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<strong>DAVID</strong> <strong>GORDON</strong> <strong>WILSON</strong> - a short resume.ADDRESSES AND PHONES:<strong>MIT</strong> room 3-258, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USAPhone: (617) 253-5121; E-mail: dgwilson@mit.eduEDUCATION:1955-57 M.I.T. and Harvard University: Commonwealth Fund Fellow1950-53 University <strong>of</strong> Nottingham, UK PhD, gas-turbine-blade heat-transfer research1948-50 Post-graduate apprenticeship: Brush Elec.Eng.Co.,Ltd., UK1945-48 University <strong>of</strong> Birmingham, UK BSc, first-class honors1937-45 Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, UK Higher school certificatePOSITIONS:1994 - Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> mechanical engineering, emeritus, <strong>MIT</strong>1971- 94 Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, mechanical engineering Massachusetts Inst.<strong>of</strong> Technology1966-71 Associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor, " "1960-66 VP & technical director, UK & US Northern Research & Engg. Corp.1958-60 Senior lecturer, mechanical engg. Univ. Ibadan (Zaria) Nigeria1957-58 Senior gas-turbine designer Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln, UK1956-57 Visiting engineer, gas turbines, Boeing Airplane Company1955-56 Visiting fellow <strong>MIT</strong> and Harvard University1953-55 Engineer, gas turbines Brush Elec.Engg.Co, Ltd., UK1953-53 Ship's seventh engineer <strong>of</strong>ficer Donaldson Line, Glasgow, UK1950-53 Brush fellow, research assistant Nottingham University, UKAWARDS AND HONORS:1945 Johnson prize for best academic perf. Bishop Vesey's Grammar School1950-52 Brush research fellowship Nottingham University, UK1954 T. Bernard Hall prize, Inst.Mech.Eng. Best research paper <strong>of</strong> year1954 Inst. Mech. Engrs. scholarship Power Jets School <strong>of</strong> GT Technology1955 Lord Weir first prize, Inst.Mech.Eng. Best graduate paper <strong>of</strong> 19541955-57 Commonwealth Fund fellowship <strong>MIT</strong> and Harvard University1974 Industrial Research IR-100 award pilot sorting system.1974 Reclamation Industries Intl. prize for pilot sorting system.1993 Erskine Fellowship University <strong>of</strong> Canterbury, NZRECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:Pump design for artificial heart: Abiomed Inc.Gas-turbine hybrid engines: Lincoln Laboratory.Regenerator development (patent awarded): <strong>MIT</strong>Multimedia design instructional systems: National Science Foundation.Exhaust-heated cycles for coal-burning gas turbines: US Dept. <strong>of</strong> Energy.Improvements to axial-flow-turbine preliminary design: GE AircraftEngines, Lynn, MA.Nozzle-rotor wake-interaction study (T.P. Korakianitis): GE AircraftEngines, Lynn, MA.High-efficiency Brayton-cycle engines: <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Commerce.Two-phase flow in centrifugal pumps: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
BOOKS PUBLISHED:GAS-TURBINE REGENERATORS (with D. S. Beck), Chapman & Hall, 1996;HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLES (with Allan Abbott), Human Kinetic Publishers, 1995;THE DESIGN OF GAS-TURBINE ENGINES, International Gas Turbine Institute, 1991;THE DESIGN OF HIGH-EFFICIENCY TURBOMACHINERY AND GAS TURBINES, firstedition The <strong>MIT</strong> Press, 1984; second edition (with T.P.Korakianitis) Prentice-Hall 1997;THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF FOSSIL-FUEL BURNING (with Richard Wilson et al.),Ballinger, 1981;BICYCLING SCIENCE, first edition 1974, second edition 1982, The <strong>MIT</strong> Press; third edition 2004SOLID-WASTE-MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK (editor), Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977;THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN SOLID WASTE (editor), Technomic, 1972.SERVICE ON COMMISSIONS:Alternative automobile engines, Office <strong>of</strong> Science & Technology, panel member;Alternative automobile engines, Natl. Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences, consultant panel;Atmospheric chloro-fluoro-carbons, Natl. Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences, panel member;Legislative commission on solid-waste recycling, Commonwealth <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts;Legislative commission on the MBTA (public transportation), Commonwealth <strong>of</strong>Massachusetts, staff member; andLocal commissions on solid wastes and transportation topics.TEACHING:Gas-turbine design; Turbomachinery design; Design <strong>of</strong> thermal power systems: (graduate)Introduction to design; Design projects: Thermodynamics (occasional): (undergraduate)Faculty director, <strong>MIT</strong>ES program (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science)Office <strong>of</strong> Minority Education: interim directorSOME CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:Specialized propulsion systems: General Electric CompanyAdvanced propulsion engines: Dept. <strong>of</strong> Defense (through DARPA & IDA)Advanced propulsion engines: Vought Corp., AVCO LycomingSpace power-system design: Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories.Design <strong>of</strong> pump for artificial heart, Abiomed, Inc.RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES:Human-powered vehicles; hiking; tennis; music; policy studies.
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