David Lee Littlefield - UAB



David Lee LittlefieldDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringThe University of Alabama at Birmingham1720 2nd Avenue SouthBirmingham AL 35294(205) 934-8460Areas of Research:Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, High Performance Computing, Shock Physics, ElectromagneticsProfessional Background:2013 to present – Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL2005 to 2013 – Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham ALChairman of the department providing supervision and management of about 50 faculty, research, support and administrative personnel. Functional Area Point-of-Contact (FAPOC) for Computational Structural Mechanics (CSM), conducted under the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Office (HPCMO) Productivity Enhancement and Technology Transfer (PET) Program. Leads a team of university researchers, scientists and DoD laboratory on-site personnel in the program. Developing graduate program in computational mechanics for the department.1998 to 2005 - Research Scientist, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TXPrincipal investigator for several projects and fundamental research in computational mechanics, with application to reacting materials and structural dynamics. Developed and implemented key algorithms for the adaptive mesh refinement version of the shock physics code CTH. Developed algorithms and code for efficient modeling of fluid/structure interaction, incorporated into CTH and the structural dynamics code DYNA1997 to 2005 – Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TXInstructor in the Engineering Mechanics Department for graduate and undergraduate courses, including impact mechanics, mechanics of materials, statics and dynamics.1996 to 2005 - Research Scientist, The Institute for Advanced Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TXFocal point of the newly formed computational mechanics initiative at the Institute. Responsible for numerical simulations of hypervelocity impact and fundamental research in computational mechanics. Working cooperatively with the Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (TICAM)1993 to 1996 - Senior Research Engineer, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX1991 to 1993 - Research Engineer, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TXInvolved in a several research projects in the Engineering Dynamics Department, including the distortion of ceramic inclusions in unconstrained plastic flow, constitutive modeling of pyrolytic carbon for human heart valve replacements, evaluation of the biomechanical stability of polymeric materials, and the rheo-kinetic modeling of mold flows in resin transfer molding1994 to 1996 - Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TXInstructor for graduate numerical continuum mechanics and radiation heat transfer courses1989 to 1991 - National Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MDPerformed a theoretical analysis to study hydrodynamic and MHD instabilities in metal jets1983 - 1989 - Teaching Assistant/Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GAInstructor for mechanics, heat transfer and numerical methods coursesEducational Background:Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA1989 - Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical EngineeringDissertation Title: `Incipient Buoyant Thermal Convection in VerticalCylindrical Geometries'1984 - Master of Science in Mechanical EngineeringThesis Title: `Similarity Solutions for Buoyant Laminar Convection in aVertical Cylindrical Annulus'1983 - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringHonors and Awards:Best Paper Award, International Ballistics Symposium, 1996Best Paper Award, Hypervelocity Impact Symposium, 1992National Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1989-90Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans, 1990Outstanding College Students of America, 1989Outstanding Young Men of America, 1986Weyerhauser Fellowship, 1984-86Glenn Fellowship, 1986Pi Tau Sigma Honorary Fraternity, MemberTau Beta Pi Honorary Fraternity, MemberGamma Beta Phi Society, MemberElbridge A. Stuart Scholarship, 1979-83Eagle Scout, 1976Professional Affiliations:American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 1989 to presentSan Antonio Section Scholarship Committee Chairman – 1995 to 1996San Antonio Section Treasurer – 1996Elected to Fellow Grade – 2003American Physical Society – 1989 to presentShock Compression Topical Group Nominating Committee – 1995 to presentNational Defense Industrial Association, 1991 – presentSession Chairman, International Ballistics Symposium – 1999, 2002Hypervelocity Impact Society –1992 to presentSession Chairman, Hypervelocity Impact Symposium - 2000United States Association for Computational Mechanics –1999 to presentSession Chairman, World Congress on Computational Mechanics – 2002Mini-symposium organizer, U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics – 2003, 2005Other:U. S. CitizenSecurity Clearance: Consultant Type A (DISCO) ................
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