Dr. Edward White, Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named a recipient of the William and Montine P. Head Fellows Award by Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering.
Dr. White joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering in January 2007 and became the director of the Oran Nicks Low Speed Wind Tunnel (LSWT) in March 2011. Previously he served as an assistant and associate professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).
Dr. White’s research uses wind-tunnel experiments to explore boundary layer stability and transition, surface roughness and wind-turbine blade aerodynamics. His research has been funded by grants from the U.S. Air Force, NASA, the National Science Foundation, Sandia National Laboratory, Northrop Grumman and Vestas Wind Systems and has supported over 20 M.S. and Ph.D. students. The students’ work is conducted in the LSWT and the neighboring Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel.
Dr. White teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, aerodynamic design and experimental techniques. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and served as the Technical Chair of its 2011 Fluid Dynamics Conference. White received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Arizona State University where he was involved in the swept-wing transition, stability and control studies. His masters and bachelors degrees are from CWRU.