Eric Loth CV
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ERIC LOTH Rolls-Royce Professor Chair of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Virginia Fluid Research and Innovation Laboratory 122 Engineer's Way P.O. Box 400746 Charlottesville, VA 22904 Phone: (434) 924-3046 e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Harvard Business School, Executive Education, Authentic Leadership (2019) University of Michigan, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering (1985–1988) Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Aerospace Engineering (1984–1985) West Virginia University, B.S. Aerospace Engineering (1979–1983) EMPLOYMENT University of Virginia Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Charlottesville, VA Rolls-Royce Professor and Department Chair (2015 - present) Rolls-Royce Professor and Associate Chair (2014–2015) Professor and Associate Chair (2010–2014) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aerospace Engineering, Urbana IL Professor, Willett Faculty Scholar, and Associate Head (2008–2009) Professor and Willett Faculty Scholar (2002–2008) Associate Professor (1995–2002) Assistant Professor (1990–1995) Naval Research Lab, Lab for Comp. Physics & Fluid Dynamics, Washington D.C. Aerospace Engineer: Flowfields of rocket nozzles (1989–1990) Berkeley Research Associates, Springfield, VA Staff Scientist: Flowfields of blast waves & shock-vortex interactions (1988–1989) AFFILIATE APPOINTMENTS Energy Resilience Institute, University of Virginia (2021- present) LinkLab, University of Virginia (2020 - present) National Institute of Aerospace, Liaison (2018 - present) Governor of Virginia Aerospace Advisory Panel (2011–2014) Cambridge University (UK), Visiting Scholar, Engr. Dept. (Fall 2004, Spring 2011) National Energy Technology Lab, Summer Faculty, Morgantown WV (2002) Brown University, Visiting Associate Professor (Fall 1997 sabbatical) University of California at San Diego, Visiting Associate Prof. (Fall 1997 sabbatical) Molten Metal Technology, Sr. Res. Engineer, Waltham MA (Summers 1996 & 1997) Naval Research Lab, Senior Fellow & ASEE Summer Faculty, Wash., D.C. (1995) Arnold Engineering and Development Center, AFOSR Summer Faculty, TN (1993) Science Applications Intl. Corp., Sr. Research Engineer, VA (Summers 1990, 1991) 1 Index for remainder of CV: • Administrative Highlights p. 3-4 • Research Highlights p. 5 • Administrative Activities p. 6 • Awards and Honors p. 7 • Research Funding p. 8-10 • Books and Patents p. 11 • Invited Presentations p. 12-14 • Journal and Conference Admin. p. 15-16 • Journal Papers p. 17-26 • Conference Papers p. 27-39 2 ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM-BASED HIGHLIGHTS While MAE Department Chair (2015-present) MAE Faculty Highlights • Tenured faculty average Google Scholar H-index increased to 33 (highest ever) • External research expenditures reached new high of >$575K/yr for tenured faculty • External research proposals reached new high of >$3M/yr for tenured faculty • MAE full professors who are national fellows reached a new high of 80% • MAE Faculty members award firsts: o Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (Hopkins) o National Academy of Inventors (Gillies) o DARPA Young Faculty Award (Balachandran, Dedic) o NASA Early Career Award (Dedic) • MAE faculty increased cross-disciplinary activities with first ever joint appointments with Chemical Engr., Electrical. & Computer Engr., Civil & Environmental Engr., Orthopedics, Engineering & Society, and Systems & Info. Engr. • MAE brought in 20 new faculty: Balachandran, Chang, Dedic, Esfarjani, Fittro, Furukawa, Gerling, Green, Ma, Momot, Opila, Quinn, Ramasubramanian, Reidenbach, Reimers, Salzar, Schnipke, Smith, Sun, and Williams (below) MAE Curricula and Graduate Programs • Major revisions of our BS and PhD curricula (largest in decades) with several new courses to improve theory/experiment/computation integration increased flexibility • MAE PhD enrollment per year grew by 174% with 450% increase in women • Partnered with UVA’s School of Commerce (#6 Masters in Management) to help increase MAE Master of Engineering enrollment by 420% in 3 years • Restructured Master of Engineering curricula to include the Case Study method of the Harvard Business School (HBS) with one of UVA’s greatest entrepreneurs MAE Rankings • Among public MAE departments with 25 or less tenure/ tenure-track professors, our rankings for USN&WR Grad Ranking for Mechanical Engineering and for Aerospace Engineering are both now #1 in nation • We moved Aerospace Engineering into top 25 of USN&WR for first time • Best Engineering Colleges now ranks our Aeronautical Engineering as #11 and our Mechanical Engineering as #22 (our highest such rankings) • Best Schools ranked our Online Mechanical Engineering as #3 (after Stanford) 3 …continued: While MAE Department Chair (2015-present) MAE Diversity, Outreach, Infrastructure and Finances • Set up several new Diversity, Inclusion and Excellence Task Forces to revise faculty hiring, annual faculty reporting, student recruiting, and department culture • Hosted Department Heads from: Berkeley, Carnegie Melon, Duke, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Illinois, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, MIT, Northwestern, Penn, Texas, Yale, & several members of National Academy of Engineering • Formed MAE Academy of Distinguished Alumni and hired Advancement Officer and a Communications Director to improve giving and outreach • Increased MAE departmental alumni giving (funds increased by 262%) • Developed advancement plan that resulted in first ever MAE named laboratory • MAE was a key partner to secure $14.8M in new internal funds for the LinkLab and Multifunctional Material Integrations for infrastructure and equipment • MAE financial health strongly improved ($1.1M debt is now a major surplus) • MAE undergraduate laboratories and 3-D printing capabilities upgraded to state-of-the- art equipment, computers and lab space infrastructure with more than $1.2M in funds from state, institutional, and industry contributed funds • Developed and funded broad graduate MAE fellowship program for new Ph.D. students focused on excellence and diversity with more than $1M in awards • Increased portion of the MAE overhead research returned to faculty (as discretionary funds) from 16.67% to 50% While Principal (Director) of the International Residential College (2012-2017) • Instituted new programs which increased incoming student applicants by 310% (largest ever increase and number of applications in IRC history) • Worked to secure $13M in Building and Infrastructure Improvements (2017-2018) • Developed proposal and worked with President’s Office to rename Lewis House to Yen House (dedication ceremony featured UVA’s President Sullivan) • Invited and Hosted Several Internationally Distinguished Guests (below): o Junot Diaz (Pulitzer Prize Winner) o Rita Dove (US Poet Laureate) o Diana Eck (National Humanities Medal Awardee) o Nat Howell (Former US Ambassador) o Helena Kennedy (Baroness & Member of U.K. House of Lords) o Larry Sabato (3-time Emmy Award Winner) o Theresa Sullivan (UVA President) o Katherine Thornton (Hall of Fame NASA Astronaut) o Jerry White (Nobel Prize Recipient) o Sasheer Zamata (Saturday Night Live TV Star) 4 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING Research Expenditures (under EL direction) for 2000-2021: > $800K/year Current Research Grants & Contract with EL as PI: > $7M GRADUATE ADVISING and RESERACH GROUP Graduated 29 Ph.D. dissertation students as primary advisor Graduated 33 M.S. thesis students as primary advisor Current research group (see below) of 7 PhD students (Branch, Fletcher, Jennings, Jeong, Rodriguez, Simpson, & Stebbins) & 3 Research Scientists (Drs. Kaminski, Tetteh, & Qin) & PUBLICATIONS Journal Papers: >165 Journal and Conference Papers: > 400 Book Chapters: 5 Patents: 6 h-Index: 44 (Google Scholar) Citations: > 7700 (Google Scholar) Ionnaidis et al. (Stanford) Author Citation Indicators: Loth Worldwide Ranking among Aerospace Scientists: #69 for Impact for Career Loth Worldwide Ranking among Aerospace Scientists: #32 for Impact for 2020 INVITED TALKS and PANELS Invited University Talks: >40, including Brown, Carnegie Melon, Cambridge, Duke, Harvard (twice), Oxford, MIT (twice), Penn and Princeton Invited National Lab Talks: 9, including NASA Glenn Research Center, National Energy Technology Lab, National Institute of Aerospace, National Renewable Energy Lab, Naval Research Lab, Sandia National Labs Host of National Academy of Engineering Panel on Energy Research, IMECE, 2020 Intl. Scientific Committee, MIT/Harvard A+B Applied Energy Symp, 2019 Host of National Academy of Engineering Panel on Aerospace Research, Sci Tech, 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE SUMMARY: More than 50 media articles including: Scientific American, New York Times, MIT Technology Review, USA Today, CNBC, Daily Mail (London), Los Angeles Times, and Mechanical Engineering Recent Journal Front Covers: Energy Solutions (April 2016, see right), Wind Energy (June 2017), and Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (Dec. 2020) Listed in Popular Science (June 2015) as one of the 12 scientists who are “The Brilliant Minds Behind The New Energy Revolution” 5 ADMNISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES At National/State Level Chair of ASME Mech. Engr. Department Heads Exec. Committee (2020– present) Secretary of ASME Mech. Engr. Department Heads Exec. Committee (2019– 2020) Chair of AIAA Aerospace Department Chair Association (2017–2019) Chair of Southeast Mechanical Engineering Chairs & Heads Association (2017–2019) Aerospace Advisory Panel for the Governor of Virginia (2011–2014) At University of Virginia (2010–present) University of Virginia Academic