Kelly Stephani

About

Kelly Stephani is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering and affiliate professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Stephani is also associate director of the Center for Hypersonics and Entry Systems Studies, codirector of the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics, a member of the National Academies Board on Army Research and Development standing committee, and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She received the NASA Early Career Faculty Award and was granted a US Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship in 2015; earned the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award in 2017; and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019.