• Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Ohio State University - 1969
  • M.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Ohio State University - 1965
  • B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Ohio State University - 1965

Research Interests

    • Computational Fluid Dynamics
    • Aerothermodynamics
    • Hypersonics
    • Aircraft Design

Awards & Honors

  • 2003 - AIAA Fellow
  • 2002 - Charles W. Crawford Service Award
  • 2001 - TAMU Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (College Level)
  • 1999 - Tenneco Award for Meritorious Teaching
  • 1998 - AIAA/ASEE J. Leland Atwood Award for Contributions to Aerospace Engineering Education
  • 1995 - Fellow, American Society of Engineering Education
  • 1989 - AT&T/ASEE Gulf Southwest Outstanding Teaching Award
  • 1988 - Haliburton Education Foundation -Outstanding Teaching Award
  • 1987 - TAMU Association of Former Students Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (University Level)
  • 1982 - NASA Tech. Dev. Award for "High Lift Separated Flow About Airfoils"
  • 1980 - Houston Oil and Minerals Award for Meritorious Teaching of Engineering
  • 1980 - NASA Tech. Dev. Award for "TRANDES" A Fortran Program for Transonic Airfoil Analysis or Design"