Brief Professional Resume - L. A. Roe

Current Research Interests

  • Martian Environment Simulation and Local Resource Utilization
  • Development of Robotic Sampling Systems for Asteroid Sample Return Missions
  • Gas Generation and Related Technologies for Inflatable Spacecraft
  • Micropropulsion
  • Advanced Combustion Technologies and Biomass Fuels

    Courses Taught –

    Current course rotation includes Advanced Thermodynamics, Combustion, Aerospace Propulsion, Astronautics, Power Generation, and IC Engines.

    Education

  • University of Florida, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., August 1987. Dissertation: "Investigation of the Flowfield in a Centerbody Diffusion Burner Using A Laser Doppler Anemometer."
  • University of Mississippi, Engineering Science, MS, May 1976. Thesis: "Vertical Mass and Momentum Transfer Coefficients in Density-Stratified Flow."
  • University of Mississippi, Mechanical Engineering, BSME, May 1971.

    Academic Employment Experience

  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Mechanical Engineering Dept., 1994 - present.
  • Virginia Tech, Mechanical Engineering Dept., 1987 - 1994.
  • University of Florida, Graduate Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, 1985 - 1987.
  • University of Florida, Graduate Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, 1980 - 1984.
  • University of Mississippi, Graduate Instructor, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, 1974 - 1976.

    Other Employment Experience

  • NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Advanced Propulsion Group, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, California, summers 1998 and 2000. Inflation system conceptual design for ARISE mission and space solar power applications; micropropulsion concepts and instrumentation development.
  • AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Program, USAF Advanced Propulsion Division, Wright Labs, Dayton, Ohio, summers 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993. Research system development and diagnostics for advanced ramjet propulsion systems.
  • CDI Corporation, under contract to Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, West Palm Beach, Florida, Contract Engineer, May 1984 - May 1985. Turbine heat transfer; concurrent design for performance, durability, life cycle, and manufacture.
  • Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, West Palm Beach, Florida, Experimental Engineer, Senior Analytical Engineer, June 1976 - Sept. 1980. Turbine heat transfer design, aerodynamics, manufacturing processes, experimental testing, program management; compressor experimental testing; roller bearing and carbon seal testing.
  • Westinghouse Research Labs, Pittsburgh, Pa., Engineer, June 1971 - Dec. 1972. Fluidized bed combustion, gas turbine combustion, coal gasification, combustion of alcohol-gasoline blends, environmental impact.

    Affiliations

  • Registered Professional Engineer, Arkansas
  • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Member, The Combustion Institute
  • Member, Tau Beta Pi
  • Member, Phi Kappa Phi

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