Curriculum VitaRay R. Taghavi, Ph.D.

Professor of Aerospace Engineering Office Address:

The University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace Engineering2120 Learned Hall1530 W. 15th StreetLawrence, KS 66045Telephone: 785-864-2973; Fax (785) 864-3597

Education

Ph.D. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas:Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, 1988.

M.S. Northrop University, Inglewood, California:Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering, September 1978.

B.S. Tehran University, Tehran, Iran:Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics, 1965.

Professional Appointments

2014 – Present Professor & Associate Chair The University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringLawrence, Kansas 66045

2001 -2004 John E. and Winifred Sharp Teaching Professor The University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringLawrence, Kansas 66045

2000 - Present ProfessorThe University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringLawrence, Kansas 66045

1995 - 2000 Associate ProfessorThe University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringLawrence, Kansas 66045

1991 - 1995 Assistant ProfessorThe University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringLawrence, Kansas 66045

1989 - 1991 Experimental Research EngineerNASA Lewis Research Center(Sverdrup Technology, Inc.)Cleveland, Ohio

1986 - 1989 Research AssociateNASA Lewis Research CenterCleveland, OhioExperimental research involving swirling turbulent jets, internal excitation, shear layer control, and mixing enhancement. The instrumentation used for flow measurement included hot wire anemometry, five-hole Pitot probes, microphone and schlieren flow visualization techniques.

1984 - 1986 Research AssistantThe University of KansasDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringLawrence, Kansas 66045

1980 - 1983 Assistant ProfessorCollege of AeronauticsMehrabad AirportTehran, Iran

Honors & AwardsOutstanding Aerospace Engineering Educator; 1994-1995(voted by the aerospace engineering seniors)

Ralph R. Teetor National Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1999

Boeing’s Welliver Faculty Fellowship Award ; 1999

Best Paper Award, 1999, (co-author, Ganesh Raman), American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA, regional)), 1999

Spahr Professorship Award, School of Engineering, 1999

Abe M. Zarem Educator Award, American Institute for Aeronautics and

Astronautics (AIAA), 2001John E. and Winifred E. Sharp Professorship Award, KU School of Engineering, 2001

Outstanding Aerospace Engineering Educator; 2004 - 2005(voted by the aerospace engineering seniors)

Outstanding Aerospace Engineering Educator; 2007 - 2008(voted by the aerospace engineering seniors)

Outstanding Aerospace Engineering Educator; 2010 - 2011(voted by the aerospace engineering seniors)

Henry E. Gould Award, for distinguished service to undergraduate engineering education, School of Engineering, 2011.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS (1988 – Present)I. Archival Journal Publications

1. "Controlled Excitation of a Cold Turbulent Swirling Free Jet," (with Rice, E. J.; and Farokhi, S.), Transactions of ASME, Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress and Reliability in Design, Vol. 110, April 1988, pp. 234-237.

2. "Effect of Initial Tangential Velocity Distribution on the Mean Evolution of a Swirling Turbulent Free Jet," (with Farokhi, S., and Rice, E. J.), AIAA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 700-706,June 1989.

3. "Modern Developments in Shear Flow Control with Swirl," (with Farokhi, S., and Rice, E. J.), AIAA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 1992, 1482-1483.

4. "Spatial Instability of a Swirling Jet--Theory and Experiment," (with Wu, C., and Farokhi, S.), AIAA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 1992, 1545-1552.

5. "A Computational Study of Advanced Exhaust System Transition Ducts with Experimental Validation," (with Wu, C., and Farokhi, S.), AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power , Vol. 9, No. 3, May-June 1993, pp. 437-442.

6. "Frequency-Domain Analysis of Fluctuating Pressure on a Pusher Propeller Blade Surface," (with Farokhi, S., and Wetzel, K), AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1994, pp. 42-48.

7. "Enhanced Mixing of Multiple Supersonic Rectangular Jets by Synchronized Screech," (with Raman, G.), AIAA Journal ,Vol. 32, No. 12, Dec.1994, pp. 2477-2480.

8. "Resonant Interaction of a Linear Array of Supersonic Rectangular Jets: an

Experimental Study," (with Raman, G.), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, (1996) Vol. 309, pp. 93-111.

9. "Flow Characteristics of a Multiple-Element Rectangular Supersonic Mixer-Ejector," (with Raman, G.), AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 12, No. 5, 1996, pp. 1104-1007.

10. "Acoustic Characteristics of a Rectangular Multi-Element Supersonic Jet Mixer- ejector," (with Raman, G.), Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 207, No. 2, pp. 227-247, Oct. 23, 1997.

11. "Visualization of Supersonic Screeching Jets using Phase Conditioned Focusing Schlieren," (with Raman, G.), Journal of Experiments in Fluids, pp. 472-475, April 1996.

12. “Application of Pressure Sensitive Paint in Supersonic Nozzle Research,” (with Cler, D., Lamb, M., Farokhi, S., and Hazlewood, R.), AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 33, No. 6, Nov.-Dec.

1996, PP 1109-1114.

13. “Coupling of Twin Rectangular Supersonic Jets,” (with Raman, G.), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 354, pp. 123-146, Jan. 10, 1998. 14. “Pressure Sensitive Paint Demonstrates Relationship Between Ejector Wall Pressure and Aerodynamic Performance,” (with Raman, G., and Bencic, T), Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 26, 1999, pp. 481-487.

15.”Mixer-Ejector Wall Pressure and Temperature Measurements Based on photoluminescence,” (with Raman, G., and Bencic, T.), AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4, April 2002.

16. “Helical Instability Wave Excitation in Swirling Jets by a Novel Mechanical Device”, (with Lee, W.,) JSME International Journal, Series B, Vol. 48, No.4, 2005

18. “A Computational Investigation of Icing effects on an S-Duct Inlet,” (with Jin, W. and Farokhi, S.). International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2010, pp. 277-294.

19. “Control of Shear Perturbation in coaxial swirling turbulent jets,” (with Lee, W., Youngmin, P., and Kijung, K.). Aerospace Science and Technology (Elsevier), Vol. 14, NO. 7, October/November 2010.

20. “Asymmetrical Flow Simulation of Icing Effects in S-Duct Inlets at Angle of Attack”, Jin, W., Taghavi, R. and S. Farokhi, International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, pp. 93-108, Vol. 28, 2011.

21. “A Computational Investigation of Icing effects on an S-Duct Inlet”, (with Jin, W. and Farokhi, S.), International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2010, pp. 277-294.

22. “Asymmetrical Flow Simulation of Icing Effects in S-Duct Inlets at Angle of Attack”, (with Jin, W. and Taghavi, R.), International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, pp. 93-108, Vol. 28, 2011.

23. “Flow Distortion in an S-Duct Inlet with Simulated Icing Effect and Heat Transfer”, (with Jin, W. and Farokhi, S.), Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 116, No. 1117, pp. 251-270, March 2012.

24. “Numerical Simulation of Supersonic Jet Instability Modes of Plane and Notched Rectangular Nozzles”, (with S. Han and S. Farokhi), Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Part C, Vol. 226, pp. 105-122, January 2012.

25. “Passive Control of Supersonic Rectangular Jets through Boundary Layer Swirl”, (with S. Han and S. Farokhi), International Journal of Turbo & Jet Engines; 2013; 30 (2): 199-216.

II. Book Chapters

1) One chapter in Aircraft Propulsion published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in print.2) One chapter in the Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Springer Publishing

Company, 2013 (accepted).3) “Fundamentals of Air-Breathing Propulsion,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine

Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

4) “Subsonic & Supersonic Inlets,” two chapters in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

5) “Exhaust System Analysis and Design,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

6) “Engine Noise,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

7) “Subsonic Transport Propulsion,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

8) “Turboprop & Turboshaft Engines,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

9) “Vectored Thrust Engines,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

10) “Engines for Special Applications, UAV’s, Hale, Etc.,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine analysis and Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas,

1995.11) “Engine Foreign Object Damage,” one chapter in the Aircraft Engine Analysis and

Design Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995.

12) “Aircraft Reciprocating Engines,” six chapters in the General Aviation Aircraft Propulsion Systems Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1998.

13) “Rotary (Wankel) Engines,” one chapter in the General Aviation Aircraft Propulsion Systems Short course book; KU-Continuing Education, Lawrence, Kansas, 1998.

III. Archival NASA Publications

1. "Controlled Excitation of a Cold Turbulent Swirling Free Jet," (with Rice, E. J., and Farokhi, S.), NASA TM-100173, Dec. 1987.

2. "Turbulent Swirling Jets with Excitation," (with Farokhi, S.), NASA CR-180895. March 1988.

3. "Effect of Initial Tangential Velocity Distribution on the Mean Evolution of a Swirling Turbulent Free Jet," (with Farokhi, S., and Rice, E. J.), NASA TM-100934, July 1988.

4. "Large-Amplitude Acoustic Excitation of Swirling Turbulent Jets," (with Rice, E. J., and Farokhi, S.), NASA TM-101950, March 1989.

5. "Modern Developments in Shear Flow Control with Swirl," (with Farokhi, S., and Rice, E. J.), NASA-CR-186586, Sept., 1990.

6. "Screech Noise Source Structure of a Supersonic Rectangular Jet," (with Rice, E. J.), NASA TM 105384 , Jan. 1992.

7. " Resonant Interaction of a Linear Array of Supersonic Rectangular Jets: an Experimental Study," (with Raman, G.), NASA CR-195398, Jan, 1995.

8. "Acoustic Characteristics of a Rectangular Multi-Element Supersonic Jet Mixer-Ejector," (with Raman, G.), NASA CR-195460, Oct. 1997.

9. “Resonance of Twin Jet Plumes,” (with Raman, G.), Research & Technology, NASA Lewis Research Center, NASA TM-206312, 1998.

IV. Conference Proceedings & Papers

1. "Controlled Excitation of a Cold Turbulent Swirling Free Jet," (with Rice, E. J., and Farokhi, S.), paper presented as ASME Paper 87-WA/NCA-18 , at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1987.

2. "Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Initial Velocity Distribution on the Evolution of Turbulent Swirling Jets," (with Farokhi, S.), KU-FRL-724-1; The University of

Kansas, Flight Research Laboratory, Lawrence, Kansas, October 1986.

3. "Schlieren Flow Visualization of Axisymmetric Free Jets with Swirl and Excitation," (with Farokhi, S., and Raman, G.), KU-FRL-724-2; The University of Kansas, Flight Research Laboratory, Lawrence, Kansas, October 1987.

4. "Effect of Initial Tangential Velocity Distribution on the Mean Evolution of a Swirling Turbulent Free Jet," (with Farokhi, S., and Rice, E. J.), paper presented as AIAA Paper 88-3592, at the First National Fluid Dynamics Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1988.

5. "Large-Amplitude Acoustic Excitation of Swirling Turbulent Jets," (with Rice, E. J., and Farokhi, S.), paper presented as AIAA-89-0970 at AIAA Second Shear Flow Control conference, Tempe, Arizona, March 1989.

6. "Modern Developments in Shear Flow Control with Swirl," (with Farokhi, S., and Rice, E. J.), Paper presented as ICAS-90-5.3R at the 17th International Council of Aeronautical Sciences Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, September 9-16, 1990.

7. "Spatial Instability of a Swirling Jet--Theory and Experiment," (with Wu, C., and Farokhi, S.), paper presented as AIAA- 91-1771, at the 22nd Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Dynamics and Lasers Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-26, 1991.

8. "Mixing Enhancement in a Jet with Arbitrary Swirl," (with Farokhi, S.), paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, Montreal, Quebec, July 23-26, 1991: Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements V; A. Sousa, C. A. Brebbia, G. M. Carlomagno, editors; co-published by Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton/Boston, and Elsevier Applied Science, London/New York, 1991.

9. "Fiber Optic Laser Doppler Anemometry in Swirling Jets," (with Rice, E. J.), paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Laser Anemometry, Advances and Applications, Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 5-9, 1991; also published in Laser Anemometry, Advances and Applications, Vol. 1; Alexander Dybbs and Bahman Ghorashi, editors; 1991, pp. 77-82.

10. "Screech Noise Source Structure of a Supersonic Rectangular Jet," (with Rice, E. J.), paper presented as AIAA-92-0503 at the AIAA 30th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 6-9, 1992.11. "A Computational Study of Advanced Exhaust System Transition Ducts with Experimental Validation," (with Wu, C., and Farokhi, S.), paper presented as AIAA-92-3794 at the 28th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Nashville, Tennessee, July 6-8, 1992.

12. "Preliminary Results and Research Capabilities of a New Jet Facility at the University of Kansas," (with Frank, J., and Sherwood, T.), paper presented at the AIAA 20th Annual Techfest, Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 12-13, 1993.

13. "Visualization of the Multiple Supersonic Jet Oscillations by Swept Focused Schlieren Technique," (with Raman, G.), paper presented at the AIAA 20th Annual Techfest, Wichita, Kansas, Nov.12-13, 1993.

14. "Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Delta Wing with a Body-Hinged Leading-Edge extension," (with Syverud, E., Farokhi, S., and Neuhart, D. H.), paper presented at the AIAA 11th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Monterey, California, August 9-11, 1993.

15. "Enhanced Mixing of Multiple Supersonic Rectangular Jets by Synchronized Screech," (with Raman, G.), paper presented as AIAA-94-2325 at the 25th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 20-23, 1994.

16. "Supersonic Multiple Jet Ejector: a Parametric Study,", (with Raman, G.), Paper presented at the Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society (APS/DFD), Atlanta, Georgia, November 20-22, 1994.

17. "Overview of Subsonic Testing Facilities at the University of Kansas," presented at the 30th International SATA Meeting, Wichita, Kansas, June 6-9, 1994.

18." Resonant Interaction of a Linear Array of Supersonic Rectangular Jets: an Experimental Study," (with Raman, G.), paper presented as AIAA-95-0510, at the 33rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 9-12, 1995.

19. "Application of Pressure-Sensitive Paint to Measurement of Global Surface Pressure for a Convergent-Divergent Nozzle and an Isolated Double delta Wing at Transonic Speeds," (with Jalali, A., Cler, D., Erickson, G., Gibson, L., Mitchell, M., Farokhi, S., and Hazlewood, R.), paper presented as AIAA-95-0639 at the 33rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 9-12, 1995.

20. "Flow Characteristics of a Multiple-Element Rectangular Supersonic Mixer-Ejector," (with Raman, G.), paper presented as CEAS/AIAA-95-017 in the 1st joint CEAS/AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, Munich, Germany, June 12-15, 1995, pp. 113-121..

21. "Application of Pressure-Sensitive Paint in Supersonic Ejector Research," (with Raman, G.), paper presented at the AIAA 21st Annual Techfest, Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 11-12, 1994.

22. "Application of Small Wind Tunnels in Internal and External Aerodynamics Research," paper presented at the 31st International SATA meeting, Detroit, Michigan, June 5-8, 1995.

23. "Thrust Augmentation of Supersonic Mixer-Ejector Nozzles," presented at the AIAA 22nd Annual Techfest, Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 10-11, 1995.

24. "Mixing Enhancement in Rectangular Jets with Outer-Biased Swirl," (with Sherwood, T., and Farokhi, S.), paper presented at the AIAA 22nd Annual Techfest, Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 10-11, 1995.

25. "Supersonic Rectangular Jets with Swirling Shear Layers," (with Frank, J.), proceedings of the ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Hilton Head, South Carolina, Aug 13-18, 1995, FED-Vol.214, pp. 77-80.

26. "A Novel Supersonic Vortex Generator," (with Farokhi, S., Hazlewood, R.; Cler, D. and Lamb, M.), proceedings of the at the ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Hilton Head, South Carolina, Aug 13-18, 1995, FED-Vol. 214, pp. 83-

27. "Acoustic Characteristics of a Rectangular Multi-Element Supersonic Jet Mixer-Ejector," (with Raman, G.), proceedings of the ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Hilton Head, South Carolina, Aug 13-18, 1995, FED-Vol. 214, pp. 163-168.

28. "Visualization of Supersonic Screeching Jets using Phase Conditioned Focusing Schlieren," (with Raman, G.), Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Seattle, Washington, September 11-14, 1995, pp. 820-825.

29. "Visualization of Streamwise Vortices in Supersonic Flow using Pressure-Sensitive paint," (with Hazlewood, R., Farokhi, S., Cler, D., and Lamb, M.), proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Seattle Washington, September 11-14, 1995, pp. 784-789.

30. "Excitation of Taylor Vortex Instabilities by Azimuthal Disturbances," (with Huwaldt, J., and Farokhi, S.), paper presented at the 32nd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of engineering Science, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 1995.

31. " Thrust Augmentation of Multi-Element Supersonic Mixer-Ejectors with Non-Parallel walls," (with Raman, G.), paper presented at the 32nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, July 1-3, 1996.

32. “Excitation of Helical Instabilities in Swirling Jets by a Novel Mechanical Device , ” (with Lee, W. J.), proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, San Diego, California, FED-Vol. 237, 1996, Vol. 2, pp.529-434.

33. “Large Lift Fluctuations on a Low-Speed Airfoil Near Stall,” (with Farokhi, S., Wetzel, K., and Graf, G.), paper presented at the International Congress on Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion, Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 29-31, 1996.

34. “Effect of Primary Nozzle geometry on the Performance of Rectangular Ejectors,” (with Le, P.), paper presented as SAE paper number SAE-971467 at the 1997 SAE General, Corporate & Regional Aviation Meeting & Exposition, Aerodynamics Session, Wichita, Kansas, April 29-May 1, 1997.

35. “Coupling of Twin Rectangular Supersonic Jets,”, (with Raman, G.), paper presented as AIAA-97-1624 at the 3rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 12-14, 1997.

36. “Twin Rectangular Supersonic Jet Interaction,” (with Raman, G.), paper presented at the 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Seattle, Washington, July 6-9, 1997.

37. “Computational Study of Twin-Supersonic Jet Interactions,” (with Huynh, T.), Paper presented as AIAA-97-2285 at the 15th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-25, 1997.

38. “Suppression of 3-D Separation," (with Farokhi, S.), paper presented at the 1997 International SATA Conference, Colorado Spring, Colorado, June 9-12, 1997.

39. “Active Vortex Management Concepts for Maneuvering Submarines,” (with Farokhi, S., Barrett, R., Mirsafian, S., and Sherwood, T.), proceedings of the third International Symposium on Performance Enhancement for Marine Applications, Newport, Rhode Island, May 5-8, 1997, pp.55-60.

40. “Visualization of Ejector Wall Pressure Using Pressure Sensitive paint ,” (with Raman, G., and Bencic, T.), paper presented as FEDSM97-3236 at the ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Vancouver Canada, June 22-26, 1997.

41. “Pressure Drag Reduction Concepts for Maneuvering Submarines,” (with Farokhi, S., Graf, G., and Barrett, R.), invited paper presented at the 10th European Drag Reduction Working Meeting, March 19-21, 1997, Berlin Germany.

42. “Supersonic Jet Evolution; A Computational Study,” (with Han, S.), paper presented as ICAS-98-2.10.5 at the 21st International ICAS Congress, Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 13-18, 1998.

43. “Computational study of Subsonic Jet evolution from different nozzle geometries ,”(with Han, S.), paper presented as AIAA-98-0215 at the 36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 12-15, 1998.

44. “Propulsion Education and the Role of Engine Performance Laboratories,” Paper presented as AIAA-98-3893 at the 34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cleveland, Ohio, July 13-15, 1998.45. “Underexpanded Supersonic Free Jets: Computations and Experiments,” (with Huynh, T.), paper presented as AIAA-98-3568 at the 34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cleveland, Ohio, July 13-15, 1998.

46. “Mixer-Ejector Wall Pressure and Temperature Measurements Based on Photoluminescence,” (with Raman, G., and Bencic, T.), Paper presented as FEDSM98-5085 at the 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Forum on Fluid Measurements and Instrumentation, Washington D.C., June 21-25, 1998.

47. “Interaction of Twin Rectangular Supersonic Jets in Various Configurations,” (with Raman, G.), paper presented as FEDSM98-5243 at the 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division

Summer Meeting, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Washington D.C., June 21-25, 1998.

48. “Subsonic Wind Tunnel Wall Correction Methodology”, Presented at the 35th International SATA Conference, Nashville, TN, June 7-10, 1999.

49. “Effects of Boundary layer Swirl on Supersonic Underexpanded Rectangular Jet Oscillations”, (with S. Han), paper presented as AIAA 99-0900 at the 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 11-14, 1999.

50. “Supersonic Mixer Ejectors with non-parallel walls,” (with G. Raman). Paper presented as FEDSM99-7253, in the 3rd ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, San Francisco, California, July 18 – 22, 1999.

51. “Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft, Current Status & Future Opportunities”, Presented at NASA Glenn Research Center, Aug. 12, 1999.

52. “Instabilities in Supersonic Rectangular Jets with Boundary Layer Swirl,” (With Han, S.), Paper presented at the 1999 Fall Conference of Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), Seoul, Korea, Oct. 8, 1999.

53. “Visioning Transition: A framework for Collaborative Change,” (with Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellows), Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 18-21, 2000, St. Louis Missouri.

54. “Coupled Supersonic Jets in Various Configurations,” (with G. Raman), Paper presented as FEDSM2000-11288, in the ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Boston Mass., June 11-15, 2000.

55. “Control of Swirling and Non-Swirling Shear Flows”, Presented at the ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Forum on High Speed Jet Flows, Boston Mass., June 11-15, 2000. (invited)

56. “Computational Study of Supersonic Jets from Swirl Inducing Nozzles”, (with S. Han), paper presented as AIAA-2001-0673 at the 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 8-22, 2001.

57. “Wind Tunnel Size Effects on Aircraft Model Testing,” Paper presented at the 37th International SATA Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 11-14, 2001.

58. “General Aviation Propulsion; Current Status and Future Directions,” Paper presented as AIAA-2001-5275 in the first AIAA Aircraft Technology Integration, and Operation Forum, Los Angeles, California, Oct. 16-17, 2001. (invited)

59. “Supersonic Impinging Jets: A Computational Study,” (with S. Mackie). Paper presented as AIAA-2002-0671 in the 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno

Nevada, Jan. 14-17, 2002.

60. “Assessment/Correction of Tunnel Wall and Support Interference on Empennage Aerodynamics,” (with C. E. Lan, S.J. Hwang, and D. Ramalingam). KU-FRL-226-1; The University of Kansas, Flight Research Laboratory, Lawrence, Kansas, February, 2002.

61. “A Thermal Stability and Heat Transfer Investigation of Five Hydrocarbon Fuels: JP-7, JP-8, JP-8+100, JP-10, and RP-1,” (with B. Steigmeier, and M. Meyer), Paper presented as AIAA-2002-3873 at the 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 7-10, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana

62. “Aeroacoustics of Supersonic Nozzles & Ejectors”, Paper presented as FEDSM2002-31442 at the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 14-18, 2002.

63. “Propulsion Education for General Aviation Aircraft,” paper presented as SAE 2002-01-2926 at the SAE World Aviation Congress & Exposition, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 5-7, 2002 . 64. “Wind Tunnel Testing of Large Scale Structures”, Paper presented at the 39th International SATA Conference, Hampton, Virginia, June 16-19, 2003.

65. “Laboratory Experiments in Fluids and Propulsion Education”, Paper presented as FEDSM2003-45486 at the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 6-10, 2003.

66. “Wind Tunnel Testing: An Educational Perspective”, Paper presented as HT-FED2004-56862 at the ASME Heat Transfer / Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, July 11-15, 2004.

67. “Structural and Aerodynamic Optimization of Ultralightweight Technology for Research in Astronomy (ULTRA)”, P. Etzel (SDSU), R. Martin, R. Romeo (CMA, Inc.), R. Fesen (Dartmouth), R. Hale, R. Taghavi, B. J. Anthony-Twarog, S. J. Shawl, B. A. Twarog (U. Kansas). Poster presented at the 205th Conference of American Astronomical Society, San Diego, California, January 9-13, 2005.

68. “The Ultra-Lightweight Technology for Research in Astronomy (ULTRA) Project”, P. Etzel (SDSU), R. Martin, R. Romeo (CMA, Inc.), R. Fesen (Dartmouth), R. Hale, R. Taghavi, B. J. Anthony-Twarog, S. J. Shawl, B. A. Twarog (U. Kansas). Poster presented at the 205th Conference of American Astronomical Society, San Diego, California, January 9-13, 2005.

69. “A computational and Experimental Analysis of the flow around a Tractor-Trailer”, G. Mathur, R. Taghavi, and R. Hale. Paper presented as FEDSM2005-77324, at the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Houston, Texas, June 19-23, 2005.

70. “CFD Application for the characterization of surface pressures on Telescopes”, B. Kaushik, R. Hale, and R. Taghavi. Paper presented as FEDSM2005-77345, at the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Houston, Texas, June 19-23, 2005.

71) “The Ultra-Lightweight Technology for Research in Astronomy (ULTRA) Project P. Etzel (SDSU), R. Martin, R. Romeo (CMA, Inc.), R. Fesen (Dartmouth), R. Hale, R.

Taghavi, B. J. Anthony-Twarog, S. J. Shawl, B. A. Twarog (U. Kansas). Poster presented at the 206th Conference of American Astronomical Society

72. “Emissions of Gas turbine Engines”, P. Arentzen, and R. Taghavi. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICART 2006), Belgrade, Serbia, June 24-28, 2006.

73. “Experimental and computational analyses of Pressure Differentials in Flexible Ducts with Different Bent Angles”, R. Taghavi, W. Jin, and M. Medina. Paper presented as FEDSM2007-37652 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, San Diego California, July30-Aug 2, 2007

74. “Effects of Ice Formation on the Flowfield of an Aircraft Engine Inlet”, Taghavi, R., and Jin, W., Paper presented as FEDSM2008-55283, at the ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, August 10-14, 2008.

75. “A Computational Study of Icing Effects on the Performance of S-Duct Inlets,” Wonjin Jin and Ray R. Taghavi. Paper presented as AIAA-2008-4584 at the 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT, USA.

76. “Computational Study of Icing Effects on the M2129 S-Duct Inlet,” Wonjin Jin and Ray R. Taghavi. Paper presented as AIAA 2008-0075, at the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 14 -17, 2008, Reno, NV, USA.

77. “Unsteady-State Simulations of Icing Effects on the M2129 S-Duct Inlet,” Wonjin Jin and Ray R. Taghavi. Paper presented at the 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 5 -8, 2009, Orlando, FL, USA.

78. “Temperature Distortion in an S-Duct with Inlet Icing and Heat Transfer,” (with Jin, W. and Farokhi, S.) Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 19-21 July 2010, Antalya, Turkey

79. “Emissions Characteristics of a Jet-A Fueled Aviation Diesel Engine and other Small Aircraft Engines”, (with Paul Arentzen, and Sean Underwood), Paper presented at the

ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division's 2011 Fall Technical Conference to be held October 2 - 5, 2011 in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Paper No. ICEF 2011-60090).

80. “Measuring Emissions from A General Aviation Engine Burning Alternative Jet Fuels”, (with J. Johnson, A. Karwas, and E. Peltier), Poster presented at the “Transportation Research Board (TRB) 91st Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 22-26, 2012.

Patent

"Smart Supersonic Vortex Generator", Patent No. 5,598,990, Feb. 4, 1997. (Co-inventor ; Saeed Farokhi, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas)

Funded Research

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KansasPrincipal Investigator, New Faculty Research Grant, $5,000, (1991)

NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OhioPrincipal Investigator, "Research on Laser Based Diagnostic Techniques in Free Shear Layers."

$15,556 (01-30-92 to 11-30-92)

NASA- Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Principal Investigator, "Research on Laser Based Diagnostic Techniques in Free Shear Layers."

$16,110 (12-01-92 to 11-30-93)

Aerotech Engineering & Research, Lawrence, KansasCo-principal Investigator, "Research on Air Breathing Fuel Tankage " $14,875, (01-01-93 to

06-30-93)

NASA- NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OhioPrincipal Investigator, "Research on Laser Based Diagnostic Techniques in Free Shear Layers."

$17,843 (12-01-93 to 11-30-94)

NASA- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VirginiaCo-principal Investigator, "Active Flow Control & Mixing Enhancement for 2-D Thrust Vectoring Nozzles." $36,500 (02-21-93 to 02-22-94)

NASA-NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VirginiaCo-principal Investigator, "Active Flow Control & Mixing Enhancement for 2-D Thrust Vectoring Nozzles." $37,500 (02-21-94 to 02-22-95)

NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OhioPrincipal Investigator, "Experimental Research on Supersonic Multiple Jet Ejectors" $21, 196.00

(12-01-94 to 11-30-95)

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; (GRF)Principal Investigator, "Research on the Helical Instability Wave Excitation of Swirling Jets" $ 6,489.00 (8-15-94 to 8-15-95)

NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Principal Investigator, "An Experimental Research on Hot-Supersonic-Multijet Ejectors" $22,994.00 (2-28-96 to 2-27-97)

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; (GRF)Principal Investigator “Aircraft Engine Noise Reduction”, $ 6,800.00 (7-1-96 to 6-30-97)

NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Principal Investigator, "An Experimental Research on Hot-Supersonic-Multijet Ejectors" $27,008.00 (2-28-97 to 2-27-98)

K STAR Phase III: Improvement of the Academic Research Infrastructure“Application of “PIV in high speed research”, $150,000.00 (with KSU / WSU Faculty)

KU General Research Fund (GRF)“Subsonic Wind Tunnel Wall Correction Methodology”, $ 7,489(6-13-98 to 6-10-1999)

NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program“Evaluation of JP-8 as a Rocket Propellant”, $ 44,000, (8-15-99 to 8-15-2001)

NASA Glenn Research Center (Ohio Aerospace Institute)“Research on Noise Characteristics of Supersonic Vortex Generators”, $10,000.00

KU General Research Fund (GRF) “Research on a Novel Supersonic Vortex Generator”, $ 7,552, 6-13-99 to 6-10-2000, with Saeed Farokhi.

Big XII Faculty Fellow“Research using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)”, $2,500

Boeing Welliver Fellow“Research on Improvements in Engineering Education”, $21,945, (6-4-99 to 8-6-99)

Aircraft Design & Manufacturing Research Center (ADMRC)“Assessment/Correction of Tunnel Wall and Support Interference”, $ 45,450.00, (4-1-2000 to 4-1-2001), with Professor Edward Lan.

NASA EPSCOR“Structral and Aerodynamic Option of Ultralightweight Technology for Research in Astronomy” $ 79,988, (05-01-03 to 09-15-04), with Professors Rick Hale and Bruce Twarog.

KU Research Development Fund (RDF)“Development of the First New Technology, Lightweight Telescope for Astronomic Research”, $ 125,000, with professors Richard Hale and Bruce Twarog.

National Science Foundation “Development of an Ultra-Lightweight-Technology Telescope for Ground-Based Research in Optical Astronomy”, $585,785, (09-01-03 to 08-31-06), with Professors Richard Hale, and Bruce Twarog

Federal Highway Administration“Midwest Smart Work Zone Development Initiative, Design of Portable Rumble Strips”, $ 35,000, With Professor Richard Hale and Dr. Eric Meyer.

NASA EPSCoR“Acquisition of an Aircraft Diesel Engine for Bio-Diesel Fuel And Emission Research”,

$50,000

Iowa Department of Transportation, Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative, $22,150 (with Rick Hale)

ERCReducing the Fuel Consumption of Refrigerated Vehicles Via a Phase Change Technology Developed at KU, $ 8670 (with Professor Medina of CEAE Department)

Transportation Research CenterIncreasing the Overall Efficiency of Commercial and Industrial Refrigerated $50,000 Vehicles by Application of a Phase Change Technology Developed at KU (with Mario Mdina; CEAE Department)

NSFCReSIS. Engine Selection and Evaluation for the Un-inhibited Air Vehicle. $60,000

KU Transportation Research InstituteEmissions Testing and Performance Evaluation of Aircraft Diesel Engines $54,962(with Denis Lane of CEAE Department)

NASA EPSCoRFeasibility of Renewable Feedstocks For Production of Bio-Jet Fuel $488,193(with Belinda Sturm, Susan Williams, & Ted Peltier)

Consulting

Aerotech Engineering & Research Corp., Lawrence, Kansas.

Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, Washington.

Ohio Aerospace Institute, Brookpark, Ohio

Major Advisor On Graduate Student Theses

Doctor of Philosophy

Sang Yeop Han (May 1998)Dissertation Title: Computational Analysis of Free Jets from Different Nozzle Geometries.

Wonjin Jin (May 2009)Dissertation Title: Computational Investigation of Aircraft Engine Inlet Icing.

Wonjoong Lee (2008)Dissertation Title: Effects of Helical Shear Perturbation on Dual Swirl Jet Characteristics.

Sonja Flesberg (in progress)Dissertation Title:

Alex Karwas (in Progress)Dissertation Title:

Master of Science

Jason E. Frank (May 1994)Thesis Title: Supersonic Rectangular Jets with Swirling Shear Layers.

Thomas S. Sherwood (May 1995)Thesis Title: Subsonic Rectangular Jets with Swirling Shear Layers.

Won Joong Lee (May 1995)Thesis Title: Helical Instability Wave Excitation of Swirling Jets.

Phuoc Quang Le (May 1997)Thesis Title: Effect of Primary Nozzle Geometry on the Performance of Rectangular Ejectors.

Thuy P. Huynh (May 1997)Thesis Title: Evaluation of Turbulence Models for Supersonic Jets.

Alexander Chong (May 1998)Thesis Title: Nozzle Spacing and Configuration Effects on Twin- Rectangular Jet Mixing.

Chi-Jou Wang (May 1998)

Thesis Title: Subsonic and Supersonic Jets: a Parametric Computational Study.

Wail Harasani (June 1999)Thesis Title: Development of an Aerodynamic Load Analysis Computer Program.

Sonja Flesberg (May 2000)Thesis Title: Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Supersonic Rectangular Jets

Scott Mackie (Dec. 2001)Thesis Title: Supersonic Impinging Jets: A computational Investigation

Woeiken Po (May 2002)Thesis Title: Computational Study of a Subsonic Jet using Finite Element Method.

Benjamin Stiegemeier (Aug. 2002)Thesis Title: A Thermal Stability and Heat Transfer Investigation of Five Hydrocarbon Fuels: JP-7, JP-8, JP-8+100, JP-10, and RP-1.

Dhinnesh Ramalingam (Dec. 2004)Thesis Title: Assessment and Correction of Tunnel Wall Interference on a Model Business Jet.

Gaurav Mathur (Dec. 2004)Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation of the Performance Characteristics of a Modified General Aviation Wing Design.

Max Yang (May 2008)Thesis Title: Low Speed Virtual Wind Tunnel Simulations.

Sean Underwood (May 2008)Thesis Title: Investigation of Emissions of an Aircraft diesel Engine Using Jet Fuel.

Sara Kulhanek (May 2012)Thesis Title: Rocket nozzle design and simulation software

Matt Brown (in progress)Thesis Title:

Jon Carrol (in progress)Thesis Title:

Graduate Students Supervised (committee member)

Name Degree Date of CompletionSeung-Jae Hwang Ph.D. 2011Amy Lynn M.S. (Architectural Engineering) 2011Suzanne L. Maddock MS May 2005Jessica Landes MS May 2005Balaji Kaushik MS Dec. 2004

Raghavendra MS Dec. 2004

Umakanth MS Dec. 2004SilviaBianchi M.S. May 2005Riaan Myburgh M.S. May 2005Cheping Su M.S. In progress

Chihchin Pan Ph.D. Dec. 2004 Christian Vila M.S. In

progressJames O’Hara Ph.D. (EECS) In progress

Zhou Xu Ph.D. In progressJewon Lee PhD Dec. 2005

Wipang M.S. May 2005 Daniel Nunez M.S. In progress Jared Gudenkauf MS

May 2004 Zhou Xu Ph.D.In Progress James O’Hara Ph.D. (EECS)

In ProgressSuzanne Thmpson M.S. May 2005Chihchin Pan Ph.D. May 2003

Erik Boschek M.S. Sept. 2002Seung-Jae Hwang M.S. Aug. 2002Cheping Su M.S. In progressHironori Ito Ph.D. (Physics & Astronomy) Aug. 2002

Alfanzo Gonzales M.S. Dec. 2001Yung-Gyo Lee Ph.D. May 2001Sugin Tiong M.S. July 2000

Daniel Vahidi M.S. July 2000Luis Yamamoto M.S. May

2000 Yahya Ilmaz Ph.D. . May 2000 Steve Cezus M.S. May 1999

Xiaoyan Li M.S. (Mechanical) May 1999

Hojin Hwang Ph.D. Dec. 1999Sookee Chen M.S. Aug. 1998

Gustavo Graf MS Aug. 1997Pedro Cabrero M.S. M.S. May

1996 Saeid Mirsafian Ph.D. May 1996

Richard Hazlewood M.S. May 1995Jason Jundt M.S. May 1995

Catherine Grant M.S. May 1995 Kyle Wetzel Ph.D. Dec. 1995 Hiromi Kawanishi M.S. Dec. 1995 Sangyeop Han M.S. Aug. 1994

Joseph Huwaldt M.S. Dec. 1993

Ta-Cheng Lee Ph.D. Dec. 1993Joachim Pollak M.S. Dec. 1993Elisabet Syverud M.S. May 1993Ron Barrett Ph.D. May 1992Charlie Wu Ph.D. May 1992

Lectures in Short Courses (KU Cont. Education)

Aircraft Engine Analysis and Design: Practical Issues.May 1993, at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas(Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.May 1995, at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.(Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.Sept., 1997, in San Diego, California (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.May, 1998, at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.(Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.March 22-25, 1999, Williamsburg, Virginia. (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.Sept. 11-15, 2000, San Diego, CA (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.Aug. 13-17, 2001, Lawrence, KS. (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.April 15-19, 2002, Seattle, Washington (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.Aug. 12-16, 2002, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.Aug. 11-15, 2003, Lawrence, KS. (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.June 7 - 11, 2004, San Diego, CA (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.July 18 – 22, 2005, Lawrence, KS. (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.July 31-August 4, 2006, Lawrence, KS. (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.September 10-14, 2007, San Diego, California (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.September 10-14, 2000, San Diego, California (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Propulsion Systems for General Aviation Aircraft: Practical Concepts & New Directions.September 10-14, 2013, San Diego, California (Lecturer & Coordinator)

Service(National/International)

-Conference Organizer

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Fluids Engineering Summer ConferenceForum on Advances in Fluids Engineering Education, 1997- present

-Technical Committee Member, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA),General Aviation Technical Committee1999 – present

-Technical Committee Member, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee, 1999 – present

- Conference Session ChairmanAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Fluids Engineering Summer ConferenceForum on High Speed Jet Flows1995 - present

-Conference Session ChairmanAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Fluids Engineering Summer ConferenceForum on Advances in Fluids Engineering Education, 1997- present

-Reviewer for the following journals:Journal of Fluid MechanicsAIAA JournalAIAA Journal of PropulsionASME Journal of Fluids EngineeringASME Journal of Vibration & AcousticsJournal of Sound and vibrationReviews in Physical AcousticsJournal of Experiments in FluidsIGTI International Gas Turbine Institute

Service(University)

-University Sabbatical Leave Committee; member, 1997 – 2000

-University Sabbatical Leave Committee; member, 2004- 2006

-University Senate Research Committee; member, 1998 - 2000

-Kansas Renewable Energy Task Force (KEURP), KU representative.

-Kansas Complex Fluid Flow Program (CFF), member

-Theta-Tau (); Professional Engineering Fraternity, Faculty advisor

-Sabbatical leave committee task force

-Dean’s 5-year evaluation committee; 2012

Service(School of Engineering)

- Promotion & Tenure Committee, member, 2001 – present

-Engineering Senate Executive Committee; member, 1993-1995.

-Engineering Senate Executive Committee; chair, 1995-1996.

-Sabbatical Leave Committee, member, 1992 - 1993

-Sabbatical Leave Committee, member, 1996 - 1997

- KU representative to the Aircraft Design & Manufacturing Research Center (ADMRC)

-Sharp Professorship Selection Committee Member; 1995 & 2002

-Academic Standards Committee, chairman, 1997- 1998

-Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, faculty advisor, 1998 – 2002

- English Liaison Committee, chair, 2001

- FRPR 2008-2009

- Sabbatical Leave Committee, member, 2009-2010

Service(Department)

-Rocket Systems Development Organization, faculty advisor, 1991-present.

-American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA), faculty advisor, 1999-2005.

-Sigma Gamma Tau (national honor society in aerospace engineering), faculty advisor, 1998 - present

-Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), heavy lift aircraft design, faculty advisor, 1992- 1999.

-Department's Colloquium Organizer; 1995-present.

-Department’s representative to the “Subsonic Aerodynamic Testing Association” (SATA), 1993 – present.

-Doctoral Qualifying Examiner in Propulsion, 1992-present.

-Chair of search committee, 2012

Courses Taught at KUAE-290 Aerospace ColloquiumAE-345 Fluid Mechanics AE-430 Aerospace Instrumentation LaboratoryAE-445 Aircraft Aerodynamics and PerformanceAE-524 Propulsion System DesignAE-545 Fundamentals of AerodynamicsAE-571 Fundamentals of Airplane Reciprocating PropulsionAE-572 Fundamentals of Jet PropulsionAE-592 Special Projects in Aerospace EngineeringAE-724 Propulsion Systems Design & IntegrationAE-730 Advanced Experimental Fluid DynamicsAE-771 Rocket PropulsionAE-790 Special Problems in Aerospace EngineeringAE-895 M.S. ThesisAE-996 Ph.D. Thesis

Professional Organizations & Honor Societies

-American Society of Mechanical Engineers, (ASME); Fellow-American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, (AIAA); Associate Fellow-American Society for Engineering Education ; Member-SAE International; The Engineering Society For Advancing Mobility Land, Sea,

Air, and Space; Member-American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA), General Aviation

Systems Technical Committee, Member, 1999 – present-American Institute of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Fluid Mechanics

Technical Committee, Member, 1999 – present-Tau-Beta-Pi Association, National Engineering Honor Society; Faculty Advisor,

1998 – 2002.

-Sigma-Gamma-Tau, National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering; KU-Faculty Advisor