Mark Drela (July 1, 1959) is anAmericanaeronautical engineer, currently theProfessor ofFluid Dynamics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology and an ElectedFellow of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is primarily concerned withcomputational engineering, design, andoptimization.^[1] Drela is famed for his work onaerodynamics software:

• XFOIL for airfoil analysis using a panel method^[2]
• Athena Vortex Lattice (AVL) forflight dynamic analysis using avortex lattice method^[3]
• MISES for design and analysis of turbo machinery blading^[4]

In 2009, Drela was elected as a member into theNational Academy of Engineering for creation of breakthrough aircraft designs and design software that enabled operation in new flight regimes.

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