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Ronnie F. Blackwelder

Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Education




    Biography

    USC Academic Positions:

    1980-: Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
    1975-80: Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
    1970-75: Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

    Other Professional Positions:

    2001: Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
    1994: Senior Research Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University & NASA Ames
    1991-93: Consultant, TetraTek, Inc., Camarillo, CA
    1990-92: Consultant, Swerling, Manasse & Smith, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA
    1983-84: Professeur Associe, Institut National Polytechnique and Visiting Scientist, Institut de Mecanique, Grenoble, France
    1978-88: Consultant, Flow Research, Inc., Kent, Washington
    1978-81: Consultant, Dynamics Technology, Inc., Torrance, California
    1976-77: Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Fluid Mechanics, Gõttingen, Germany
    1976-77: Consultant, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, Paris, France
    1974-76: Consultant, AiResearch Manufacturing Corporation, Torrance, California
    1972-78: Consultant, Hersh Acoustical Engineering, Chatsworth, California

    Research Summary

    Experimental fluid mechanics, flight mechanics, aerodynamics, turbulence

    Appointments
    • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Office
    • Biegler Hall of Engineering
    • 920 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
    Contact Information
    • (303) 464-8342
    • blackwelder@usc.edu
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