Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D.
Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences,
Princeton University, 1976
B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace, Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
1971
Positions
Held:
- The Pennsylvania State University, 1983-Present
- Research Engineer and Lecturer, Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton, NJ 1977-1983
- Research Scientist, Princeton Combustion Laboratories, Division of Flow Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ 1975-1977
- Assistant in Research and Teaching, Princeton University, Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences Department, Gas Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 1971-1975
- Student Engineer, The Boeing Company, Commercial Airplane Division, Seattle, WA, Summer 1968 and 1969
- Physical Science Aide, U.S. Naval Ordinance Laboratory, Aeroballistics Division, White Oak, Silver Spring, MD Summer 1967
- Distinguished Professor, 2006-Present
- Freeman Scholar Award, ASME, 2004
- Outstanding Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1986
- Premiere Researcher Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1992
- Department Head Faculty Award, Mechanical and Nuclear
Engineering, 1990
Affiliations:
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Sigma Xi, American Physical Society (APS)
- Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
- International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST)
- ASM International, the Thermal Spray Society, American Power Metallurgy Institute
- Steel Structures Painting Council
- Member of the Supersonic Tunnel Association