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Thomas Gally, Ph.D.

Employment            Education  

Publications            Awards/Honors 

Grants, Contract and Patents

Affiliations

Employment:

Associate Professor

August 1999 to present

Aerodynamics Engineering Department

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Prescott, AZ

Responsible for senior level preliminary aircraft design capstone course. Also teach courses in aerodynamics. Conduct research in areas of aerodynamics, aircraft performance, and aircraft design and configuration. Participate in academic committee work and advising of undergraduate students.

Senior Specialist Engineer

December 1996 to September 1999

Aerodynamics Engineering

Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group

Seattle, WA

Research and development engineer in the Design Processes and Technology Group. Tasks included: developing new computational tools and techniques for the design of transonic cruise wings; supporting aerodynamic research wind tunnel testing; and supporting tasks defined under the NASA Advanced Subsonic Transport contract.

Assistant Professor

September 1994 to August 1996

Mechanical Engineering Department

The American University in Cairo

Cairo, Egypt

The American University in Cairo is a multicultural institution serving the higher education needs of Africa and the Middle. Developed and lectured undergraduate courses in the areas of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and introduction to engineering. Introduced design of piping systems and heat exchangers into the curriculum. Also developed and lectured graduate level course in advanced. Academic advisor for freshman engineering students. Coordinated ABET accreditation activities.

Visiting Assistant Professor

September 1991 to August 1994

Aerospace Engineering Department

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

Conducted research in aerodynamic design, with particular emphasis on flow separation control and prediction in numerical optimization schemes. Developed and lectured course material for aerodynamics, viscous fluid flow, heat transfer and numerical methods courses offered in aerospace engineering curriculum. Duties included the creation and grading of homework and test material associated with each course, counseling of undergraduate students and participation in graduate thesis committees.

Computing Manager

September 1989 to August 1992

Aerospace Engineering Department

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

Main duties included software and hardware maintenance of UNIX and MS-DOS based computer workstations available for academic use. Additional tasks included the design, purchase, and installation of an Ethernet and serial communication network between faculty offices, workstation computer room, and campus wide network; obtaining and evaluating various software packages for use with computer systems; and advising faculty and students on the use and availability of software and hardware computing tools.

Graduate Research Assistant

January 1986 to August 1989

Aerospace Engineering Department

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

Graduate research assistant in Aerospace Engineering Department. Pursued funded research in transonic and hypersonic fluid flows under guidance of graduate advisor, Dr. Leland A. Carlson. (See publications)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

September 1985 to December 1985

Aerospace Engineering Department

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

Teaching assistant for introductory experimental fluid dynamics course and laboratory instructor. Duties included the planning, setting up, and instruction of the laboratory portion of this course.

Associate Engineer

June 1984 to August 1985

F-16 Loads and Criteria Group

General Dynamics Corporation

Fort Worth, Texas

Associate engineer in the flight test section of the F-16 Loads and Criteria Group. Primary tasks involved the gathering of flight test data from loads flight testing of the F-16 test aircraft, reducing this data to visual form, and preparing flight test reports used in aircraft certification and problem identification.

Associate Engineer

September 1981 to August 1982

Thermal Controls Subsystem Group

NASA/Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas.

Co-operative education student worker with the Thermal Controls Subsystem Group for the Space Transportation System. Duties included the reduction of flight test data obtained from the Operational Flight Testing of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Education:

Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering)

May, 1992

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

M.S. (Aerospace Engineering)

May, 1987

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

B.S. (Aerospace Engineering)

May, 1984

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

Publications:

Refereed Journals:

“Incorporating Green Engineering Into Teaching Preliminary Aircraft Design“, Gally, T., Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research, Winter 2001.

"Normal Shock Solutions to the Viscous Shock Layer Equations Including Thermal, Chemical Thermodynamic and Radiative Nonequilibrium," Mott, D., Gally, T., and Carlson, L., Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, July-September 1995.

"A Flowfield Coupled Excitation and Radiation Model for Nonequilibrium Reacting Flows," Gally, T. A., Carlson, L. A., and Green, D., Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp 285-293, April 1993.

"Nonequilibrium Chemical and Radiation Coupling, Part I: Theory and Models," Carlson, L. A., and Gally, T. A., Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp 385-391, July1992.

"Nonequilibrium Chemical and Radiation Coupling, Part II: Results for AOTV Flowfields," Gally, T. A., and Carlson, L. A., Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp 392-399, July1992.

"Effect of Electron Temperature and Impact Ionization on Martian Return AOTV Flowfields," Carlson, L. A., and Gally, T. A., Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 9-20, January 1991.

"Inverse Wing Design in Transonic Flow Including Viscous Interaction," Carlson, L. A., Ratcliff, R. R., Gally, T. A., and Campbell, R. L., Proceedings of the NASA Transonic Symposium: Theory, Application and Experiment, NASA CP 3020, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, pp. 497-519, April 1988.

"Transonic Wing Design Using Inverse Methods in Curvilinear Coordinates," Gally, T. A., and Carlson, L. A., Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 25, No. 11, pp. 1009-1017, November 1988.

Conference Papers:

“Constrained Aerothermodynamic Design of Hypersonic Vehicles,” Gally, T.A., and Campbell, R.L., 20th Applied Aerodynamic Conference, St. Louis, 2002.

“Incorporating Green Engineering Into Teaching Preliminary Aircraft Design“, Gally, T., Green Engineering: Sustainable and Environmentally Conscious Engineering Conference, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, August 2001.

"Aerodynamic Evaluation of Wing Tip Mounted Nacelles," Gally, T.,  AIAA Paper 2001-2482, June 2001.

"Normal Shock Solutions to the Viscous Shock Layer Equations Including Thermal, Chemical Thermodynamic and Radiative Nonequilibrium," Mott, D., Gally, T., and Carlson, L., AIAA Paper 94-2415, June 1994.

"Survey of Nonequilibrium Re-entry Heating for Entry Flight Conditions," Gally, T. A. and Carlson, L. A., AIAA Paper 93-3230, July 1993.

"An Approximate Local Thermodynamic Nonequilibrium Radiation Model for Air," Gally, T. A. and Carlson, L. A., AIAA Paper 92-2972, June 1992.

"A Flowfield Coupled Excitation and Radiation Model for Nonequilibrium Reacting Flows," Gally, T. A., Carlson, L. A., and Green, D., AIAA Paper 91-1463, June 1991.

"Nonequilibrium Chemical and Radiation Coupling Phenomena in AOTV Flowfields," Carlson, L. A. and Gally, T. A., AIAA Paper 91-0569, January 1991.

"The Effect of Electron Temperature and Impact Ionization of Martian Return AOTV Flowfields," Carlson, L. A. and Gally, T. A., AIAA Paper 89-1729, June 1989.

"Inviscid Transonic Wing Design Using Inverse Methods in Curvilinear Coordinates," Gally, T. A. and Carlson, L. A., AIAA Paper 87-2551, August 1987.

Other Significant Reports:

"Development of Engineering Methods for Nonequilibrium Radiative Phenomena about Aeroassisted Entry Vehicles," Gally, T. A., Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, May 1992.

"TAW5D: A Users Manual for Analysis and Inverse Design of Wings in Transonic Flow," Ratcliff, R. R., Gally, T. A., Carlson, L. A., Melson, N. D., and Streett, C. L., TAMRF Report No. 5373-89-04, October 1989.

"Inverse Transonic Wing Design Using Finite-Volume Methods in Curvilinear Coordinates," Gally, T. A., Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University, May 1987.

2002 Faculty Oustanding Service Award

2002 Boeing A. D. Welliver Faculty Summer Fellow.

2001 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.

2000 Best Research Presentation,  ASEE/NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program.

2000 and 2001 ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow.  Research at NASA/LaRC with Dr. Larry Levitt and Dr. Richard Campbell

1993 and 1994 ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow. Research at NASA/LaRC with Dr. James Luckring and Dr. Richard Campbell

1988-1991 NASA Graduate Research Fellow

1988 Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award, Texas A&M University.

1984 Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science Honor

2002 - Embry-Riddle Research Fund Award, "Investigation of Surface Porosity in Alleviation of Airfoil Leading Edge Separation," Gally. T. A. Principal Investigator.

2001 – “Turbofan Engine Nacelle Exhaust System with Concave Primary Nozzle Plug,” US Patent No. 6,178,740, Su, M.W., Podleski, S.D., Gally, T.A., and Newsum, S.A., The Boeing Company.

1995 - American University in Cairo Research Grant, "Optimal Aerodynamic Design of a Wind Turbine Blade," Gally, T. A. Principal Investigator.

1994 - NASA Grant 1 1596, "Investigation into Design Methodologies for Airfoils/Wings at Separated or Near-Separated Flight Conditions," Gally, T. A. Principal Investigator.

1988 - NASA Graduate Fellowship Research Grant, "Development of Engineering Methods for Nonequilibrium Radiative Phenomena About Aeroassisted Entry Vehicles," Gally, T. A. Researcher, Carlson, L. A. Advisor.

AIAA, Senior Member

SAE, Member and Faculty Advisor

ASEE, Member

AOPA, Member