Address: University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Los Angeles, California 90089-1191 Office: RRB 203 Tel. (213) 740-5359 Fax. (213) 740-7774 email: browand@spock.usc.edu

Academic rank: Professor, full-time

Education:

1965 Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1960 M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1960 B.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

USC Academic Positions:

1981-: Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
1976-81: Associate Professor of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering
1973-76: Senior Research Associate, Department of Aerospace Engineering
1967-73: Assistant Professor, Departments of Civil and Aerospace Engineering

Other Professional Positions:

January/August 1998: Visiting Professor, Graduate Aero Labs, California Institute of Technology
July 1991: Visiting Fellow: Wissenschaft Kolleg of Berlin
Spring/Summer 1991: Visiting Research Associate, Graduate Aero Labs, California Institute of Technology
1980-81: Research Associate, CNRS, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Summer 1979: Visitor, Woods Hole Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
1966-67: Post Doctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

Research Interests:

Experimental fluid mechanics, environmental and geophysical fluid mechanics, flight and transportation aerodynamics, turbulence

Selected Publications:

M. Hammache, F. K. Browand, and R. F. Blackwelder, ''Whole field velocity measurements around an axisymmetric body with a Stratford-Smith pressure recovery,'' J. Fluid Mech. 461, pp. 1-24, 2002.
M. Hammache, M. Michaelian, and F. K. Browand, ''Aerodynamic forces on truck models, including two trucks in tandem,'' SAE Paper No. 2002-01-0530, reprinted from: Vehicle Aerodynamics Studies (SP-1667), 2002.
M. Michaelian and F. K. Browand, ''Quantifying platoon fuel savings,'' SAE Paper No. 2001-01-1268, 2001.
R. McCallen, D. Flowers, T. Dunn, J. Owens, M. Hammache, A. Leonard, M. Brady, K. Salari, W. Rutledge, J. Ross, B. Storms, J.T. Heineck, D. Driver, J. Bell, S. Walker, G. Zilliac, and F. K. Browand, ''Aerodynamic drag of heavy vehicles (class 7-8): Simulation and benchmarking,'' SAE Paper No. 2000-01-2209, 2000.
B. Marcu and F. K. Browand, ''Aerodynamic forces experienced by a 3-vehicle platoon in a crosswind,'' SAE Paper No. 1999-0324, reprinted from: Vehicle Aerodynamics and Wind Noise (SP-1441), 1999.
B. Marcu, C. Sharpe, and F. K. Browand, ''The influence of close-following upon the cooling module airflow,'' SAE Paper No. 981941, SAE Transactions, Section 6, 1998.
F. K. Browand, ''Drag forces experienced by two, full-scale vehicles at close spacing,'' SAE Paper No. 980396, reprinted from: Investigations into Vehicle Aerodynamics (SP-1318), pp. 227-236, 1998 SAE Transactions, Section 6, 1998.

Professional Societies:

American Physical Society, Fellow

Honors and Awards:

Past Chairman, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society
1986-1996: Served as Editor for Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Courses Taught:

AME 309, Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
AME 441, Experimental Projects Laboratory
AME 460, Aerodynamic Theory

Recent Professional Development Activities:

United Engineering Foundation Conference: Meeting co-chairman & program chairman, The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks Buses, and Trains, Asilomar, Monterey-Pacific Grove, December 2-6, 2002

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