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)