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Dr Raymond Cosner

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Born 1949 in Charleston, West Virginia, and lived there until I entered Purdue in 1967.  Co-op student at McDonnell Aircraft while at Purdue.  After college, I joined McDonnell Aircraft as full-time employee.  McDonnell was purchased by Boeing in 1997.  I retired from Boeing in 2015 after 40 years, mostly in aerodynamics with focus on CFD.

Industry
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  • Retired Industry

Education

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California, United States
Ph.D., 1975
Aeronautics (major), Applied Math (minor)
1972 To 1975
Dissertation: Investigations on Thin Airfoils Spanning a Transonic Shear Flow
Advisor: E.E. Zukoski

Purdue University
W. Lafayette, Indiana, United States
MS, 1972
Aero/Astro Engrg
1971 To 1972

Purdue University
W. Lafayette, Indiana, United States
BS, 1972
Aero/Astro Engrg
1967 To 1972

Honors and Awards

Best Paper of 1982 in Airbreathing Propulsion
AIAA
1983

Distinguished Engineering Alumnus
Purdue University
2015

Holland Award - Best Paper of 2007 in the journal Research-Technology Management
Industrial Research Institute (IRI)
2008

Senior Technical Fellow
McDonnell Douglas & Boeing
1997

Technical Fellow
McDonnell Douglas
1991

Industry

  • Retired Industry

Professional Interest

  • Design Engineering
  • Design Technology
  • Fluid Dynamics

University

  • California Institute of Technology

Professional Interests
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  • Design Engineering
  • Design Technology
  • Fluid Dynamics

Other Professional Affiliations

Industrial Research Institute (IRI)
2002 - 2015

International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)
1997 - 2012

AIAA
1968 - Present