James Hileman

Principal Research Engineer
Associate Director, Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-115
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 452-2879
hileman@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/hileman/www/

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1998
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2000
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2004

Specialization and Research Interests

Alternative fuels, aircraft system design, environmental impacts of aviation, aero-acoustics

Positions Held at MIT

Post-Doctoral Associate, 2004 - 2006; Research Engineer, 2006 - 2009; Principal Research Engineer, 2009 - present; Associate Director, Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER), 2009 - present

Positions Held Outside MIT

Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Environmental Working Group (EWG) Science & Metrics Standing Committee Chair, 2006-present; Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative Steering Group, 2006-present

Honors and Awards

FAA Centers of Excellence Faculty of the Year Award, 2010; Recipient of Royal Society grant to be a Visiting Scholar at the Cambridge University Engineering Department, 2006; AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference Best Student Paper, 2002; Ohio Space Grant Consortium Fellow, 2000-2003

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics