Faculty - A.J. Baker
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A.J. Baker |
| Teaching ~Education ~ Research Interests ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~ Selected Publications |
TEACHING• Computational Mechanics |
EDUCATION• Ph.D., The State University of New York, Buffalo |
RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)
• Computational mechanics
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Finite element methods
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)
| 1975 - Present | Professor, formerly Associate Professor, Engineering Science, University of Tennessee |
| 1983 - Present | Director, UT CFD Laboratory, University of Tennessee |
| 1975 - 1997 | President and Chief Scientist, Computational Mechanics Corp., Knoxville, TN |
| 1974 - 1975 | Visiting Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics, Old Dominion University, and NASA Research Scientist, Hampton, VA |
| 1970 - 1974 | Principal Research Scientist and Manager, Computational Fluid Mechanics Group, Research Dept, Textron/Bell Aerospace, Buffalo, NY. |
| 1965 - 1970 | Instructor, Engineering Faculty, State University of New York/Buffalo |
| 1958 - 1964 | Mechanical Engineer, Development Laboratory, Union Carbide Corp., Buffalo, NY. |
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2000, September | Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Potchefstroom, South Africa |
| 1995, September | Visiting Professor, Civil Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1994, July | Traveling lecturer, Southwest Mechanics Conference |
| 1983, March | Lecturer, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1971 - 1973 | Visiting Scientist (summers), ICASE, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA. |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)
- Fellow, US Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)
- Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Member, American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Condition Engineers (ASHRAE)
- Associate Editor, Computational Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
- Who’s Who in Computational Science & Engineering (2005)
- Editorial Board Member for the following:
- International Journal Numerical Heat Transfer
- International Journal Numerical Methods in Fluids
- Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computer Modeling in the Sciences and Engineering
- Journal of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)
Baker, A. J., Ericson, S. C., Orzechowski, J. A., Wong, K. L. and Garner, R. P. , “Aircraft Passenger Cabin ECS-Generated Ventilation Velocity and Mass Transport CFD Simulation: II. Mass Transport Validation Exercise,” J. Inst. Environmental Science & Technology, V. 49,p.51-83, 2008.
S. Sahu & A.J. Baker,"A Modified Conservation Principles Theory Leading to an Optimal Galerkin CFD Algorithm," J. Numerical Methods Fluids, V. 55, p.737 – 783, 2007.
Baker, A. J., Ericson, S. C., Orzechowski, J. A., Wong, K. L. and Garner, R. P. , “Aircraft Passenger Cabin ECS-Generated Ventilation Velocity and Mass Transport CFD Simulation: I. Velocity Field Validation,” J. Inst. Environmental Science & Technology, V. 49,p.51-83, 2006.
Moore, S., Baker, A.J., Dongarra, J., Halloy, C. and Ng, C., "Active Netlib: An Active Mathematical Software Collection for Inquiry-based Computational Sciences and Engineering Education," J. Digital Information, V. 2, Pt. 4, 2004.
Baker, A.J., Wong, K.L., Winowich, N.S., "Design and Assessment of a Very Large Scale CFD Industrial Ventilation Flowfield Simulation," ASHRAE Transactions, V. 173, p.549-574, 2001.
Baker, A.J., Heller, M.R., Taylor, M.B., Winowich, N.S., "Prediction of the Distribution of Indoor Air Quality and Comfort in Aircraft Cabins Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)," in Nagda, N.L., (Ed.) Air Quality and Comfort in Airliner Cabins, ASTM SP 1393, p.117-134, 2000.
Baker, A.J., Chaffin, D.J., Ianelli, J., Roy, S. "Finite Elements for CFD - How Does the Theory Compare?," Int. J. Numerical Methods Fluids,V. 31, p.345-358, 1999.
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