Today I attended the University of Michigan Art Exhibit on North Campus, which featured thousands of works by prisoners in the state of Michigan. The event serves both as a charity and as a program designed to provide the incarcerated with a creative outlet and a means of connecting with the broader community. The artwork …
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Education, Frederick Douglass
To deny education to any people is one of the greatest crimes against human nature. It is to deny them the means of freedom and the rightful pursuit of happiness, and to defeat the very end of their being. Frederick Douglass
Maxwell
No I don’t. I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell. Einstein when he was told he stood on Newton’s shoulders.
New Position
Today I started my new position as the Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) for Hypersonics at the US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWCAD).
Framework for Analytical Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations for Hyperbolic Boundary Value Problems in the Aerodynamic Near-Field
Abstract: A framework to create new specific analytical solutions of the equations of motion for hyperbolic boundary value problems is presented. The method relies on a closed-form integral equation for mass density, involving a term that combines sources, geometry, ambient values, and radiation. Products of the density integral result in new more complicated solutions. The …
New Year 2025
The year 2025 has begun. Within just a few weeks, I left my professorship, relocated to Maryland, became a resident of the state, and embarked on a new chapter of life.
Academic Odyssey to Ithaca
Today marks the conclusion of my professorship at the University of Florida. Odysseus’s journey from the Ilion Wars (Trojan Wars) back to Ithaca was an odyssey that defined much of his lifetime. Though separated from his love, it was the journey that made his love meaningful. Approximately eight and a half years ago, I began …
Book Collecting
I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendship, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book. – A.S.W. Rosenbach, Books, and Bidders
The Three Pillars of Rocketry Culminating in Human Spaceflight
Below is an article that is upcoming in the NASA Alumni newsletter without images. “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Modern rocketry began with foundational work by pioneers such as Tsiolkovsky, Oberth, Goddard, and the American Rocket Society. Their theoretical and experimental advances …
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Research Notes on The American Rocket Society
“The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” – Robert H. Goddard While Dr. Robert H. Goddard was advancing rocketry through private experiments, another group of American enthusiasts independently pursued space exploration. Formed in the early 1930s, the American Rocket Society (ARS) emerged as an organization that not only …
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