Institutional Service and Development Activities: 1998-2002
Member, AE Undergraduate Curriculum Sub-Committee on Structures, 1989-present
AE Faculty Honors Committe, 92-present
Chair, AE Structural Mechanics & Material Behavior Discipline Committee, 9/92 - 2001
Materials Council 1/1995-present.
Honors Program Committee, since 9/00
College of Engineering Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1998-2000
Selected Honors and Awards
Contributing Editor, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, since 2001
Fellow, ASME (since 1998)
Chairman (elected), Composites Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division, ASME, since 2000
Narayanan M. Komerath
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Degrees
B.Tech., Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1978
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1979.
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1982.
Georgia Tech Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, 1978-1982
Post Doctoral Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, 1982-1983
Research Engineer II, Aerospace Engineering, 1983-1985
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 1985-1990
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 1990-1994
Director, Jon Harper Wind Tunnel, School of Aerospace Engineering, 1990 - present
Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 1994-present
Other Professional Positions and Consulting Experience
Consultant, Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, GA., November 1985 - Dec. 1987.
Technical Advisor, Global Consultants, Inc., Alexandria, VA, Feb. '92 - 95.
Consultant, Southwire, Inc., Carrolton, GA, March '92 - 94.
Consultant, NCR Corp, Duluth, GA, April - July 1992.
Consultant, Law Engineering, Atlanta, GA, July '92.
Consultant, Thompson-Leeds, Inc., New York, 1992. Area: Aerodynamics.
Selected Patents and Invention Disclosures
"Spatial Cross-Correlation Velocimeter". Komerath, N.M., and Fawcett, P.A., U.S. Patent No. 5,249,238, Sept. 1993.
"Wind-Driven Dynamic Manipulator". Magill, J.C. and Komerath, N.M.,. U.S. Patent 5,345,818, September 1994.
“Stagnation Point Vortex Controller”. Komerath, N.M., Darden, L.A., Peterson, K.G., Magill, J.C.,. U.S. Patent 5,794,887, August 1998
Selected Publications: 1998-2002
Affes, H., Xioa, Z., Conlisk, A.T., Kim, J.M. and Komerath, N.M., “Model for Tip Vortex-Airframe Interaction part 3: Viscous Flow on Airframe,” AIAA Journal, Vol.36, No. 3, pp. 409-415, Mar. 1998..
Caradonna, F., Henley, E., Silva, M., Huang, S., Komerath, N.M., Reddy, U., Mahalingam, R., Funk, R., Wong, O., Ames, R., Darden, L., Villareal, L. and Gregory, J., “Performance Measurements and Wake Characteristics of a Model Rotor in Axial Flight,” AHS Journal, Oct. 1999.
Komerath, N.M., Smith, M.J.and Bodo, B., “Learning Across Disciplines: Aerospace Digital Library,” Session 2793, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2000.
Komerath, N.M., “Design Centered Introduction: 3-Year ExperienceWith the Gateway to the Aerospace Digital Library,” Session 2225, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2000.
Komerath, N.M., “Knowledge Management Techniques in Experimental Projectsz,” Session 1426, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
Smith, M.J., and Komerath, N.M., Aerospace Engineering: Integrator for Cross-Disciplinary Learning,” Session 3202, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
Komerath, N.M., “Undergraduate Research Participation in the Experimental Aerodynamics Grou,” Session 2526, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
Ames, R.G., Wong, O. and Komerath, N.M., “On the Flowfield and Forces Generated by a Flapping Rectangular Wing at Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics of Fixed and Flapping Wings,” AIAA Progress in the Aerospace Sciences Series, 2001
Selected Presentations and Keynote Addresses: 1998-2002
Matos, C. A., Mahalingam, R., Ottinger, G., Klapper, J., Funk, R. B., and Komerath, N.M., “Wind Tunnel Measurements of Parafoil Geometry Aerodynamics,” AIAA Paper 98-0606, 36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting , January 1998, Reno, NV.
Wanis, S., Akovenko, J., Cofer,T., Ames, R.G. and Komerath, N.M., “Acoustic Shaping in Microgravity,”.AIAA Paper 98-1065, 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 1998.
Komerath, N.M., “Design-Centered Freshman Introduction to Aerospace Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Meeting, Session 1202, Seattle, WA, June 1998.
Komerath, N.M., “Experiments on Rotary Wing Flows,” Invited Paper, International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1999.
Ames, R.G., Wong, O. and Komerath, N.M., “Flowfield Characteristics of a Rectangular Wing Flapping at High Frequency and Low Reynolds Number,” Proceedings of the AHS Aeromechanics Specialists Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2000.
Ames, R.G., “Prophanger Performance Analysis for UAV Missions” (2000) Proceedings of the AHS Aeromechanics Specialists Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2000.
Komerath, N.M., Matos, C.A. and Reddy, U.C., “Flowfield Issues Related to Tiltrotors,” Proceedings of the AHS Specialists Meeting on Tiltrotor Aircraft Design, Arlington, Texas, March 2001.
Smith, M.J., Komerath, N.M., Pearson, J. and Ames, R.G., “Performance Analysis of a Wing With Multiple Winglets,” AIAA Paper 01-2407 Applied Aerodynamics Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June 2001.
Komerath, N.M. and Ganesh, A.B., (2001) “Electromagnetic Construction of a 1km-Radius Radiation Shield in Orbit High Frontier,” Proceedings of Space Manufacturing 13.. Meeting of The Space Society, Inc., Princeton, NJ, May 2001
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