EDUCATION
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 1967.
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1969.
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Engineer, Noise Control Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, 1974-1982.
Leader, Jet Noise Team, Aeroacoustics Branch, NASA Langley, 1982-1998.
Associate Director for Applied Research, National Center for Physical Acoustics, 1998-Present.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Sigma Xi, Honorary Research Society, College of William & Mary Chapter.
AIAA, Associate Fellow.
COMMITTEES
Member, AIAA Aeroacoustics Committee, 1990-1993.
General and Technical Co-Chairman, 1st DGLR/AIAA Aeroacoustics Meeting, Aachen, Germany, 1992.
Chairman, AIAA Aeroacoustics Committee, 1995-1997.
Member, NASA High Speed Research Critical Propulsion Component Nozzle Team, 1994-1999.
REFERREE FOR:
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Physics of Fluids
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
AIAA Journal
Journal of Sound and Vibration
AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power
Experiments in Fluids
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics
The National Science Foundation
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
HONORS AND AWARDS
AIAA Aeroacoustics Medal, 1998.
NASA Langley Team Award (Team Leader), 1997.
NASA Langley Performance Award, 1995.
Arnold Engineering Development Center Technical Achievement Award, 1993.
NASA Langley Superior Accomplishment Award, 1992, 1993.
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1989.
NASA Group Award (Team Leader), 1987.
NASA Dual Career Ladder Award, 1987.
NASA Langley Group Achievement Award, 1982.
NASA Langley Special Achievement Award, 1980.
PATENT “Shock Free Elliptic Nozzles and Methods of Forming Same.” U.S. 5,579,999, 1996.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University, 1984-1989.
National Research Council Advisor to M. M. Gilinsky, S. Bhat, R. Baty, L. Ukeiley.
Thesis Mentor for M. Ponton, M. Brown, D. Saliga, & N. Lagen of NASA; S. Bhat & J. Wat of Boeing; ...K. Kinze of GEAE; D. Tew of MIT.
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
SCRAM Jet Mixing
Missile Aeroacoustics
Jet Aeroacoustics
Jet Aero-Performance
Active and Passive Turbulence Control of Mixing and Noise
Cavity Aeroacoustics
Fluid-Structure Interactions
Sonic Fatigue
IR-Emissions
Turbulence Modeling
Global Velocimetry
Microelectromechanical Fabrication
PUBLICATIONS
Authored/co-authored in excess of 100 technical articles and presentations.