Edward Greitzer

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-207
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-2128
greitzer@mit.edu
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/greitzer/

B.A., 1962, Harvard College
M.S., 1964, Harvard University
Ph.D., 1970, Harvard University

Research Interests

Turbomachinery; Propulsion, Silent Aircraft, Flow Control, Internal Flow; University-Industry Collaboration; Robust Design of Gas Turbine Engines

Teaching Interests

Propulsion, Fluid Dynamics, Experimental Projects, Thermodynamics

Positions Held at MIT

Deputy Department Head, 2006-present; Associate Department Head, 1996–2002; H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1988-present; Director Gas Turbine Laboratory, Head, Propulsion and Energy Conversion Division, 1984-1996; Associate Professor, 1979-1984; Assistant Professor, 1977-1979

Positions Held Outside MIT

United Technologies Corporation: Director, Aeromechanical, Chemical, and Fluid Systems, United Technologies Research Center, 1996-1998; Senior Research Engineer, United Technologies Research Center, 1976-1977; Research Engineer, Compressor Component Group, Pratt & Whitney 1969-1976. Cambridge University: Visiting Fellow, Peterhouse, 1990-1991; Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Royal Society/SERC Guest Fellow, 1983-1984; Industrial Fellow Commoner, Churchill College (on leave from Pratt & Whitney), 1975. NASA Lewis Research Center, Aerospace Technical Specialist, August 1983; California Institute of Technology, Visiting Research Associate, July-August 1986

Honors and Awards

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Gas Turbine Power Award 1977, 1979, 1996; Institute of Mechanical Engineers T. Bernard Hall Prize; ASME Freeman Scholar Award in Fluids Engineering; Royal Society Guest Fellowship, Cambridge University; AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Best Paper Award, 1986; Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science; ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI), Turbomachinery Committee Best Paper Award, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2007, Controls & Diagnostic Committee Best Paper Award, 1998; IGTI Aircraft Engine Technology Award; US Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Award; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Undergraduate Teaching Award; ASME R. Tom Sawyer Award; IGTI Scholar Award

Society Memberships

Member, National Academy of Engineering; Fellow, ASME; Fellow, AIAA