Faculty Profile - Joseph Katz Resume

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EDUCATION

1973 B.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Technion, IIT.
1974 M.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Technion, IIT.
1976 D.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Technion, IIT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986- Professor, Aerospace Engineering, SDSU, San Diego CA.
1984-1986 Senior Research Associate, NASA-Ames, 40 x 80 Wind Tunnel.
1982-1984 Head of Automotive Program, Mech. Eng., Technion, Israel.
1980-1984 Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Israel.
1978-1980 Research Associate, NASA-Ames, 40 x 80 Wind-Tunnel.
1977-1978 Research Ass., Dept. of Aeronautical Eng., Technion, Israel.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

AERONAUTICS: Non steady aero and hydrodynamics, potential flow, and PANEL methods. Wind tunnel testing and wall corrections.

General aviation, piston engine cooling, drag reduction.
General aviation, post-stall-spin aerodynamics.

AUTOMOTIVE: Internal combustion engines: cooling, carburation, optimization.

Passenger car safety.
Two phase flow cooling. Heat transfer and heat exchangers.
Automotive aerodynamics and dynamics.

OTHER: Laser doppler anemometry in two phase flows.

Non conventional naval propulsion e.g.: undulating propellers.
Biofluid engineering (e.g blood, and infusion flows).

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

A. BOOKS


1. Katz J., and Plotkin A., "Low-Speed Aerodynamics: From Wing Theory to
Panel Methods," McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY, 1991.

2. Katz J., "Race-Car Aerodynamics," Robert  Bentley Inc., Cambridge, MA, 1995.

3. Katz J., and Plotkin A., "Low-Speed Aerodynamics - Second Edition,"
Cambridge Unuversity Press, NY, 2000.

B. TECHNICAL PAPERS

50. Walton J., and Katz J., "Application of Leading-Edge Vortex
Manipulations to Reduce Wing Rock Amplitudes," J. Aircraft, Vol. 30, No. 4,
pp. 555-557, 1993.

51. Richason, F. T., Katz, J., and Ashby, D., "Unsteady Panel Method for
Flows with Multiple Bodies Moving Along Various Paths," (Based on AIAA
Paper No. 93-0640). AIAA J., Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 62-68, 1994.

52. Katz J., "Considerations Pertinent to Race-Car Wing Design," R.A.C.
Conference on "Vehicle Aerodynamics," Paper No. 23, July 18, 1994,
Loughborough, England.

53. Katz J., and Dykstra, L., "Application of Computational Methods to the
Aerodynamic Development of a Prototype Race-Car," SAE Paper 942498, P-287,
pp. 161-169, presented at the SAE first Motor Sport Engineering Conference,
Dec. 5-8, 1994, Detroit, USA.

54. Katz, J., and Walters, R., "Investigation of Wind-Tunnel Wall Effects
in High-Blockage Testing," AIAA paper No. 95-0438, presented at the 33rd
Aerospace Sciences Mtg., Jan. 9-12, 1995, Reno, NV.

55. Vest M., and Katz J., "Unsteady Aerodynamics Model of Flapping
Wings,"AIAA paper No. 95-0747, presented at the 33rd Aerospace Sciences
Mtg., Jan. 9-12, 1995, Reno, NV. Also  AIAA J. Vol.34, No. 7, Jul. 1996,
pp.1435-1440.

56. Katz, J., Yon S., and Rogers S., "Impulsive Start of a Symmetric
Airfoil at High Angle-of-Attack," AIAA paper 95-1872 presentsed at the AIAA
13th  Applied Aerodynamic Conf. San Diego, June 1995. Also AIAA J. Vol. 34,
No. 2, Feb. 1996, pp. 225-230.

57. Arieli R., Katz, J., and Plotkin A., "Viscous Effects on the Wall
Caused by an Airfoil's Ground Effect," AIAA paper 95-1833, presented at the
AIAA 13th Applied Aerodynamic Conf. San Diego, June 1995.

58. Katz, J., and Walters, R., "Effects of Large Blockage in Wind-Tunnel
Testing," J. Aircraft, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 1149-1153, 1995.

59. Katz, J., "High-Lift Wing Design for Race-Car Applications," SAE paper
95-1976, Aerotech Conf, Sept. 19, 1995, Los Angeles.

60. Katz, J., "Winds of Change in Engineering Education," Katedrion, Vol.
8, Sept. 1996, pp. 12 - 15.

61. Katz, J., "Aerodynamics and Possible Alleviation of Top-Fuel Dragster
'Blow-Over'," SAE paper No. 96-2519 , presented at  the SAE 2nd Int.
Motorsport Conf., Detroit , Dec. 1996. Also, "Vehicle Design Issues", SAE
P-304/1, 1996, pp. 115-119.

62. Yon, S., and Katz, J., "Study of the Time Dependent Flow on a Stalled
Wing," AIAA paper 97-1927, Presented at the 28th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conf.,
Snowmass, CO, June/July 1997. AIAA J., Vol 36, No. 3 (March 1998), pp.
305-312.

63. Yon, S., and Katz, J., "Cellular Structures in the Flow over the Flap
of a Two-Element Wing," J. Aircraft, Vol. 35, No. 2, (March-April 1998) pp.
230-232.

64. Katz, J., Byrne S., and Hahl, W., R, "Stall Resistance Features of
Lifting-Body Airplane Configurations," AIAA 98-0760, presented at the 36th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Mtng. Reno, NV, Jan. 1998. Also J. Aircraft, Vol.
36, No. 2, (March-April 1999), pp. 471- 474.

65. Katz J., Luo H., Mestreau E., Baum J., and Lohner R., "Viscous-Flow
Simulation of an Open-Wheel Race Car," SAE paper 983041, Presented atthe
Motor Sport Engineering Conf. Detroit, Nov. 16, 1998. Also, SAE Special
publication on "Vehicle Design and Safety Issues," P-340/1, 1988, pp.
87-93.

66. Vest M., and Katz J., "Aerodynamics of a Flapping-Wing Micro UAV," AIAA
99-0994, presented at the AIAA 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Reno, NV,
Jan. 1999.

67. Katz, J., "Wing/Vortex Interactions and Wing Rock Review ," Progress in
Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 35, No. 7, 1999, pp.  727-750.

68. Roglin, B., and Katz, J., "Tailoring L/D ratio for a Lifting-Body
Airplane Configuration," J. Aircraft, Vol. 37, N0. 4, July-Aug. 2000, pp.
725-727.

69. Roglin, B., and Katz, J., "Study of Downward Pointing Winglets for
Unswept Wings," AIAA 2001-xxxx, Jan 2001.

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