Dr. Robert T. Nagel short RESUME

Personal: Address: 6309 Valley Estates Dr.

Raleigh, N. C. 27612

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Academic position: Professor, Associate department Head & Director of Graduate Program

: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Box 7910

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, N. C. 227695

919-***-**** abpqdx@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

Ph.D. University of Connecticut. 1980. Mechanical Engineering

M.S. Pennsylvania State University. 1972. Aerospace Engineering

B.S. Pennsylvania State University. 1970. Aerospace Engineering

Employment Experience:

2004 present Professor, Associate Depart. Head and Director of the Graduate Program, North Carolina

State University, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng.

2001 2004 Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng. and Director of the Aerospace Program, North

Carolina State University

1991 -2001 Professor, Director of the Center for Sound and Vibration, North Carolina State University,

Mechanical & Aerospace Eng. .

1983-1991 Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng.

1980-1983 Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng.

1977-1980 Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut. Responsible for

coordinating and teaching an upper division course in measurement techniques.

1972-1977 Analytical Engineer in the Noise Reduction Group at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Connecticut

Operations. Responsible for formulating analytical models of: fan, turbine and core engine

noise generation, propagation and radiation phenomena. and for developing prediction

systems for these types of noise.

Professional Consulting:

Consultant for 57 companies / organizations between 1993 and 2009.

Sample Research Experience:

Study and Validation of Propulsion Airframe Aeroacoustics effects from Aircraft Configurations: NIAG-00-

VAR-OTH, NASA, 8/15/02 12/31/05.

Preparing the 21st Century Workforce NIA based consortium, 2005.

NIA Base Funding Research Plan, $300K, 10-01-02, NIA/NASA Langley, 2002-03

National Institute for Aerospace program funding, NASA Langley, Base Budget for five years 9/02 to 9-07 at

$1.21Million per year for NC State.

Fan noise investigation from Caterpillar Corp, 2001- present..

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Development of Environmental test Chamber, for Underwriters Lab April 2000 Dec. 2001.

Grease removal from an Exhaust Flow with Acoustic Means, Captive-Aire Systems Inc., Dec. 1998 - Dec. 1999.

ATS (STTR through NASA Lewis) Active Noise Control of General Aviation Propellers, Sept. 1995 - August

1996.

Culp Lumber Co. - New London, NC. Reversible Fan Evaluation, June 1993 - Dec. 1995

NASA Lewis, Aerodynamic and Acoustic Interaction of Counter - Rotating Propellers January 1988-July 1993.

Academy of Model Aeronautics, Model Propeller Noise Reduction, January 1988 - August 1989.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., "Aerodynamic Interaction Noise of Counter Rotation Propellers", December 1986-

June 1990.

NASA Langley, "Enhanced Viscous Flow Drag Reduction Using Acoustic ExcitationMarch 1986-March 1987.

NASA Langley, "The Effects of Amplitude and Phase of Acoustic Excitation of a LEBU Device on Viscous flow

Drag Reduction, February 1, 1985-February 1, 1986.

NASA Langley, "Viscous flow Drag Reduction by Acoustic Excitation of a LEBU", $, November 1983-

February 1985.

"Design and Construction of a Low Speed Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel", March 1983-1984.

NASA Lewis, "The Effects of Supersonic Jet Screech Tone Reduction on Broadband Shock-Associated Noise",

September 1981-February 1983.

Invited speaker research presentations

Near Field Propeller Noise Control International Conference on Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and

Aerospace, May 10-12, 2000, Daytona Beach, FL.

Sample Publications:

Journals;

Active Control of Far-Field Noise from a Ducted Propeller, with Dan Sutliff, AIAA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2,

1995, pp. 231 - 236.

Development of an Active Noise Control system for Ducted fans (without Acoustic Feedback) with Dan

Sutliff, Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Recent Advances in Active Control of Sound & Vibration, pg. 825-

836, Technomic Publishing, April 28-30, 1993.

"Aerodynamic Interaction Tones of a Model Counter - Rotating Propeller", AIAA Journal, April 1988, Vol. 26,

No. 4, pp. 498-500.

"The NCSU Low Speed Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, SAE Transactions, 1985, Vol. 6, pp. 6.760-6.768.

"Supersonic Jet Screech Tone Cancellation", AIAA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 11, November 1983, pp. 1541-1545.

"Reflection of Sound by a Boundary Layer", Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 85, No. 1, 1982, pp. 31-38.

"Boundary Layer Effects on Sound in a Circular Duct", Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 85, No. 1, 1982,

pp. 19-29.

"Review of Theory and Methods for Turbine Noise Prediction", Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics,

1976, Vol. 46, pp. 155-176.

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"Inlet Geometry and Axial Mach Number Effects on Fan Noise Propagation", Progress in Astronautics and

Aeronautics, 1975, Vol. 38, pp. 73-94.

Papers;

Near Field Propeller Noise Control, Proceedings of the International Conference on Nonlinear Problems in

Aviation & Aerospace, Vol. 2, Pg. 505-512, European Conference Publications, 2001.

Active Noise Control of an Unducted Model Propeller, AIAA Paper CEAS/AIAA-97-1639,

3rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference; proceedings, pg. 441 - 447, May 12 - 14 1997, Atlanta, GA, with

B. J. Ikelheimer.

"Active Noise Control of Multiple Acoustic Modes in a Circular Duct," AIAA Paper 96-1781, 2nd

AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference,(17th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference). May 6-8, 1996, State

College, PA., with B. J. Ikelheimer.

"Synthesis of Spinning Modes for Active Noise Control," AIAA Paper CEAS/AIAA-95-033, 1st Joint

CEAS/AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, (16th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference) Munich, Germany, June 12-

15, 1995, with B. J. Ikelheimer.

"Active Control of Far-Field Noise from a Ducted Propeller" AIAA Paper 93-4356, AIAA Aeroacoustics

Conference. Long Beach, CA. Oct. 25, 1993, with Daniel L. Sutliff

"Forward Rotor Vortex Effects on Counter-Rotating Propeller Noise", AIAA Paper No. 92-02-153,

DGLR/AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference. Aachen Germany, May, 1992.

Flow Interaction & Noise from a Counter Rotating Propeller, AIAA Paper 91-0596, 29th AIAA Aerospace

Sciences meeting, Reno, NV. Jan. 7 - 10, 1991

Interaction between Rotors of a Counter Rotating Propeller, AIAA Paper 90-3976, 13th AIAA Aeroacoustics

Conference, Tallahassee, Fl. Oct., 22-24, 1990

Effects of Rotor Spacing on Aerodynamic Interaction and Noise of Counter-Rotating Propellers, 10th Brazilian

Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 1989.

Relating Flow and Noise in Counter Rotating Propellers, AIAA paper 89-1145, April, 1989.

"Boundary Layer Control by Acoustic Excitation", AIAA Paper No. 86-1954, July 1986.

"The NCSU Low Speed Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, SAE Paper 851897, 1985.

"An Experimental Study of Supersonic Jet Shock-Associated Noise", AIAA Paper No. 83-0708, 1983.

"Effects of Leading Edge Serrations on Noise Radiation from a Model Rotor", AIAA Paper No. 72-655, 1972.

Magazines articles (6 total None shown)

Meetings, Conferences & Symposia ( 33 total none shown)

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Professional Activities:

PATENTS AWARDED:

US Patent #6652274B2 Kiln-related structures and associated methods Issued 2003

US Patent # 6393723 Forced Convection Heat Exchanger for Kilns. Issued 2002

US Patent # 6370792 Structure & Method for Introducing Air into a Kiln . Issued 2002

US Patent # 5488785 Controlled Upper Row Airfoil. Issued 1996

US Patent # 5437109 Aerodynamic Surfacing. Issued 1995

US Patent # 5416985 Multi track Center Bridging Panel. Issued 1995

US Patent # 5414944 Splitter Plate Vortex Generators. Issued 1995

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics member

AIAA Carolina Section,

Chairman 1985 - 1989

Secretary-Treasurer 1981-1984

Acoustical Society of America

Vice Chair, NC regional Section 1996- present

Chair, NC regional Section 1993

Vice Chair, NC regional Section 1990

Reviewer for NSF 1995-2001

Reviewer for ASME 1988-97

Reviewer for Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1982-1991

Reviewer for National Research Council 1986-1989

Reviewer for AIAA Journal 1987-present

Mentor in NCSSM Mentor program 1983-84, 1986-88

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