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (by courtesy). From 2009 to 2016, Professor Goldenstein conducted his graduate and postdoctoral research in the Hanson Group at Stanford University. There his research focused on the development and application of infrared laser diagnostics for studying detonation engines, scramjets, shock tubes, molecular spectroscopy, infrared photophysics, and chemical kinetics. His research currently focuses on the development and application of optical diagnostics for studying the thermosciences, non-equilibrium gases, combustion, energetic materials, and a variety of energy, propulsion, and defense applications. Since 2011, Dr. Goldenstein has published approximately 90 articles and 1 textbook. He received a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Young Investigator Award in 2016, an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award in 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2019, and a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Early Career Faculty Award in 2020. He is a senior member of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is a member of the Combustion Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Tau Beta Pi (TBP). He is also one of the founding developers and co-owners of SpectraPlot. 

Professor Goldenstein is also enthusiastic about teaching and mentoring students. At Purdue he teaches Thermodynamics I and II (ME 200, 300), Statistical Thermodynamics (ME 501), and his class ME 597A Applied Thermal Physics and Infrared Spectroscopy.

Outside of his research and teaching activities Dr. Goldenstein enjoys exploring the outdoors, fishing, photographing wildlife, and spending time with his family and friends.