EARL DOWELL
JA Jones Professor,
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences

Contact Information
185 Hudson Hall
(PH) 919-660-5321
(FX) 919-660-8963
dowell@ee.duke.edu

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Education

	ScD	Some Problems in Panel Flutter, Aeronautics/ Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964
	SM	Flutter of a Panel on an Elastic Foundation, Aeronautics/Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961
	BS	Aeronautics/Astronautics, University of Illinois, 1959

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Experience

	1999-present	JA Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, and Dean Emeritus
	1983-1999	Dean, Duke University School of Engineering, and JA Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
	1972-1983	Professor, Princeton University
	1968-1972	Associate Professor, Princeton University
	1965-1968	Assistant Professor, Princeton University
	1964-1965	Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	1962-1963	Research Engineer, Boeing Company

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Selected Publications

1. ‘Experimental and Theoretical Study of Gust Response for High-Aspect-Ratio Wing,’ with Tang, D., AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp.419-429, March 2002.
2. ‘Nonlinear Inviscid Aerodynamic Effects on Transonic Divergence, Flutter and Limit-Cycle Oscillations,’ with Thomas, J. P. and Hall, K. C., AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 638-646, April 2002.
3. ‘Limit Cycle Oscillations of Two-Dimensional Panels in Low Subsonic Flow,’ with Tang, D. M., International Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 37, No. 7, pp. 1199- 1209, October 2002.
4. ‘System Identification of a Vortex Lattice Aerodynamic Model,’ with Juang, J. N. and Kholodar, D., AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No.6, pp.1187-1196, June 2002
5. ‘Nonlinear Aeroelasticity and Unsteady Aerodynamics,’ with Tang, D., AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 1697-1707, September 2002.

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Research Support (related to this proposal)

1. ‘Dynamics and Control of Nonlinear Fluid-Structure Interaction’ (1999-2002),
2. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $360,000 (PI: E.H. Dowell, Co-PI’s:
   L.N. Virgin, R.L. Clark, H.P. Gavin)
3. ‘Limit Cycle Oscillation (LCO) and Nonlinear Aeroelastic Wing Response:
   Reduced-Order Aerodynamic Models,’ (2000-2003) Air Force Office of
   Scientific Research, $400,000, (PI: E.H. Dowell, Co-PI: K.C. Hall)
4. ‘Dynamics of Very High Dimensional Nanoscale Systems,’ (2002-2006)
   National Science Foundation, $320,000, (PI: E. H. Dowell)

 

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Short Research Interest Descriptor

Nonlinear Dynamics of Fluid-Structure Interaction and of Nanoscale Systems.

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Research Interest

Nonlinear dynamics of complex high dimensional systems are the main thrust of ongoing research. Such systems include the transonic flow around aerospacecraft structures undergoing large oscillations and, more recently, nanoscale systems such as biological molecules.

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