Robert Webster, Assistant Research Professor

Date of Appointment

2 December 2002

Education

PhD, Engineering, Mississippi State University, May, 2001

MS, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, August, 1994

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, December, 1986

Employment

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

Postdoctoral Fellow, Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 2001 to 2002

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD Program), Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 1994 to 2001

Graduate Research Assistant (MS Program), Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 1992 to 1994

Aerospace Technologist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 1989 to 1991

Mechanical Engineer, US Army TMDE Support Group, Redstone Arsenal, AL, 1987 to 1988

University Service

Mentor for 2 Masters Degree student researchers

Academic Specialties

Unsteady Viscous Flows

Structured Grid Technologies

Computational Applications in Aerodynamics, Propulsion, and Turbomachinery

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA), Member

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Member

Honors

Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Engineering Honor Society)

Recent Publications

  1. Arabshahi, A., Webster, R. S., Briley, W. R., and Whitfield, D. L., “Numerical Analysis of Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Internal Flows,” AIAA-2006-5114, July, 2006.
  2. Chen, J.-P., Webster, R. S., Hathaway, M. D., Herrick, G. P., and Skoch, G. J.., “Numerical Simulation of Stall and Stall Control in Axial and Radial Compressors,” AIAA-2006-0418, January 2006.
  3. Hathaway, M.D., Chen, J.P., and Webster, R.S., Herrick, G.P., “Time Accurate Simulation of the Stall Inception Process in the Compression System of a US Army Helicopter Gas Turbine Engine,” presented at DoD HPCMP User’s Group Conference, June 2004.
  4. Hathaway, M.D., Chen, J.P., and Webster, R.S., “Time Accurate Unsteady Simulation of the Stall Inception Process in the Compression System of a US Army Helicopter Gas Turbine Engine,” presented at DoD HPCMP User’s Group Conference, June 2003.
  5. Webster, R.S., “A Numerical Study of the Conjugate Conduction-Convection Heat Transfer Problem,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Mississippi State, MS, May 2001.
  6. Webster, R. S., ‘‘Numerical Study of Base Flow Induced by Exhaust Plume Impingement,” AIAA-98-3621, July 1998.
  7. Webster, R. S., Chen J. P., and Whitfield, D. L., ‘‘Numerical Solution of a Helicopter Rotor in Hover and Forward Flight,” AIAA-95-0193, January 1995.
  8. Webster, R.S., “Numerical Solution of a Helicopter Rotor in Hover and Forward Flight,” M.S. Thesis, Mississippi State, MS, August 1994.