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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Felix Wladyslaw Pawlowski |
1914 - 1946 |
Guggenheim Professor of Aeronautical Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Physics Chair Aeronautical Engineering 1922-1939 |
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William Frederick Gerhardt |
1917 - 1918 | Acting Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Edward A. Stalker |
1925 - 1942 |
Professor of Aeronautical Engineering Chair Aeronautical Engineering 1939-1942 |
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Milton J. Thompson |
1926 - 1941 | Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Lawrence Vincent Kerber |
1927 - 1929 |
Professor of Applied Aeronautics Daniel Guggenheim Professor of Applied Aeronautics |
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Frank N. M. Brown |
1928 - 1929 | Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Emerson W Conlon |
1938 - 1953 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Chair of Aerospace Engineering 1945-1953 |
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Arnold M. Kuethe |
1941 - 1974 |
Professor Aerospace Engineering Acting Chair Aeronautical Engineering 1942-1945 |
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Franz Russell Steinbacher |
1941 - 1947 | Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Edgar J. Lesher |
1942 - 1981 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Julius D. Schetzer |
1944 - 1960 | Professor of Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering |
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Wilbur C. Nelson |
1946 - 1977 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Chair Aeronautical Engineering 1953-1968 |
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D. Roger Glass |
1946 - 1996 | Research Scientist |
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Myron Hairm Nichols |
1947 - 1960 | Professor of Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering |
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John William Luecht |
1948 - 1954 | Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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James E. Broadwell |
1948 - 1959 | Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Rich ard Boyd Morrison |
1948 - 1966 | Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Lawrence L. Rauch |
1949 - 1979 | Professor Aerospace Engineering |
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Hans P. Liepman |
1949 - 1960 |
Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering Director of the Wind Tunnel, Aeronautical Research Center |
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Robert E. Cul len |
1949 - 1966 |
Instructor in Aeronautical Engineering Research Engineer |
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James A. Nicholls |
1950 - 1986 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Robert M. Howe |
1951 - 1991 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Chair Aerospace Engineering 1968-1983 |
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Leslie M. Jones |
1951 - 1979 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Elmer G. Gilbert |
1952 - 1994 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Mahinder S. Uberoe |
1953 - 1964 | Professor/Visiting Professor Aerospace Engineering |
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Thomas C Adamson Jr. |
1954 - 1993 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Chair Aerospace Engineering 1983-1991 |
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Harm Buning |
1956 - 1992 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Acting Chair Aerospace Engineering 1975 |
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Joe G. Eisley |
1956 - 1998 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Donald T. Greenwood |
1956 - 1994 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Pauline M. Sherman |
1956 - 1987 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Gabriel Isakson |
1956 - 1964 | Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Frederick J Beutler |
1957 - 1989 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering |
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Edward O. Gilbert |
1957 - 1965 | Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering |
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Rudi S. B. Ong |
1957 - 1985 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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William W. Willmarth |
1958 - 1990 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Vi-Cheng Liu |
1959 - 1988 | Professor Aerospace Engineering |
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Laurence E. Fogarty |
1960 - 1971 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Richard L. Phillips |
1961 - 1987 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering |
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William L. Root |
1961 - 1987 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
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Martin Sichel |
1961 - 1998 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Interim Chair Aerospace Engineering 1996 |
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Arthur F. Messiter |
1962 - 1998 | Frangois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Alfred C. Robinson |
1962 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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William B. Ribbens |
1962 - 1999 |
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Alexander N. Petroff |
1963 - 1965 | Professor of Aeronautical Engineering |
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Donald Geister |
1963 - 2008 |
Research Scientist Aerospace Engineering Research Scientist Dental Research Institute |
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Paul B. Hays |
1964 - 2000 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic and Space Sciences |
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William J Anderson |
1965 - 2000 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Stuart W Bowen |
1966 - 1972 | Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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David L. Sikarskie |
1966 - 1969 | Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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N Harris McClamroch |
1967 - 2010 |
Professor of Computer Information & Control Engineering Chair Aerospace Engineering 1992-1995 |
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William Francis Powers |
1968 - 1981 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Nguyen X. Vinh |
1968 - 1998 | Professor Aerospace Engineering |
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Valdis Kibens |
1969 - 1972 | Assistant Professor Aerospace Engineering |
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Nicolas Triantafyllidis |
1980 - 2012 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Jerome A. Smith |
1983 - 1987 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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John E. Taylor |
1983 - 1999 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Pierre T. Kabamba |
1983 - 2014 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Gerard M. Faeth |
1985 - 2005 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Arthur B Modine Distinguished University Professor |
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Werner J A Dahm |
1985 - 2011 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Bram van Leer |
1986 - 2012 | Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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Anthony M. Waas |
1988 - 2015 | Professor of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering |
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Vincent T Coppola |
1991 - 1998 | Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering |
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David C. Hyland |
1997 - 2003 |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Chair Aerospace Engineering 1997-2003 |