Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Consultant: Aeroacoustics, Supersonic Aircraft, Unsteady Flow and Fluid Mixing

Consultant #1592

Subject matter expert in the areas of fluid dynamics, flow control and aeroacoustics.
Expert in the areas of fluid flow, supersonic jets, high speed fluid flows, acoustics, aeroacoustics and noise reduction.
Analysis of unsteady flow, flow mixing, flow control, flow in valves, valve noise and flow processes in the pharmaceutical industry.
Noise control and noise measurements; acoustical engineering.
A Fellow of ASME, the Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) and an Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Undisclosed University, 1999 - Present

Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fluid Dynamics Research Center
Materials and Aerospace Engineering.
Associate Chair, Aerospace Engineering.
Associate Dean for Research, Graduate College.

Dynacs Inc., Propulsion Analysis Sections, Senior Research Engineer, 1999

Performed contract research for NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland.
Conducted research on noise suppression technology for the high speed civil transport.
Collaborated with Boeing to perform research on high frequency piezoelectric actuators for the suppression of resonant acoustics.

NYMA Inc., Experimental Fluid Dynamics Section, Senior Research Engineer, 1994 - 1998

Involved in the study of supersonic jet screech and resonant acoustics for NASA Glenn Research Center.
Collaborated with the US Air Force and McDonnell Douglas Corporation on the Jet Screech Management Effort.
Collaborated with the US Navy (Naval Research Labs) on supersonic jet mixing.
Collaborated with Bowles Fluidics to devise methods for the suppression of resonant acoustics using fluidic actuators.

Sverdrup Technology Inc, Experimental Fluid Dynamics Section, Research Engineer, 1986 - 1993

Involved in the design of a versatile supersonic jet facility.
Conducted fundamental experimental investigations of the acoustics and fluid flow physics of supersonic jets and turbulent shear layers.
Developed automated data acquisition and analysis systems.

Other areas of work performed

Plasma screen for acoustic suppression.
Fluidic actuator development for Advanced Fluidics.
Support of tests in the Boeing PSWT wind tunnel.
Support of tests in the Boeing QAF jet facility at Seattle.
Support of tests in the ARA facility, U.K.
Support of tests in the Arnold Air Force Base 4T tunnel.
Jet noise tests at NASA Glenn Research Center.
Support provided to high speed sled test at the Holloman Air Force Base.
Consulting and noise reduction support provided to valve companies.
Flow control work done in CW-17 at NASA Glenn Research Center.
Measurements of compressor and turbine performance maps.
Rotating stall and surge testing in axial and radial compressors.
Bird and foreign objects impact and engine fire extinguishing tests.
Laser velocimeter measurements in supersonic throughflow fans.
Nonstationary pressure measurements in compressor cascades for flutter prediction.
Dynamic pressure measurements over a single stage fan rotor.
Laser velocimeter investigation of a static propeller flowfield.
Liquid-crystal thermography for heat flux measurements on turbine-blade models.
Thin-film thermocouple development for turbine blade heat transfer measurements.
Pressure sensitive paint investigation of fan stator vane pressure fields.
Hot-wire anemometry and laser velocimetry in supersonic and complex turbulent flows.
Mixing enhancement of hot, turbulent, free jets.
Coherent turbulent structures in supersonic free jets.
Aeroacoustics of jet engine hot exit plumes.

Academic and Professional Affiliations

Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Flow Control
Former Chairman of the Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Chairman of the Aeroacoustics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Vice-Chairman of the Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee of the ASME
Chairman of the External Flows Sub-committee of the Fluid Mechanics Technical

Awards and Honors

ASME Lewis F. Moody award representing a significant contribution to mechanical engineering.
NASA certificate of recognition for the creative development of a technical innovation.
NYMA/SETAR company best paper for NASA Glenn Research Center, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
NYMA/SETAR company best paper, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Publications and Patents

Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH