David L.  Whitfield, Professor

Date of Appointment

1 August 2002

Education

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1971

MS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1968

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1966

Employment

Director, Computational Simulation and Design Center, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2002 to Present

Director, Graduate School of Computational Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2002 to Present

Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2002 to Present

Director, Computational Simulation and Design Center, Mississippi State University, 2000 - 2002

Director, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Mississippi State University, 1992 to 2000

Distinguished Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1989 to 2002

Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1981 to 2002

Supervisor, ARO, Inc., Computational Fluid Dynamics Branch, Arnold Air Force Station, TN, 1975-1980

Research Engineer, ARO, Inc., Arnold Air Force Station, TN, 1967-1975

Honors and Awards

AIAA Fellow
Outstanding Faculty Member in the College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1990
Hearin-Hess Professor of Engineering, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993–1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996
Mississippi State University Alumni Outstanding Faculty Award for Research, 1994
College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award, Mississippi State University, 1997
Outstanding Career Achievement Award, Mississippi State University,  2001

Hearin Eminent Professor, 2001-2002

Academic Specialties

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Solution Algorithms

Unsteady Viscous Flow Applications

Computational Design

Previous Grants & Contracts

NASA Langley Research Center

NASA Glenn Research Center

NASA Ames Research Center

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Army Research Laboratory

Office of Naval Research

Department of Energy

Lockheed Martin Astronautics

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

Ingalls Shipbuilding

David Taylor Model Basin, U.S. Navy

NAVSEA

Reviewer

AIAA Journal

Journal of Computational Physics

Computers and Fluids

ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering

AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Energy

AIAA Conference Papers

Recent Publications (Total 166 Reports and Publications)

1. Newman III, J.C., Whitfield, D.L., and Anderson, W.K., "Step-Size Independent Approach for Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 40, No. 4, July or August 2003.

2. Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L.K., Jiang, M., Remotigue, M.G., Briley, W.R., and Whitfield, D.L., “Parallel Simulations for Control-Surface Induced Submarine Maneuvers,” Proc., 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper No. 2000-0962,  Reno, NV, January 2000.

3. Hyams, D.G., Sreenivas, K., Sheng, C., Briley, W.R., Marcum, D.L., and Whitfield, D.L., “An Investigation of Parallel Implicit Solution Algorithms for Incompressible Flows on Multielement Unstructured Topologies,” Proc., 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper No. 2000-0271,  Reno, NV, January 2000.

4. Beddhu, M., Jiang, M.Y., Whitfield, D.L., and Taylor, L.K., “Computation of the Wetted Transom Stern Flow over Model 5415,” Seventh International Conference on Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Nantes, France, July 19-22, 1999.

5. Newman III, 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 Paper No. 99-3101, June 1999. 

6. Anderson, W.K., Whitfield, D.L., Newman III, J.C., Nielsen, E.J., “Sensitivity Analysis for the Navier-Stokes Equations on Unstructured Meshes Using Complex Variables,” Proc., 14th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA Paper No. 99-3294, June 1999. 

7. Janus, J. M., Horstman, H.  S., and Whitfield, D.L., “Unsteady Flowfield Simulation of Ducted Prop-Fan Configurations,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 1, January-February 1999,  pp. 64-72.

8. Sheng, C., Hyams, D., Sreenivas, K., Gaither, J.A., Marcum, D. L., Whitfield, D.L. and Anderson, W.K., ”Three-Dimensional Incompressible Navier-Stokes Flow Computations About Complete Configurations Using a Multi-Block Unstructured Grid Approach,” AIAA-99-0778, 37th AIAA Aerospace SciencesMeeting, Reno, NV, January 1999.

Recent Theses and Dissertations Directed and/or Major Professor (Directed and/or Major Professor on 33 Theses and/or Dissertations)

1. Michael Gerard Remotigue, “Structured Grid Technology to Enable Flow Simulation in an Integrated System Environment,” PhD Dissertation, Mississippi State University, December 1999.

2. Robert Samuel Webster, “A Numerical Study of the Conjugate Conduction-Convection Heat Transfer Problem,” PhD Dissertation, Mississippi State University, May 2001.

3. Wesley H. Brewer, “On Simulating Tip-Leakage Vortex Flow to Study the Nature of Cavitation Inception,” PhD Dissertation, Mississippi State University, May 2002.

4. D. Stephen Nichols, "Development of a Free Surface Method Utilizing an Incompressible Multi-Phase Algorithm to Study the Flow About Surface Ships and Underwater Vehicles," PhD Dissertation, Mississippi State University, August 2002.