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Dr. Uwe Peter Solies


Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Systems
University of Tn Space Institute
Tullahoma, TN 37388-9700

Phone: 931-393-7289
Fax: 931-393-7533
psolies@utsi.edu

Dr. Peter Solies

Education

  • Technical University of Aachen, West Germany, Diplom-Ingenieur, Aerospace Engineering
  • University of Tennessee, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. U. Peter Solies has over thirty years of experience in design, development, and testing of prototype aircraft, and over twenty years of experience in directing and teaching academic courses and Short Courses.

Dr. Solies' experience includes two years of service in the West German Air Force and over 1300 hours of flying time, including flight testing of advanced composite structure aircraft, gliders and motor gliders.  His analytical work and publications comprise aircraft certification, stress and flutter analysis, human factors engineering, control design, flight testing, remotely piloted vehicles and powered lift aerodynamics.

Research Interest

Advancement of Aero-Space vehicle technology, design optimization, applied aerodynamics, powered lift, stability and control, composite structures, and human factors engineering.

Recent Courses Taught

  • AE422 “Aerodynamics” Summer 2006
  • AS506 “Aircraft Design” Spring 2006
  • AS513 “Helicopter Stability and Control Flight Test Techniques” Spring 2006
  • AS515 “Air Vehicle Aerodynamics and Performance” Fall 2005
  • AS512 “Helicopter Performance Flight Test Techniques” Summer 2005
  • AE599 “Aircraft Design” Spring 2005
  • AE554 “Aerospace Vehicle Stability and Control” Fall 2004
  • AS503 “Air Vehicles” Summer 2004
  • AS509 “Introduction to Aircraft Structures” Spring 2004
  • AS506 “Aircraft Design” Fall 2003
  • AE516 “Air Vehicle Aerodynamics and Performance” Summer 2003
  • AE557 “Aerospace Vehicle Flutter and Vibration” (with J.Z. Wu) Spring 2003
  • AS503 “Air Vehicles” Spring 2003
  • AE599 “Introduction to Aircraft Structures” Fall 2002
  • AE516 “Air Vehicle Aerodynamics and Performance” Fall 2002
  • AS501 “Aviation Systems: An Overview” (F. Collins and Faculty) Fall 2002

Selected Publications

  • “Wind tunnel Tests of a High Lift Generation and Stall/Spin Recovery System,” with D. Nowak,  Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 37, No. 3, May-June 2000, pp. 383-389.
  •  "Numerical Method for Estimation of Propeller Efficiencies," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 4, Jul. - Aug. 1994, pp. 996-998.
  • "Effects of Thrust Line Offset on Neutral Point Determination in Flight Testing," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 2, Mar.- Apr. 1994, pp. 362-366.
  • "Flight Measurement of Downwash on the Ball-Bartoe Jetwing Powered Lift Aircraft,"  Journal of  Aircraft, Vol. 29, No. 25, Sept.-Oct. 1992, pp. 927-931.
  • "Low Speed Handling Qualities of the High Speed Civil Transport," Paper AIAA 95-3912 presented at the First AIAA Aircraft Engineering, Technology, and Operations Congress, Los Angeles, CA, September 19-21, 1995.