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Dr. Frank G. Collins


Professor of Aerospace Engineering
The University of TN Space Institute
MS-20
Tullahoma, TN 37388-9700

Phone: (931) 393-7459
Fax: (931) 393-7533
fcollins@utsi.edu

Dr. Frank Collins

Education

  • 1956-1961, Northwestern University, B.S., Civil Engineering
  • 1961-1968, The University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, minors in Physics and Mathematics

Professional Experience

  • 1981-Present, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN
  • 1974-1981, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN
  • 1968-1974, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas, Austin, TX

Courses Taught

  • Physical Gas Dynamics
  • Rarefied Gas Dynamics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Measurement Science
  • Aerodynamics
  • Viscous Flow
  • Compressible Flow

Research

  • AEDC, Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Sampling System
  • NASA/Boeing, Liquid Cryogen Transfer and Storage in Low Gravity
  • NASA, Free Molecule Flow Gas/Surface Interactions at Orbital Conditions

Publications

  • Collins, F.G. & Knox, E.C., "Use of Accommodation Coefficients to Provide Parameters of Nocilla Model for Gas/Wall Interactions," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1994, pp. 765-773.
  • Collins, F.G. & Knox, E.C., "Determination of Wall Boundary Conditions for High Speed Ratio DSMC Calculations," J. Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol 31, No.6, 1994, pp. 965-970.
  • Collins, F.C., & Knox, E.C., "Review of the Expected Magnitude of Aerodynamic Forces in Free-Molecule Flow," presented at AIAA 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January, 1995, published as AIAA Paper No. 95-0756.
  • Antar, B.A., & Collins, F.G., "Flow Boiling in Low Gravity Environment," to be presented at the National Heat Transfer Conference, Houston, TX, August 3-5, 1996, accepted for publication in AIChE Symposium Series - Heat Transfer.
  • Collins, F.C., "Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer System for AEDC Impulse Facility," AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Program Final Report, August, 1995.