Co-authored over 1,200 publications with his students. Served as Chair and member of several Technical and Program Committees for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and served on the AIAA Board of Directors and Institute Development Committee. Past President of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS).
Research Experience
Director of the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) and Executive Director of the Professional Master’s in Applied Systems Engineering (PMASE). Since 1997, 1,484 degrees have been conferred to ASDL students—300 PhDs and 1,184 MS degrees. Involved in several research centers and projects such as the FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels & Environment (ASCENT), the FAA Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS), and more.
Education
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Background
Distinguished Regents Professor, Boeing Professor of Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis, and S.P. Langley Distinguished Professor in Advanced Aerospace Systems Architecture. Primary research interests include: advanced design methods, aircraft conceptual and preliminary design, air-breathing propulsion design, multi-disciplinary analysis, design and optimization, system of systems, and non-deterministic design theory.
Miscellany
Technical point of contact for the FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels & Environment (ASCENT) at Georgia Tech, site director for the FAA Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS), and principal investigator for the Airbus/Georgia Tech Center for MBSE-enabled Overall Aircraft Design and the Siemens Center of Excellence for Simulation and Digital Twin.