Guillermo Paniagua is the Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he chairs the Propulsion Area of the School of Mechanical Engineering, leads the Purdue Experimental Turbine Aerothermal Laboratory (PETAL) at Zucrow Laboratories and directs the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center on Small-Core Turbines. His research addresses transonic turbines and novel thermodynamic cycles including pressure gain combustion, supported by purpose-built continuous high-pressure test facilities and aerothermal measurement techniques. He holds 17 patents, several of which are licensed and in production at major aerospace and power-generation manufacturers. A Fellow of ASME and AIAA, he has received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, the ASME IGTI Aircraft Engine Technology Award and the AIAA Ground Testing Award. He studied at the Universidad de Oviedo, the von Karman Institute and the Université Libre de Bruxelles.