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San Diego State University - Minds That Move the World

Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics

College of Engineering, San Diego State University

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Allen Plotkin

Professor

Contact Information

Office: E-211
Phone: 619-594-7019
Fax: 619-594-6005
Email: aplotkinATsciences.sdsu.edu

Education

B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 1963
M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 1964
Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Stanford University, 1968

Honors and Awards

  • Who’s Who in America, 2007
  • ASEE/AIAA J.Leland Atwood Award, 2005
  • AIAA Sustained Service Award, 2003
  • Associate Editor, AIAA Journal, 1986-Present
  • ASME Fellow, 1991
  • AIAA Associate Fellow, 1978

Selected Publications

  • Katz, J. and Plotkin, A., "Low-Speed Aerodynamics" , Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
  • Liu, W. and Plotkin,A., "Application of Cosserat Spectrum Theory to the Weakly Compressible Stokes Flow Past a Sphere ", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 38, 2, 155-172, 2000.
  • Coulliette, C. and Plotkin,A., "Aerofoil Ground Effect Revisited", The Aeronautical Journal, February 1996, 65-74.

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Plotkin’s research interests are aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and basic incompressible fluid mechanics. The research has emphasized the blending of analytical and computational techniques for the solution of a wide variety of flow problems, including fluid jets, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, ground effect, separation, and vortex modeling.

Professor Plotkin teaches courses in aerodynamics, astronautics and engineering mathematics.