Lafayette K. Taylor, Research Professor

Date of Appointment

12 August 2002

Education

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1991

MA, Mathematics, Eastern Illinois University, 1987

BA, Mathematics, Eastern Illinois University, 1985

AAS, Physics, Olney Central College, 1983

Employment

Research Professor, Computational Simulation and Design Center, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, August 2002 to Present

Research Professor, SimCenter, Mississippi State University, July 2002 to August 2002

Associate Research Professor, SimCenter, Mississippi State University, 1998 to July 2002

Assistant Research Professor, CFD Lab/SimCenter, Mississippi State University, 1992 to 1998

Postdoctoral Fellow, Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 1991 to 1992

Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering Department, Mississippi State University, 1987 to 1991

Teaching Assistant, Mathematics Department, Eastern Illinois University, 1985 to 1987

University Service

Committee Member for 9 Masters Degree students and 11 Doctoral candidates

Mentor for 9 Undergraduate Student Researchers

Assisted in teaching graduate level course, CFD II (ASE 8423)

Engineering College Faculty Council, 1994-1997

Consultant for the Chief of Naval Research, 1998-Present

Body of Knowledge Consultant for the Office of Naval Research Accelerated Hydrodynamics Initiative, 1999-Present

Project Leader, Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Office (DoD HPCMO) Grand Challenge Project, 2000-2002

2000 Mississippi State University College of Engineering Faculty/Research Scientist/Engineer Award Recipient

Academic Specialties

Mathematics of Computation

Flux Formulations

Computational Applications in Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, and Propulsion

Sponsored Research

Co-PI on research grants and contracts sponsored by Office of Naval Research, NASA, Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, Veridian ERIM, University of Michigan, Applied Research Lab/Penn State, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Northrop-Grumman Ship Systems-Ingalls Shipbuilding

Professional Associations

Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

The Mathematical Association of America

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Sigma Gamma Tau, National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering

Kappa Mu Epsilon, National Honor Society in Mathematics

Publications

1.       Taylor, L. K., Pankajakshan, R., Briley, W. R., and Whitfield, D. L., "Scalable Parallel Implicit Algorithm for Advanced Turbulence Closures," AIAA Paper No. 2005-0876, 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2005.

2.       Sreenivas, K., Hyams, D. G., Nichols, D. S., Mitchell, B., Taylor, L. K., Briley, W. R., and Whitfield, D. L., "Development of an Unstructured Parallel Flow Solver for Arbitrary Mach Numbers," AIAA Paper No. 2005-0325, 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2005.

3.       Briley, W. R., Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L. K., Gorski, J. J., Slomski, J. F., Dommermuth, D. G., Rottman, J. W., Innis, G. E., "Submerged Wakes in Littoral Regions," 2003 DoD HPCMP Users Group Conference, Bellevue, WA, June, 2003.

4.       Briley, W. R., Taylor, L. K., and D. L. Whitfield, "High-Resolution Viscous Flow Simulations at Arbitrary Mach Number," Journal of Computational Physics, 184(1):79-105, 2003.

5.       Lambert, B. K., Taylor, L. K., and W. R. Briley, "Evaluation of a Preconditioned Flow Solver for a Broad Range of Mach Number and Temperature Ratio," Frontiers of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2003.

6.       Sreenivas, K., Cash, A.N., Hyams, D.G., and Taylor, L.K., “Computational Study of Propulsor-Hull Interactions,” AIAA Paper No. 2003-1262, 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2003.

7.       Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L. K., Briley, W. R., and Whtifield, D. L., "Arbitrary Mach Number Flow Simulations," AIAA Paper No. 2003-1236, 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2003.

8.       Sreenivas, K, Hyams, D., Mitchell, B., Taylor, L., Marcum, D., and Whitfield, D., “Computation of Vortex Intensive Incompressible Flow Fields,” AIAA Paper No. 2002-3306, 32nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, St. Louis, MO, June 2002.

9.       Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L. K., Sheng, C., Briley, W. R., and D. L. Whitfield: Scalable Parallel Implicit Multigrid Solution of Unsteady Incompressible Flows. Frontiers of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002, Edited by D. A. Caughey and M. M. Hafez, World Scientific Publishing Company PTE. LTD., Singapore, pp. 181-195, 2002.

10.  Sreenivas, K., Hyams, D. G., Sheng, C., Jayaraman, B., Wang, X., Mitchell, B., Jiang, M. Y., Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L. K., Gaither, K. P., Gaither, A., Beeland, H., Marcum, D. L., Briley, W. R., and D. L. Whitfield: Physics-Based Maneuvering Simulations for Tiltrotor Aircraft. MSU Report No. MSSU-COE-ERC-02-06 (NASA-ARC Grant NAG2-1232), April 2002.

11.  K. Sreenivas, D. G. Hyams, C. O. E. Burg, B. J. Mitchell, C. Sheng, B. Jayaraman, R. Pankajakshan, W. H. Brewer, D. S. Nichols III, L. K. Taylor, M. G. Remotigue, X. Wang, M. Y. Jiang, K. P. Gaither, A. Gaither, H. L. Beeland, J. C. Newman III, D. L. Marcum, W. R. Briley, D. L. Whitfield: Computational Engineering Research Supporting the Analysis and Design of Marine and Aerospace Vehicles. MSU Report No. MSSU-COE-ERC-02-09 (ONR Grant N00014-99-1-0751), May 2002.

12.  Newman III, J.C., Pankajakshan, R.,  Whitfield, D.L., and Taylor, L.K., “Computational Design Using RANS,” 24th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Fukuoka, Japan, July 8-13, 2002.

13.  Pankajakshan, R., Remotigue, M.G., Taylor, L.K., Jiang, M., Briley, W.R., and Whitfield, D.L., “Validation of Control-Surface Induced Submarine Maneuvering Simulations Using UNCLE,” 24th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Fukuoka, Japan, July 8-13, 2002.

14.  Remotigue, M.G., Pankajakshan, R., Jiang, M., Taylor, L.K., Briley, W.R., and Whitfield, D.L., “Dynamic Grid Generation for Simulation of Submarine Maneuvers: Part II,” 8th International Conference on Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations, Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2002.

15.  Briley, W. R., Taylor L.K., and Whitfield, D. L., ”High-Resolution Viscous Flow Simulations at Arbitrary Mach Number,”  MSSU-COE-ERC-01-04, March 2001.

16.  Sreenivas, K., Hyams, D.G., Mitchell, B., Taylor, L.K., Briley, W.R., and Whitfield, D.L., ”Physics Based Simulations of Reynolds Number Effects in Vortex Intensive Incompressible Flows,” Symposium of Advanced Flow Management, Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Meeting, Norway, May 2001.

17.  Lorenzo, L., Sreenivas, K. Mitchell, B., and Taylor, L.K., ”Computation of Forces and Moments for the Airship AKRON and SUBOFF Using U2NCLE,” MSSU-COE-ERC-01-11, October 2001.

18.  Donatello, D., Sreenivas, K., and Taylor, L.K., ”Computation of Unsteady Forces And Moments for SUBOFF Undergoing Prescribed Maneuvers Using U2NCLE,” MSSU-COE-ERC-01-12, October 2001.

19.  Hyams, D.G., Sreenivas, K., Taylor, L.K., and Whitfield, D.L., ”Incompressible Unstructured RANS Simulations for a Low Speed Centrifugal Compressor Using U2NCLE,” MSSU-COE-ERC-01-10, October 2001.

20.  Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L. K., Sheng, C., Briley, W. R., and D. L. Whitfield, ”Scalable Parallel Implicit Multigrid Solution of Unsteady Incompressible Flows”. Frontiers of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2000, Edited by D. A. Caughey and M. M. Hafez, World Scientific Publishing Company PTE. LTD., Singapore, 2001. 

21.  Briley, W., Taylor, L., and Whitfield, D., ”Scalable Flow Simulations with Rotating Components,” Navigator, Naval Oceanographic Office: Major Shared Resource Center, Spring 2001, pp. 4-7.

22.  Pankajakshan, R., Taylor, L. K., Sheng, C., Jiang, M. J., Briley, W. R., and D. L. Whitfield, ”Parallel Efficiency in Implicit Multiblock, Multigrid Simulations, with Application to Submarine Maneuvering”. AIAA Paper 2001-1093, 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting Conference and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2001.

23.  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.

24.  Jiang, M., Pankajakshan, R., Remotigue, M.G., and Taylor, L.K. ”Dynamic Grid Generation for the Simulation of Submarine Maneuvers, ”Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations. Proceedings of the 7th International Grid Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, September 2000.