I was born and raised in Zanesville, Ohio, graduated from Bishop Rosecrans High School, and received both a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1965 and 1967, respectively. In 1982, I received a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Washington. I live in the Seattle area, teach professional short courses, write textbooks, and do engineering consulting work in propulsion. I just finished working with Dr. William Heiser and Dr. David Pratt on the second edition of the "Aircraft Engine Design" textbook and its supporting software published in Nov. 2002.
During 2002, I taught a graduate course on aircraft engine cycle analysis at the University of Washington in spring quarter, offerings of the Aircraft Engine Systems Design course at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City during April-May and at Patuxent River Naval Air Station during October, and the Air Force's Propulsion Short Course Seminar at the Air Force Academy in Colorado during July. In 2003, Drs. Mattingly, Heiser, and Pratt taught the Aircraft Engine Systems Design course at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio during February, at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio during March, and at Patuxent River Naval Air Station during October. I also taught two courses at Seattle University during spring quarter and the Air Force's Propulsion Short Course Seminar at the Air Force Academy in Colorado during July. In 2004, Drs. Mattingly, Heiser, and Pratt taught the Aircraft Engine Systems Design course at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City during February.
In 1967, I joined the IBM Corporation in Colorado where I did research and development work in convective heat transfer and fluid dynamics. I entered the US Air Force in 1969 as a mechanical engineering officer and spent the next 20 years in a diversity of jobs (see experience): teacher for 7 years at the US Air Force Academy and 4 years at the Air Force Institute of Technology; doctoral student at the University of Washington for 3 years; designer of mechanical systems for buildings for 3 years (in USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Turkey); and technical manager and leader for advanced development of aircraft propulsion systems for the last 3 years at the Aero Propulsion and Power Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Retiring from the Air Force in 1989, I joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University and was Department Chair 1994-97. I retired as Professor Emeritus from Seattle University in 2000 to teach professional short courses on gas turbine engine design, to do consulting work, and to write second editions of the "Aircraft Engine Design" and "Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion" textbooks.
I co-authored Aircraft
Engine Design, a conceptual design textbook for air breathing
engines (first published in 1987 and second edition published in Nov. 2002) and authored the textbook Elements
of Gas Turbine Propulsion, published in 1996. Also, I
have written numerous computer
programs for the ananlysis of gas turbine engines, engine/aircraft
system performance, and component preliminary design. I'm a Registered
Professional Engineer and member of AIAA, ASEE,
and ASME.
My wife Sheila and I have three daughters and six grandchildren. We enjoy our time with our children and their husbands, our grandchildren, and all our friends doing activities such as playing, swimmimg, walking beaches, and beholding the beauty of nature {including such wonders as watching sunsets, whales, porpoise, seals, and bald eagles, and gazing at stars and others wonders of God around the Pacific Northwest, the surrounding areas, and everywhere we travel}.
