Timothy W. Swafford, Professor

Date of Appointment

1 August 2002

Education

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, August 1983.

MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 1976.

BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, June 1974.

Employment

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

Deputy Director, Applied Technology Department, Sverdrup Technology, Inc., AEDC Group, 1998 to 2002

Chief Engineer, Computational Analysis and Applications, Sverdrup Technology, Inc., AEDC Group, 1996 to 1998

Deputy Director, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Computational Field Simulation, Mississippi State University, 1992 to 1996

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1988 to 1996

Section Supervisor, Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Propulsion Computational Technology, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN, 1987 to 1988

Assistant Professor (Adjunct), University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN, 1985 to 1988

Senior Research Engineer, Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Propulsion Computational Technology, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN, 1981 to 1987

Instructor, Motlow Community College, Tullahoma, TN, 1980

Research Engineer, Sverdrup Technology, Inc. (then ARO, Inc.), Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility, Analysis Section, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN, 1976-1981

Academic Specialties

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational Applications in Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, and Propulsion

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Sigma Xi

Tau Beta Pi

Sigma Gamma Tau

Pi Tau Sigma

Reviewer

AIAA Journal

AIAA Journal of Aircraft

AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering

Computers and Fluids

Recent Publications

  1. Daiber, M.P., Bomba, Joseph, and Swafford, T.W., “Analysis Method for the Design of Compensated Pitot-static Probes for Use on General Aviation Aircraft,” SAE Technical Paper 951431, 1995 SAE Aerospace Atlantic Conference, May 23-25, 1995, Dayton, Ohio.
  2. Swafford, T.W., Bomba, Joseph, and Daiber, M.P., “Computational Analysis of Compensated Pitot-static Probes Using the Euler Equations,” AIAA-95-1839-CP, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, San Diego, California, June 1995.
  3. Swafford, T.W., Loe, D.H., Huff, D.L., Huddleston, D.H., and Reddy, T.S.R., “The Evolution of NPHASE: Euler/Navier-Stokes Computations of Unsteady Two Dimensional Cascade Flow Fields,” AIAA-94-1834-CP, June 1994.
  4. Swafford, T.W., “Computation of Unsteady Supersonic Quasi-One-Dimensional Viscous-Inviscid Interacting Flow Fields,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 404-408, February 1993.
  5. Reddy, T.S.R., Bakhle, Milind A., Huff, Dennis L., and Swafford, T.W., “Flutter Analysis of Supersonic Axial Flow Cascades Using a High Resolution Euler Solver; Part I: Formulation and Validation,” NASA Technical Memorandum 105798, August 1992 (Limited Distribution Until August 1994).
  6. Swafford, Timothy W., Huddleston, David H., Busby, Judy A., and Chesser, B. Lawrence, “Computation of Steady and Unsteady Quasi-One-Dimensional Viscous-Inviscid Interacting Internal Flows at Subsonic, Transonic, and Supersonic Mach Numbers,” Mississippi State University, Engineering and Industrial Research Station Report MSSU-EIRS-ERC-92-1, June 1992.
  7. Reddy, T.S.R., Bakhle, Milind A., Huff, D.L., and Swafford, T.W., “Analysis of Cascades Using a Two Dimensional Euler Solver,” AIAA-92-2370, April 1992.
  8. Reddy, T.S.R., Bakhle, Milind A., Huff, D.L., and Swafford, T.W., “Flutter Analysis of Cascades Using a Two Dimensional Euler Solver,” AIAA-91-1681, June 1991.
  9. Huff, D.L., Swafford, T.W., and Reddy, T.S.R., “Euler Flow Predictions for An Oscillating Cascade Using a High Resolution Wave-Split Scheme,” ASME-91-GT-198, June 1991.
  10. Swafford, T.W., Unsteady Viscous-Inviscid Interaction via Direct Coupling of the 1D Euler and 2D Integral Boundary-Layer Equations,” Mississippi State University, Engineering and Industrial Research Station Report MSSU-EIRS-ERC-90-1, March 1991.