DR. THOMAS R. YECHOUT
Professor
DEGREES:
DE, Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas, 1984
MA, Business Management, Central Michigan University, 1976
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1972
BS, Aeronautical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1968
YEARS SERVICE ON THIS FACULTY: 27
Professor: January 1992
Associate Professor: May 1986
Assistant Professor: January 1981
Date of Original Appointment: July 1979
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE (Teaching/Industry/etc):
Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1993-1998
Director of Operations Analysis, Air Force Space Command Headquarters, 1987-1988
Airframe Program Manager, A-10 Systems Program Office, 1976-1979
Aircraft Maintenance Officer, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1975
Digital Flight Control Engineer/Manager, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 1973-1976
Flight Test Engineer, Air Force Flight Test Center, 1969-1973
Flight Test Engineer, Air Force Tactical Airlift Center, 1968-1969
Structural Test Engineer, Bellanca Aircraft Corporation, 1967
CONSULTING/PATENTS/ETC:
Consultant to nine development programs:
NASA NESC Flight Dynamics Technical Discipline Team, 2010 - present
A-10 Operational Modifications, 2010 - present
NASA Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, 2006 – present
Lockheed-Martin (Marietta) C-130 Drag Reduction 2005 – present
NASA Space Shuttle Return to Flight Effort, 2004 – 2006
X-38 Crew Recovery Vehicle Development Program, 1999 - 2003
AC-130 Gunship Drag Reduction Program, 1998 - 2002
U.S. Ski Team, Nordic Ski Jumping Aerodynamics, 1990 - 1993
X-29 Research Aircraft Wind Tunnel and Flight Test Program, 1984 - 1987
B-1B Bomber Flight Test Program, 1982 - 1984
Swedish Air Force JA-37 Viggen Flight Control Development, 1974 - 1976
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS (of the last five years):
• An Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics: Performance, Static Stability, Dynamic Stability, Classical Feedback Control, AIAA Education Series Textbook, 2003
*Longitudinal Dynamic Stability, in Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering”, R. Blockley and W. Shyy (eds). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp 2669 – 2678, 2010
* Investigation of Orion Re-Entry Drogue Chute Aerodynamic Characteristics”, AIAA Technical Paper 2012-0270, 2012 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, Jan 2012
*The Rakelet’ – A Wingtip Modification Approach to Improve Endurance, Range, and Fuel Savings”, AIAA Technical Paper 2012-0669, 2012 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, Jan 2012
* Investigation of NASA Orion Wake Effects on Drogue Chute Aerodynamic Characteristics”, AIAA Technical Paper 2011-2539, 21st AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May 2011
* Investigation of Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Forward Bay Cover Separation Characteristics”, AIAA Technical Paper 2011-1308, 2011 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan 2011
* Experimental Aerodynamic Investigation of NASA Orion Forward Bay Modifications”, AIAA Technical Paper 2011-0826, 2011 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan 2011
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary)
Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Engineering Honorary)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) – Associate Fellow
Subsonic Aerodynamic Testing Association – USAFA Representative
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2011 Colorado Professor of the Year (Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching)
2008 AIAA Special Service Citation
2005 Outstanding USAFA Senior Faculty Educator (Heiser) Award for the Engineering and Basic Sciences Division (voted on and presented by the senior class)
2005 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Summerfield Award
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE (in the last five years):
Technical Reviewer for AIAA Journal of Aircraft
AIAA Flight Test Technical Committee – Member and past Chairman
Chairman and Member of Technical Committee for numerous AIAA National Symposia
Invited Member of NASA Langley Flight Dynamics Independent Review Panel
Subsonic Aerodynamic Testing Association – Member and presenter |
