Holt Ashley
Holt Ashley | |
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| Born | January 10, 1923 San Francisco,U.S. |
| Died | May 9, 2006(aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | An experimental investigation of the flutter characteristics of low density wings |
| Doctoral advisor | Manfred Rauscher,Shatswell Ober |
| Doctoral students | Ilan Kroo |
Holt Ashley(January 10, 1923 – May 9, 2006) was an Americanaeronautical engineernotable for his seminal research onaeroelasticity.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]He was born inSan Francisco,California.
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Ashley attended theMassachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), located inCambridge, Massachusetts,from which he received aMaster of Sciencedegree in aeronautical engineering in 1948 and later aDoctor of Philosophydegree in 1951, also in aeronautical engineering.[1]
Career
[edit]From 1951 to 1954, he was a member of the faculty at MIT.[2]Ashley served as an MIT associate professor from 1954 to 1960.[2]He became a full professor at MIT in 1960, serving in that position until 1967.[2]
In 1967, Ashley joined the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics atStanford University,located inPalo Alto,California, where he was a professor ofaeronauticsandastronautics.[2]
He was elected to theNational Academy of Engineeringin 1970 "for contributions to the field of aerolastic structures and unsteady aerodynamics, aiding in the solutions of problems in vibration and gust loading".[1]
Ashley served as president of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA).[3]
He also served on the advisory boards ofNASA,theNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,theU.S. Air Forceand theU.S. Navy.[1]
He died on 9 May 2006, age 83.
Legacy
[edit]The AIAA established an award in Ashley's honor – theHolt Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity.[4][5][6]
Notable awards and honors
[edit]- 1969 – the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award[3]
- 1981 – theAIAA Wright Brothers Lecture Award[3]
- 1987 – theLudwig-Prandtl-Ringfrom theDeutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- 2003 – the AIAA the Daniel Guggenheim Medal[3]
- 2006 – theAIAA Reed Aeronautics Award[3]
See also
[edit]
- List of aerospace engineers
- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
- List of people from San Francisco
- List of Stanford University people
References
[edit]- ^abcd"National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 (2011):Holt Ashley".
- ^abcdeLevy, Dawn (May 24, 2006)."Holt Ashley, Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics, Dies at 83".Stanford Report.
- ^abcdef"AIAA Mourns the Loss of Past President Holt Ashley".
- ^"AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) – United States".
- ^"AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity Recipients; The AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding and application of aeroelastic phenomena."[permanent dead link].
- ^"AIAA:Technical Excellence Awards – Aerospace Design, Structures, Test"[permanent dead link].
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