Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Brett Newman

1317 ENGR & COMP SCI BLDG
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Newman is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. His research interests lie in the area of atmospheric-flight / space-flight dynamics and control, where he has authored over 200 technical publications and secured over $2.5M in externally supported research. He has also developed and instructed 16 different courses in these areas and advised many doctoral and masters graduates. During 1992-1993, he was on staff as a guidance and control engineer with Orbital Sciences Corporation. He received the Ph.D. degree from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, in 1992. During the latter half of the Ph.D. program, Dr. Newman also was on staff as a research associate with the Aerospace Research Center, Arizona State University. He was awarded the M.S. and B.S. degrees from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, in 1985 and 1983, respectively. Dr. Newman is an associate fellow and former GNC-AFM-ASD technical committees member of AIAA, and has also served as faculty advisor for AIAA. He currently serves on the AIAA Editorial Advisory Board and is a Technical Committee Member for IFAC Aerospace Control. Dr. Newman has received awards for Contributions made to the Small Aircraft Transportation Program (NASA Langley, 2005), Contributions made to the High-Speed Research Program (NASA Langley, 1999), and GNC Conference Top Ten Best Paper and Session Best Presentation (2000, 1991, AIAA). He has also held summer appointments with the USAF and NASA, and has consulted for several corporations in the aerospace discipline. Dr. Newman is a licensed professional engineer and private pilot.

Ph.D. in School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, (1992)

M.S. in Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, (1985)

B.S. in Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, (1983)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Newman, B. A. "Space Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, Control, And Estimation Operations Technologies" $22,852. Federal. August 28, 2015 - December 30, 2017

Expertise

Aerospace Engineering

Articles

Tapolcai, D., Omran, A. and Newman, B. A. (2017). Aircraft stall phenomenon analysis using nonlinearity index theory. Aerospace Science & Technology 68 , pp. 288-298.