Biography
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Dr. Gary Settles,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton
University, 1976
B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace, Engineering, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, 1971
Positions: The Pennsylvania State University, 1983-Present,
Research Engineer and Lecturer, Princeton University, Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton, NJ 1977-1983
Research Scientist, Princeton Combustion Laboratories, Division
of Flow Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ 1975-1977 Assistant in
Research and Teaching, Princeton University, Aerospace and
Mechanical Sciences Department, Gas Dynamics Laboratory,
Princeton, NJ 1971-1975 Student Engineer, The Boeing Company,
Commercial Airplane Division, Seattle, WA, Summer 1968 and 1969
Physical Science Aide, U.S. Naval Ordinance Laboratory,
Aeroballistics Division, White Oak, Silver Spring, MD Summer
1967
Honors/Awards: Freeman Scholar Award, ASME, 2004 Outstanding
Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1986 Premiere
Researcher Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1992
Department Head Faculty Award, Mechanical and Nuclear
Engineering, 1990
Affiliations: American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Sigma Xi, American Physical Society (APS) Society of
Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) International
Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST) ASM
International, the Thermal Spray Society, American Power
Metallurgy Institute Steel Structures Painting Council Member of
the Supersonic Tunnel Association |