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Focus Area

Autonomous Systems, Fluid Dynamics

Education

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1989
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1986
BS, with distinction, Aerospace Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1983

Professional Experience

2023 - Present, Distinguished Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
2019 - Present, Schaden Leadership Chair, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
2014 - Present, Director, Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
2006 - 2023, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
2017 - 2022, Chair, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
2004 - 2012, Director, Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
2002 - 2004, Associate Chair, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
1999 - 2005, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
1992 - 1999, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
1989 - 1992, Assistant Professor, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma
1986 - 1988, Instructor, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Awards (selected)

Member, National Academy of Engineering (2022)
Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (2016)
UCB Gold Best Should Teach Award (2007)
Marinus Smith Award (2003)
President's Teaching Scholar (2000)
BFA Award for Excellence in Teaching (1996-1997)
The Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award (1996)
Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, W.M. Keck Foundation (1995)

Research Interests

Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles (UAVs), high-speed and hypersonic aerodynamics, dense gas dynamics, rarefied gas dynamics.
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