DAVID GORDON WILSON - MIT Department of Mechanical ...

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 MIT 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 MIT 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 of Science & Technology, panel member;Alternative automobile engines, Natl. Academy of Sciences, consultant panel;Atmospheric chloro-fluoro-carbons, Natl. Academy of Sciences, panel member;Legislative commission on solid-waste recycling, Commonwealth of Massachusetts;Legislative commission on the MBTA (public transportation), Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, staff member; andLocal commissions on solid wastes and transportation topics.TEACHING:Gas-turbine design; Turbomachinery design; Design of thermal power systems: (graduate)Introduction to design; Design projects: Thermodynamics (occasional): (undergraduate)Faculty director, MITES program (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science)Office of Minority Education: interim directorSOME CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:Specialized propulsion systems: General Electric CompanyAdvanced propulsion engines: Dept. of Defense (through DARPA & IDA)Advanced propulsion engines: Vought Corp., AVCO LycomingSpace power-system design: Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories.Design of pump for artificial heart, Abiomed, Inc.RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES:Human-powered vehicles; hiking; tennis; music; policy studies.