Dr. David Riggins
PROFESSOR
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech (VPI&SU) (1998) - M.S. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Virginia Tech (VPI&SU) (1982) - B.S. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Virginia Tech (VPI&SU) (1981) - University of Missouri Curators’ Teaching Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Appointed December 2013 - Director of NASA Missouri Space Grant and EPSCoR programs, September 2013 - present - Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri – Rolla), Rolla, MO, August 2000 - present - Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN, August 1999- July 2000 - Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, August 1996-July 2000 - Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, August 1990-July 1996 - Research Scientist, Analytical Services and Materials, Hampton, VA, June 1988-August 1990 - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, September 1985-June 1988 - Mechanical Engineer, Vehicle Technology Division, Hydromechanics Branch, Naval Coastal Systems Center (NCSC), Panama City, Fl, January 1983-August 1985 - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, June 1981-October 1982 - Test Engineer, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Surface Ship Test Division, Newport News, VA, June 1980-September 1980
Research Interest
Fluid dynamics, aerospace propulsion, high-speed propulsion, hypersonics, scramjets, second-law analysis, aerospace engine performance, multi-disciplinary analysis/optimization, combustion modeling, computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods, parallel/multi-computing
Publications
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Riggins, D.W., Camberos, J., Moorhouse, D., “The Characterization of Aerospace Vehicle Performance and Mission Analysis Using Thermodynamic Availabilityâ€, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 904-916, May-June 2010.
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Riggins, D.W., Camberos, J., Moorhouse, D., “Characterization of Aerospace Vehicle Performance and Mission Analysis Using Exergyâ€, Chapter 8, Volume 238, AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles and Systems, AIAA, 2011, Reston, Virginia, pp. 275-307.
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Riggins, D.W., Moorhouse, D., Camberos, J., and von Spakovsky, M., “Optimization Utilizing Entropy-Generation Minimization for Maximum Performance of Hypersonic Vehiclesâ€, Chapter 7, Volume 238, AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles and Systems, AIAA, 2011, Reston, Virginia, pp. 229-273.
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Riggins, D. W., Camberos, J., Moorhouse, D., “Entropy Generation and Aerospace Vehicle Performanceâ€, Chapter 6, Volume 238, AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles and Systems, AIAA, 2011, Reston, Virginia, pp. 181-227.
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Marley, C., and Riggins, D. W., “Numerical Study of Novel Drag Reduction Techniques for Hypersonic Blunt Bodiesâ€, AIAA Journal, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 1871-1882, September 2011.
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Physics-Based Modeling and Simulation for Aerospace Systems, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Lecture Series 2012-05, Editors: Camberos, Wolff, Paniagua, High-Speed Aero-Propulsion Integration, ISBN-13 978-2-87516-038-6, 2012
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Riggins, D. W., Camberos, J., Wolff, M., Bowcutt, K., “Mission-Integrated Exergy Analysis for Hypersonic Vehicles: Methodology and Applicationâ€, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 610-620, May-June 2013.
