Henry McDonald, Chair of Excellence

Date of Appointment

1 July 2002

Education

D. Sc.  Engineering, University of Glasgow (Scotland) 1985

B. Sc.  Aeronautical Engineering, with Honors, University of Glasgow (Scotland) 1960

Employment

Distinguished Professor, Chair of Excellence in Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2002-present

Center Director, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1996-2002

Professor of Computational Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 1997-2002

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Assistant Director, Computational Sciences, Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1991-1997

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Scientific Research Associates, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1976-1992

Co-Founder, Advanced Pulmonary Technologies, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1988-1992

Professor in Residence, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 1985-1989

Chief, Gas Dynamics Section, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1972-1976

Supervisor, Theoretical Gas Dynamics Group, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1968-1972

Research Engineer, Theoretical Gas Dynamics Group, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1965-1968

Engineer, Aerodynamics Department, British Aircraft Corporation, Warton, England 1960-1965

Academic Specialties

Supercomputing

Information Technology

Artificial Intelligence Applications

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Bio/Information Nanotechnologies

Courses and Lectures

Invited Named Lectures:

Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series (1997)

The Shoda Memorial lecture, Glasgow, Scotland (1999)

The Quick-Goethert Memorial Lecture, Aachen, Germany, 2002

The Tom Davis Memorial Lecture, Cincinnati, Ohio

Short Courses/Continuing Education Courses:

Undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses in Brussels, Belgium; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; San Jose, California; Los Angeles, California; and Ames, Iowa.

Lecturer, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Course on Turbomachinery

Seminars/Presentations (partial listing):

University of Glasgow

University of London/Imperial College

University of Waterloo, Canada

State University of New York, Buffalo

California State University, Long Beach

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Iowa State University

Arizona State University

Pennsylvania State University

NASA Ames Research Center

NASA Langley Research Center

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Honors and Awards

Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow, 2003

National Academy of Engineering, 2001

NASA Distinguished Service Medal, 2001

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1997, 2000

NASA Group Achievement Award, Shuttle Independent Assessment Team, 2001

Honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree, University of Glasgow, 1997

Small Business of the Year Award for High Technology, State of Connecticut, 1989

Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, 1990

Honorary Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001

Advisory Boards and Panels, Academic Appointments

Chair of Excellence in Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2002-present

NASA Senior Management Council, 1996–2002

Chair, Review of the Aerodynamics Issues on the V-22 Osprey, 2001

Chair, Space Shuttle Independent Assessment Team, 2000

Governor’s Committee on High Technology, State of Connecticut

Advisory Committee, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University

Advisory Committee for Faculty of Engineering, University of California at Davis

Special Review of the Titan IV Test Failure, U.S. Air Force/Martin Marietta, 1991

Advisory Group on Cold Flow Testing, NASA Marshall Flight Center, 1987-1991

Review Panel on Challenger AFT Field Joint CFD Predictions, NASA/Morton Thiokol, 1987

Special Review Panel on Blade Cracking in the SSME Turbine, NASA/Rocketdyne, 1986-1987

Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, University of London

Engineering Research Center Advisory Board, Mississippi State University, 1996-2000

External Examiner, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1986

Chair, Advisory Panel on Computational Continuum Dynamics, U.S. Army Ballistics Research Laboratory, 1979

Advisory Committee on Computational Fluid Dynamics of Turbomachinery, NASA Lewis Research Center, 1978

Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1975–1976

Tenure Review Committee, Department of Engineering, State University of New York, 1974

Professional Associations

National Academy of Engineering, Peer Committee, Aerospace Engineering, 2003-Present

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow, Associate Technical Editor, AIAA Journal, 1981-1984

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow

Royal Aeronautical Society (UK), Fellow

Governors Advisory Council for High Technology, State of Connecticut, 1989–1990

Connecticut Innovations (a wholly owned State of Connecticut Corporation for funding high technology), Board of Directors

Reviewer

ASME Journal of Engineering                                                        

ASME Journal of Gas Turbines and Power,                 

ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering                                            

ASME Journal of Heat Transfer                                      

AIAA Journal                                                                      

AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power

Journal of Computational Physics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

The Aeronautical Quarterly

National Science Foundation

Department of Energy

Army Research Office

NASA

Strategic Defense Initiative, Office of Innovative Science and Technology

Publications

Book Chapters

     1.   Henry McDonald: Observations on the Columbia Accident: Organization at the Limit, Lessons from the Columbia Disaster, Edited by W. H. Starbuck and M. Farjoun, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 336-346, 2005.

     2.  McDonald, H. and Briley, W.R.:  A Survey of Some Recent Work on Interacted Boundary Layer Theory for Flow with Separation: Numerical and Physical Aspects of Aerodynamic Flows II, Edited by T. Cebeci, Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 141-162, 1984.

     3.   McDonald, H. and Briley, W.R.:  Some Observations on Numerical Solution of the Three Dimensional Navier Stokes Equations:  Numerical and Physical Aspects of Aerodynamic Flows, Edited by T. Cebeci, Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 99-120, 1982.

     4.   McDonald, H., Shamroth, S.J. and Briley, W.R.: Transonic Flows with Viscous Effects.  Transonic, Shock, and Multidimensional Flows:  Advances in Scientific Computing, Academic Press, Inc., 1982.

     5.   McDonald, H., “Combustion modeling in two and three dimensions – Some numerical considerations.”  Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol 5, No. 2, (1979) pp. 97-122.

Journal Articles

     1.   Briley, W.R. and McDonald, H.:  An Overview and Generalization of Implicit Navier-Stokes Algorithms and Approximate Factorization. Computers and Fluids, 30, pp. 807-828, 2001.

     2.   Thompson, B.E., Senald, J., Vafidis, C., Whitelaw, J.H., McDonald, H., “Flow in a model of the Space Shuttle Main Engine main injector bowl,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 29, (Mar-Apr 1992), p. 247-252.

     3.   Liu, N.S., Shamroth, S.J., McDonald, H., “Reciprocal interactions of hairpin-shaped vortices and a boundary layer,” AIAA Journal, vol. 29, (May 1992), p. 720-727.

     4.   Govindan, T.R., Briley, W.R., McDonald, H., “General three-dimensional viscous primary/secondary flow analysis,” AIAA Journal, vol. 29, (March 1991), p. 361-370.

     5.   Sabnis, J.S., Gibeling, H.J., McDonald, H., “Navier-Stokes analysis of solid propellant rocket motor internal flows,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 5, (Nov-Dec 1989), pp. 657-664.

     6.   Briley, W. R., and McDonald, H.:  Three Dimensional Viscous Flows with Large Secondary Velocity.  Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 144: 47-77, 1984.

     7.   J. P. Kreskovsky, Briley, W.R. and McDonald, H.:  Investigation of Mixing in a Turbofan Exhaust Duct, Part I:  Analysis and Computational Procedure.  AIAA Journal, 22(3): 374-382, 1984.

     8.   S. J. Shamroth, McDonald, H. and Briley, W. R.:  Prediction of Cascade Flow Fields Using the Averaged Navier Stokes Equations.  Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 106: 383-390, 1984.

Conference Papers and Proceedings

     1.   McDonald, H., and Whitfield, D.L., “Self-Propelled Maneuvering Underwater Vehicles,” Twenty-First Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Trondheim, Norway, June 24-28, 1996.

     2.   DeJong, F.J., Sabnis, J.S., Buggeln, R.C., McDonald, H., “Hypersonic flow calculations with a hybrid Navier-Stokes/Monte Carlo method,” AIAA paper 90-1691.  AIAA/ASME 5th Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Seattle, WA,  (June 18-20, 1990), p. 15.

     3.   Liu, N.S., Shamroth, S.J., McDonald, H., “Reciprocal interactions of hairpin-shaped vortices and a boundary layer,” AIAA Paper No. 90-0017, AIAA, 28th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, (Jan 8-11, 1990), p. 11.

     4.   Thompson, B.E., Senaldi, J., Vafidis, C., Whitelaw, J.H., McDonald, H., “Flow in a model of the SSME main injector bowl,” Scientific Research Associates Report No. SE254832; Proceedings of the 1st Canadian Symposium of Aerodynamics, Ottawa, Canada, (Dec 1989), Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, 1989, p. 30-1 to 30-22 

     5.   Sabnis, J.S., Madabhushi, R.K., Gibeling, H.J., McDonald, H., “On the use of k-epsilon turbulence model for computation of solid rocket internal flows,” AIAA Paper No. 89-2558, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 25th Joint Propulsion Conference, Monterey, CA (July 10-13, 1989), p. 12.

     6.   Briley, W.R., Buggeln, R.C., McDonald, H., “Solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations using artificial compressibility methods.” Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics, Berlin and New York, Springer-Verlag (1989), pp. 156-160.

     7.   Roscoe, D.V., Buggeln, R.C., Foster, J.A., McDonald, H., “A numerical investigation of fluid flow for disk pumping applications.”  Proceedings of the ASME Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (June 88) p. 10.

     8.   Govindan, T.R., McDonald, H., “Computation of tip and corner region flows.”  AGARD Computation of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers Including Separation, (Feb. 87) p. 20.

     9.   Sabnis, J.S., Gibeling, H.J., McDonald, H., “Navier-Stokes analysis of two- and three-dimensional flow field in solid rocket motors with segment joints.”  AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE, 23rd Joint Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA (Jul. 1987), p. 11.

  10.   Sabnis, J.S., Gibeling, H.J., McDonald, H., “A combined Eulerian-Lagrangian analysis for computation of two-phase flows.”  AIAA Paper 87-1419, AIAA 19th Fluid Dynamics, and Lasers Conference, Honolulu, HI (Jun. 1987), p. 10.

  11.   Kim, Y.N., Buggeln, R.C., McDonald, H., “Numerical analysis of some supersonic viscous flows related to inlet and nozzle systems.”  AIAA Paper 86-1597, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 22nd Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL (June 1986), p. 13.

  12.   Brondum, D.C., Bennett, J.C., Weinberg, B.C., McDonald, H., “Numerical and experimental investigation of nonswirling and swirling confined jets.”  AIAA 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, (Jan. 1986), p. 15.

  13.   Buggeln R.C., Briley, W.R., Shamroth, S.J. and McDonald, H.:  Solution of the Three Dimensional Navier Stokes Equations for Turbine Flows.  1st World Congress on Computational Mechanics (Univ. Texas, Austin TX), 1986.

Reports

     1.  McDonald, H., Eaton, D., Ernst, R., Hopson, G., Kanki, B., Lahoff, J., Conahan, M., McKeown, J., Newman, J., Sackheim, R., Slenski, G., Strauss, R., Young, J., "Space Shuttle Independent Assessment Team (SIAT) Report," Report to Associate Administrator Office of Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000.

     2.   Govindan, T.R., DeJong, F.J., Briley, W.R., McDonald, H., “Rotating flow in radial turbomachinery, Scientific Research Associates, Report No. AD-A222885; SRA-R930011-F; ARO-22360.4-EG-S, (May 1990).

     3.   Briley, W.R., Govindan, T.R., and McDonald, H.:  Efficient Navier Stokes Flow Prediction Algorithms, SRA Report R90 900068 F, 1990.

     4.   Liu, N.S., Shamroth, S.J., McDonald, H., “Reciprocal interactions of hairpin-shaped vortices and a boundary layer,” Scientific Research Associates, Inc., Final Report, (Feb. 1, 1986 – Dec. 31, 1988).

     5.   Liu, N.S., Shamroth, S.J., McDonald, H., “Flow dynamics stimulation by hairpin-like vortices in initially laminar boundary layers.”  Published in Scientific Research Associates, Inc., Annual Report (Mar 1988).

     6.   Govindan, T.R., Briley, W.R., and Levy, R.:  Computation of Flow Around Maneuvering Submerged Bodies.  SRA Report R88 920029 F, 1988.

     7.   Buggeln, R. C., Briley, W.R., McDonald, H., Shamroth, S.J., Weinberg, B.C., “Two- and three-dimensional turbine blade row flow field simulations,” Scientific Research Associates, Inc., SE254832.  Published by NASA Lewis Research Center in Turbine Engine Hot Section Technology Report, (Oct. 1987) pp. 199-209.

     8.   Sabnis, J.S., Gibeling, E.J., McDonald, H., “Solid rocket motor aft field joint flow field analysis.”  Published in Scientific Research Associates, Inc., Final Report (Sept. 1987).

     9.   Chan, Y.T., Buggeln, R.C., McDonald, H., “Three-dimensional dynamic labyrinth seal analysis.”  Published in Scientific Research Associates, Inc., Final Report (Jan. 1987), p. 50.

     10.   Liu, N.S., Shamroth, S.J., McDonald, H., “Flow dynamics stimulated by hairpin-like vortices in initially laminar boundary layers.”  Published in Scientific Research Associates, Inc., Annual Report, (Feb 1987), p. 22.