CPT(P) Daniel Eichner Instructor Civil and Mechanical Engineering daniel.eichner [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Captain Daniel Eichner was commissioned as an Aviation officer from the U.S. Military Academy in 2014 where he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation he completed Initial Entry Wing training at Fort Novosel earning qualifications in the TH-67 and H-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Captain Eichner completed operational assignments at Fort Cavazos, Texas and Wiesbaden, Germany where he served in leadership positions including maintenance, distribution, and flight platoon leader and flight and maintenance company commander. In 2024, he earned a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a concentration in experimental aerodynamics. Commander, D CO, 1-214th GSAB, 12CAB Wiesbaden, DE (2021-2022) Commander, A Co, 1-214th GSAB, 12CAB Wiesbaden, DE (2020-2021) Plans and Assistant Operations Officer, 1-214 GSAB, 12CAB Wiesbaden, DE (2019-2020) Assault Platoon Leader, C/3-227 AHB, 1ACB Fort Cavazos, TX (2018-2019) Distribution Platoon Leader, E/3-227 AHD, 1ACB Fort Cavazos, TX (2017-2018) Component Repair Platoon Leader, D/2-227 GSAB, 1ACB Fort Cavazos, TX (2016-2017) Initial Rotary Wing Training Student, D/1-145th AB, 1AB Fort Novosel, AL (2014-2016) MS University of Colorado-Boulder - (Aerospace Engineering) BS USMA - (Mechanical Engineering) Research Interests Flow Control Design, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing Current Research Bio-Inspired Flow Control Selected Publications Eichner, D. J., “Flap Separation Control Using Deployable Passive Hinge-Line Protuberances,” M.S. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2024Eichner, Daniel J., and John A. Farnsworth. “Flap Separation Control Using Deployable Passive Hinge-Line Protuberances.” Manuscript submitted to the AIAA Aviation Forum, accepted 2024.Gloutak, Dasha, Eichner, Daniel, McGhee, Jayon, Jansen, Kenneth E., and Farnsworth, John A. “Unsteady Pressure Gradients in Wind Tunnels with Time-Varying Freestreams.” AIAA Journal, doi:10.2514/1.J063971, 2024.Eichner, Daniel. (2013). Utilizing X-Ray Computed Tomography in Spray Nozzle Analysis. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE). doi: 10.1115/IMECE2013-65329.Ryan, M., J. Tennis, D. Eichner, Z. Lee, T. Sowell, M. Benson, B. Van Poppel, M. Kurman, and C. B. Kweon. "Experimental results of an electrostatic injector." In ILASS Americas, 26th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. 2014.Lee, Z., Eichner, D.J., Tennis, J., Ryan, M., Sowell, T., Benson, M.J., Poppel, B.P., Nelson, T., Guzmán, P., Fahrig, R., Eaton, J.K., Kurman, M.S., & Kweon, C.M. (2014). A Comparison of Shadowgraphy and X-Ray Computed Tomography in Liquid Spray Analysis.enter content here