ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Eminent Scholar in Propulsion. August 2014 – May 2025. Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. August 2014 – Present. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Propulsion Research Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Research on gas turbine heat transfer problems, convective heat transfer phenomena, transonic and supersonic flows with and without convective heat transfer, heat transfer augmentation, film cooling, internal cooling, turbine aerodynamic losses, macro-scale pumping devices, micro-fluidic phenomena including rarefaction effects and elastic instability phenomena, heat transfer and aerodynamic losses of additively manufactured turbine alloy blades, and millimeter scale and micro-scale pumping devices. Instructing convective heat transfer, thermodynamics, compressible flow. Tenured position.
Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Oliver L. Parks Endowed Chair, Director of Graduate Programs (July 2010 – July 2013). July 2010 – August 2014. Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Aviation Science (Secondary Appointment 2012-2014), Department of Aviation Science, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University. Research on gas turbine heat transfer problems, convective heat transfer phenomena, transonic and supersonic flows with and without convective heat transfer, heat transfer augmentation, film cooling, internal cooling, turbine aerodynamic losses, macro-scale pumping devices, micro-fluidic phenomena including rarefaction effects and elastic instability phenomena, and millimeter scale and micro-scale pumping devices. Instructing convective heat transfer, applied thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, thermal systems design. Tenured position.
Donald Schultz Professor of Turbomachinery, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PJ, England, United Kingdom. June 2006 to May 2009. The Donald Schultz Professorship of Turbomachinery is one of eight Statutory – Chair Professorships in the Department of Engineering Science. Professorial Fellow at St. Catherine’s College. Director of the Rolls-Royce UTC (University Technology Centre) in Heat Transfer and Aerodynamics. Research on gas turbine heat transfer problems, convective heat transfer phenomena, heat transfer augmentation, film cooling, internal cooling, turbine aerodynamic losses, macro-scale pumping devices, micro-fluidic separation and analysis of nano-particles – including sub-cellular bio-particles, and millimeter scale and micro-scale pumping devices. Instructing A5 Thermodynamic Machines, C1A Turbomachinery, C1A Advanced Convection Heat Transfer. Tenured position.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah. August 1992 to August 2006. Director, Convective Heat Transfer Laboratory. TFES (Thermal-Fluids Energy Systems) Division Chair, September 2005-May 2006. Research on gas turbine heat transfer problems, convective heat transfer phenomena, transition from laminar to turbulent flow in channels, turbulent boundary layers, macro-scale pumping devices, millimeter scale and micro-scale pumping devices, and Continuous SPLITT Fractionation. Instructing heat transfer, convective heat transfer, engineering thermodynamics, power thermodynamics, thermal systems design, and gas dynamics. Academic tenure awarded July 1, 1996. Promotion from Associate Professor to Professor July 1, 1997. Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, from September, 2003.