FRED R. DEJARNETTE
Professor

Education
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1965
M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1958
B. of Aeronautical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1957

Research Interests
Engineering and computational methods in aerothermodynamics

Professional Experience
Engineering Trainee Norfolk Naval Shipyard 1952-57 (Co-Op) Portsmouth, VA

Research Assistant Georgia Institute of Technology 1957-58

Aerodynamics Engineer Douglas Aircraft Co. 1958-59 Long Beach, CA

2nd Lt., U.S. Army Ballistics Research Lab 1959-60 Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD

Aerodynamics Engineer Douglas Aircraft Co. 1960-61 Charlotte, NC

Assistant Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1961-63

Aerospace Engineer NASA, Langley Research Center 1963-65

Associate Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1965-70
(Acting Head of Aerospace Engineering, 1967-69)

Associate Professor North Carolina State University 1970-71

Professor North Carolina State University 1971 - present
(Graduate Administrator, 1973-83; Associate Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1980-83, 1992; Department Head, 1993-present)

DIRECTOR: Mars Mission Research Center (1988-94), Hypersonic Aerodynamics Program (1987-93), and NASA-NC Space Grant Consortium (1994-present)

Honors
Sporn Outstanding Teacher Award (Va. Tech.), 1966

AIAA Outstanding Faculty Advisor Citation, 1973 and 1974

Outstanding Teacher Award, NCSU, 1974

Listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who in the South and Southwest

RJR Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension, 1988-93

O. Max Gardner Award for most Outstanding Faculty Member in UNC-System, 1990

Graduate Alumni Distinguished Professor, 1990-1992

AIAA Thermophysics Award, 1995

Fellow, AIAA, 1996

Professional Societies
American Society for Engineering Education

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Planetary Society

National Space Society

Sigma Xi

Tau Beta Pi

Phi Kappa Phi

Pi Tau Sigma

Sigma Gamma Tau

Selected Publications
Hanrahan, H.C., Minton, D.A., DeJarnette, F.R., Camelier, I.A. and Fleming, M.H.,"Mars Tumbleweed: "A New Way to Explore Mars" and also "Conceptional Designs for a Mars Tumbleweed", Proc. Int. Workshop 'Planetary Probe Atmospheric Entry and Descent Trajectory Analysis and Science', Lisbon, Portugal, 6-9 October 2003 (Also published as ESA SP-544, February 2004)

Dyakonov, A. and DeJarnette, F., "Streamlines and Aerodynamic Heating for Unstructured Grids on High Speed Vehicles", AIAA Paper 2003-0151, presented at 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 6-9 January 2003, Reno, Nevada.

Harwell, K. E. and DeJarnette, F. R., "Matching Inviscid/Boundary Layer Flowfields at Hypersonic Speeds," AIAA Paper 99-4860 presented at 9th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technology Conference, Nov. 1-4, 1999, Norfolk , VA.

DeJarnette, F.R. and Ratcliffe, R.A.,"Matching Inviscid/Boundary-Layer Flowfields", AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1, January 1996, pp. 35-42.

Cheatwood, F.M. and DeJarnette, F.R.,"An Approximate Viscous Shock Layer Technique for Calculating Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flows About Blunt-Nosed Bodies," AIAA Paper 92-0498, also Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 31, No. 4, July-Aug. 1994, pp. 621-629.