Professor Edward M. Greitzer
Resumé
EDUCATION
- 1962 Harvard College - A.B. (Physics)
- 1964 Harvard University - S.M. (Engineering)
- 1970 Harvard University - Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
EXPERIENCE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2006-2008 Deputy Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 1996-2002 Associate Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 1988-present H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 1984-1996 Professor, Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory, Head, Propulsion and Energy Conversion Division, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 1979-1984 Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 1977-1979 Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
United Technologies Corporation
- 1996-1998 Director, Aeromechanical, Chemical, and Fluid Systems, United
- Technologies Research Center (on leave from MIT)
- 1976-1977 Senior Research Engineer, United Technologies Research Center
- 1969-1976 Research Engineer, Compressor Component Group, Pratt & Whitney Division
Cambridge University
- 1990-1991 Visiting Fellow, Peterhouse (Sabbatical Leave from MIT)
- 1983-1984 Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Royal Society/SERC Guest Fellow (Sabbatical Leave from MIT)
- 1975 Industrial Fellow Commoner, Churchill College (on leave from Pratt & Whitney Division, United Technologies Corporation)
HONORS AND AWARDS
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Gas Turbine Award for the Outstanding Gas Turbine Paper, 1977, 1979, 1996
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers (England) T. Bernard Hall Prize, 1977
- ASME - Freeman Scholar Award in Fluids Engineering, 1980
- Fellow, ASME
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Air Breathing Propulsion Best Paper Award, 1987
- Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 1987
- ASME International Gas Turbine Institute: Turbomachinery Committee Best Paper Award,
- 1991, 1992, 1995, 2007, Controls and Diagnostics Committee Best Paper Award, 1998
- Fellow, AIAA
- National Academy of Engineering
- ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Aircraft Engine Technology Award
- ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Scholar Award
- US Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Award
- ASME R. Tom Sawyer Award
Other Appointments, Fellowships
- Nanjing and Beijing Aeronautical Institutes — Three-week lecture course on Unsteady Flows in Turbomachines, October 1981
- NASA Lewis Research Center — Aerospace Technical Specialist (GS-15),August 1983 (Non-recoverable stall research)
- California Institute of Technology - Visiting Research Associate, July-August 1986
- Ohio Aerospace Institute Lectureship in Turbomachinery, July 1992
Professional Memberships and Committees
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers:
- Chair, International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Turbomachinery Committee (1989-1991)
- Chair, IGTI Scholar Award Committee (1989-1993)
- IGTI Awards and Honors Committee (2003-present; Chair (2006-present)
- IGTI Board of Directors (1993-1998, Chair 1996-1997)
- Associate Editor, AIAA Journal (1983-1986)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Propulsion and Power (1987-1990)
- Review Editor, Handbook of Fluids and Fluid Machinery (1984-1994)
- External Examiner, Cambridge University (1985-2000)
- NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee (1990-1994)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Fluids and Structures (1991-1993)
- Editor, Cambridge University Press Series on Aeroengine Technology (1989-2002)
- Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to USAF Scientific Advisory Board: Air Force Aircraft Jet
- Engine Manufacturing and Production Processes (1991)
- Blue Ribbon Panel on Management Options for Air Force Laboratories (1992-1994)
- Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (1992-1996)
- National Research Council (NRC) Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aircraft Emissions (1995-1998)
- NRC Committee to Identify Potential Breakthrough Technologies and Assess Long-Term Goals in Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology (1997-1998)
- Editorial Advisory Boards
- Integrated Computer Aided Engineering (1993-present)
- AIAA Journal (1998-present)
- AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power (2001-present)
- National Academy of Engineering Peer Review Group (1997-1999)
- Air Force Senior Steering Committee on Workforce for the 21st Century (1998-1999)
- Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion and Power Directorate Steering Group on Modeling and Simulation (1999-2001)
- DOE ASCI Review Panel (2001, Chair 2002)
- National Academy of Sciences selection committee for NAS Aeronautical Engineering Award (2004)
- National Research Council Air Force/DOD Aerospace Propulsion Committee (2005-present)
- Elector, Rank Professorship, Cambridge University (2005-2007)
- International Advisory Committee, Cambridge University Engineering Department (2006-present)