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HOME/People/Faculty/Emeritus Faculty/Arthur F. Messiter

Arthur F. Messiter

Emeritus Professor Arthur Messiter portrait

Professor Emeritus

Aerospace Engineering

François-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building 1320 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140

artm@umich.edu

Education Teaching Research Interests Biography Awards

Education:

Ph.D. (Aeronautics and Mathematics) 1957, California Institute of Technology
M. Aero. E. 1953, Cornell University
B. Engr. Phys. 1952, Cornell University

Teaching: ^top

Aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, helicopter theory

Research Interests: ^top

  • Specializations and Research Interests
  • Boundary-layer theory, transonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, other areas of fluid mechanics, applications of singular perturbation methods

Biography: ^top

Professor Messiter’s research interests have been in theoretical aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, and in applications of singular perturbation theory to complex flow problems. His publications have included studies of laminar boundary-layer interaction theory, external and internal transonic flows, supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, as well as shear-layer instability, turbulent boundary-layer interactions, surface waves, and problems in aeroelasticity. The citation for his election as APS Fellow mentioned in particular his asymptotic description of laminar boundary-layer interactions. Before coming to Michigan, he worked in research departments at Grumman Aircraft Corporation and Hughes Aircraft Company. In the year preceding his retirement, he was chosen as the first Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor.

 

POSITIONS AT MICHIGAN

  • Professor Emeritus 1998-
  • Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor 1997-1998
  • Professor 1969-1997
  • Associate Professor 1962-1969

Awards: ^top

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Fellow APS
  • Associate Fellow AIAA
  • Assoc. Ed., SIAM J. Appl. Math. 1970-1975
  • College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award 1986

 

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  • American Physical Society (Fellow)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow)
  • American Helicopter Society (Member)
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