The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has elected as fellow, Dr. David Dolling, chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin. Fellows must demonstrate strong potential for leadership and distinguish themselves in the field of aerospace. Only one Fellow is selected for every 1,000 voting members in the Institute.
The Institute addresses the needs of professionals, and their educators, who conceive, design, develop, test, construct and operate air and space vehicles. It was founded in the United States, but is a global organization with nearly 30,000 members.
Dr. Dolling researches supersonic and hypersonic fluid dynamics and aerodynamics. Supersonic speeds are the equivalent of one to five times the speed of sound in air, and hypersonic speeds are five or more times the speed of sound in air. In particular, his interests are in understanding the physics of unsteady, shock-wave induced, turbulent separated flows to improve computer codes, which simulate such flows. His work finds application in the design of supersonic aircraft engine inlets, aerodynamic control surfaces on high speed aircraft and missiles, reaction-control jets, and in alleviating the large fluctuating pressure loads in aircraft weapons bays. His work is largely experimental and is carried out in the supersonic wind tunnel at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus. The U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, the Texas Advanced Technology Program and other sponsors have provided support for this work.
Dr. Dolling, who has chaired the aerospace engineering department since September of 1994, is also the Harry H. Power Professor in Engineering. He has served on the UT faculty for the past 16 years.
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http://www.aiaa.org/
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