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D. R. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D. UT Arlington, 1974 ~ M.S.A.E.
University of Tennessee, 1965 ~ B.S.A.E. Georgia Institute of Technology,
1962
Areas of Expertise: Gas dynamics, aerospace propulsion
systems, high-speed aerodynamics, hypersonic flow, and experimental
fluid dynamics.
Background: Dr. Wilson is the former Chair of
the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University
of Texas at Arlington. He received his BS degree in Aerospace Engineering
from the Georgia Institute of Technology, MS in Aerospace Engineering
from the University of Tennessee (Space Institute), and Ph.D. in
Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Wilson
has over 40 years of experience in the fields of gas dynamics, high-speed
aerodynamics and propulsion. He was involved in the development
of arc heaters and MHD accelerators for hypersonic wind tunnel applications
at the Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center, and in the
development of supersonic inlets at LTV Aerospace and Company prior
to joining UTA in 1968. He spent two summers at NASA Lewis Research
Center as a NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellow working on the NASA/DOE MHD
Generator Program. He has consulted with both private industry and
government agencies, and has been PI or Co-PI on research grants
totaling approximately $3M. Dr. Wilson was responsible for the establishment
of the Aerodynamics Research Center, and directed the development
of major test facilities including the High-Reynolds Number Transonic
Ludwig Tube Tunnel, Supersonic Blow Down Wind Tunnel, Detonation-Driven
Hypersonic Shock Tunnel, 1.6 MW Electric Arc Heater Test Facility
and the Pulse Detonation Engine Test Facility. Dr. Wilson directed
the NASA/UTA Center for Hypersonic Research from 1993 until 1997.
He is a member of the AIAA HyTASP Program Committee on hypersonic
technology, and is presently leading UTA's Pulse Detonation Engine
research and development program.
E-mail: wilson@uta.edu
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