National Engineers Week at Embry-Riddle Features Kevin Bowcutt, Boeing Hypersonic Vehicles Scientist
Daytona Beach, FL, February 13, 2012
Kevin Bowcutt
Kevin Bowcutt, chief scientist for hypersonics at the Boeing Co., is to give the keynote speech Feb. 21 for Engineers Week at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an annual celebration of engineering, science and technology to be held Feb. 21-25 at the university’s Daytona Beach, Fla., campus. He will speak on “Hypersonics: The Last Frontier of Aerodynamics.”
National Engineers Week is an initiative by more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and governmental agencies to promote a diverse, well-educated engineering workforce by increasing awareness of careers in engineering and technology.
An internationally recognized expert in hypersonic aerodynamics, propulsion integration and vehicle design and optimization, Bowcutt developed the modern viscous-optimized hypersonic waverider and served in technical leadership roles on the National Aerospace Plane program.
At Boeing, Bowcutt led a project to flight-test scramjet engines at hypersonic speeds by launching them from a light gas gun and originated the concept and led design for a Mach 7 waverider vehicle that became the U.S. Air Force’s X-51.
Bowcutt also served on the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation in the area of aerothermal-structural failure analysis and simulation of the damaged wing leading edge.
Other Engineers Week events include the Feb. 22 unveiling of an innovative student-engineered facility that converts used cooking oil into biodiesel that will fuel the campus’s lawn maintenance equipment.
Engineers Week will culminate Saturday, Feb. 25, in a series of family-fun and educational events at the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Engineers Week 2012 at Embry-Riddle:
“Hypersonics: The Last Frontier of Aeronautics”
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6-8 p.m.
Willie Miller Instructional Center, Auditorium
Keynote address for Engineers Week 2012 by Kevin Bowcutt, chief scientist for hypersonics at the Boeing Co. Free and open to the public.
Grand Opening of Biodiesel Production Facility
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m.
Behind M and S buildings, near Embry-Riddle’s south entrance from South Clyde Morris Boulevard.
Ribbon cutting and unveiling of student-designed innovative facility that converts used cooking oil to eco-friendly biodiesel. Free and open to the public.
Engineers Week at the Museum of Arts and Sciences
Saturday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Museum of Arts and Sciences
352 S. Nova Rd., Daytona Beach, Fla.
Rock Band Robot, sponsored by the Robotics Association; the SAE Women’s Mini Baja team and their car; Embry-Riddle’s Eco Eagle, the world’s first hybrid gas/electric plane; EcoCAR; SAE formula hybrid car team, and many hands-on activities. Open to the public, at regular museum admission rates. Admission is free to all Embry-Riddle employees and students who show their Eagle I.D. card.
NOTE: For more information about Engineers Week at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, contact Kathleen Dileo in the College of Engineering at kathleen.dileo@erau.edu or 386-226-6351.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
