William Kyle Anderson
Education
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State
University, 1986
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1982
BS, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1981
Employment
Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, August 2003 to Present
Chief
Architect, Symantec Corporation, April 2000 to July 2003
Senior Research
Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center, January 1983 to April
2000
Research
Assistant, Texas A&M University, August 1980 to December
1982
University Service
ENCM 591 Special Topics: Analysis and Design on
Unstructured Meshes, Graduate level course offered through the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
ENCM 631, Computational Design, Graduate level course
offered through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Taught AOE 6146, Computational Fluid Dynamics II,
Graduate level course offered through Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Spring 1998 (adjunct)
Technical adviser for 2 Masters students
and 2 PhD students
Academic Specialties
Computational Fluid
Dynamics
Solution
Algorithms for Structured and Unstructured Grids
Sensitivity
Analysis and Computational Design
Honors and Awards
Gordon Bell Prize (Special
Category), Supercomputing '99, 1999
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, 1998
NASA Langley Richard T. Whitcomb
Technology Transfer Award, 1998
AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award, 1994
Group Achievement Award for CFL3D
development team, 1990
Outstanding Paper of the Aeronautics
Directorate, 1989
Chairman of the Computational
Sciences Technical Committee
Computer Languages
C
FORTRAN
Java
VHDL
X-windows/motif
UNIX operating system
Recent Publications
and Presentations
1. Nielsen, E. J., and Anderson, W K.,
"Recent Improvements in Aerodynamic Design Optimization on Unstructured
Meshes," AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 6, June 2002, pp. 1155-1163.
2. Rumsey, C. L., Gatski, T. B., Anderson, W
K., and Nielsen, E. J., "Isolating Curvature Effects in Computing
Wall-Bounded Turbulent Rows" Intl. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 22, 2002,
pp. 573-582.
3. Anderson, W. K., Newman, J. C.,
Whitfield, D. L., Nielsen, E. J., "Sensitivity Analysis for Navier-Stokes
Equations on Unstructured Meshes Using Complex Variables," AIAA Journal,
Vol. 39, No. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 56-63.
4. Nielsen, E. J., and Anderson, W. K.,
"Recent Improvements in Aerodynamic Design Optimization on Unstructured
Meshes," AIAA 01-0596, Jan., 2001.
5. Alexandrov, N. M., Nielsen, E. J., Lewis,
R. M., and Anderson, W K., "Model Management with Variable-Fidelity
Physics Applied to Multi-element Airfoil Optimization," AIAA 00-4886,
Sept., 2000.
6. Thomas, J. L., Bonhaus, D. L., Anderson,
W. K., Rumsey, C. L., and Biedron, R. T., "An
0(Nm^2) Plane Solver for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations," AIAA
99-0785, January, 1999.
7. Sheng, C., Hyams, D., Sreenivas, K.,
Gaither, J. A., Marcum, D. L., Whitfield, D. L., and Anderson, W K.,
"Three-Dimensional Incompressible Navier-Stokes Row Computations About
Complete Configurations Using a Multi-Block Unstructured Grid Approach,"
AIAA 99-0778, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 1999.
8. Anderson, W. K., and Bonhaus, D. L.,
"Airfoil Design on Unstructured Grids for Turbulent Rows," AIAA
Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, Feb. 1999, pp. 185-191.
9. Sheng, C., Whitfield, D. L., and
Anderson, W K., "Multiblock Approach for Calculating Incompressible Fluid
Rows on Unstructured Grids," AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, Feb. 1999, pp.
169-176.
10.
Nielsen,
E. J., Anderson, W. K., and Kaushik, D. K., "Implementation of a Parallel
Framework for Aerodynamic Design Optimization on Unstructured Meshes,"
Presented at the 11th International Parallel CFD Conference, Williamsburg, Va.,
May 1999.
11.
Newman,
J. C., Anderson, W. K., and Whitfield, D. L., "A Step-Size Independent
Approach to Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis and Design
Optimization," Proc. 17th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA
99-3101, June 1999.
12.
Nielsen,
E. J., Anderson, W K., "Aerodynamic Design Optimization on Unstructured
Meshes Using the Navier-Stokes Equations," AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 11,
Nov. 1999, pp. 1411-1419.
13.
Anders,
J. B., Anderson, W. K., and Murthy, A. V, "Transonic Similarity Theory
Applied to a Supercritical Airfoil in Heavy Gas" J. of Aircraft, Vol. 36,
No. 6, Nov. 1999, pp. 957-964.
14.
Anderson,
W Kyle, and Venkatakrishnan, V, "Aerodynamic Design Optimization on
Unstructured Grids with a Continuous Adjoint Formulation," Computers and
Fluids, Vol. 28, No. 4-5, 1999, pp.443-480
15.
Anderson,
W Kyle, Newman, James C., Whitfield, David L., and Nielsen, Eric J.,
"Sensitivity Analysis for the Navier-Stokes Equations on Unstructured
Meshes Using Complex Variables," AIAA 99-3294
16.
Anderson,
W K., Gropp, W D., Kaushik, D. K., Keyes, D. E., and Smith, B. F, Proceedings
of Supercomputing '99, 1999. Winner of Gordon Bell Prize, 1999.
Theses and
Dissertations Directed and/or Major Professor
1. Bonhaus, Daryl L., "An Upwind
Multigrid Method for Solving Viscous Flows on Unstructured Triangular Meshes,"
MS Thesis, George Washington University, 1993
2. Nielsen, Eric J., “Aerodynamic Design
Sensitivities on an Unstructured Mesh Using the Navier-Stokes Equations and a
Discrete Adjoint Formulation," PhD Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, 1998
3. Bonhaus, Daryl L., "Higher Order
Accurate Finite Element Method for Viscous Compressible Rows," PhD
Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1998
4. Viken, Sally A., “Comparison of a
Navier-Stokes and a Coupled Euler/Integral Boundary Layer Flow Solver with
Transonic Airfoil Experimental Results," MS Thesis, George Washington
University, 1998