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synergy that will be apparent to the disceming reader. One experience that the
authors have in common is service in the Department of Aeronautics at the U.S.
Air Force Academy where I was department head. It was also my privilege to
have worked with Bill Heiser and Jack Mattingly as a coauthor on the original
edition of Aircraft Engine Design. I am pleased that Dave Pratt has joined Bill and
Jack to contribute his knowledge of combustion to this new edition. The result is a
much improved and very usable textbook that will well serve the next generation
of professionals and students.
In preparing this new edition of Aircraft Engine Design, the authors have drawn
upon their vast experience in academia. Dr. Heiser served 10 years in the Depart-
ment of Aeronautics of the Air Force Academy and has taught at the University
of California, Davis, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Mattingly
taught for seven years at the Air Force Academy. In addition, he has taught at the
Air Force Institute of Technology, the University of Washington, the University
of Wisconsin, and Seattle University, where he served as Department Chair.
Dr. Pratt has been a faculty member at the U.S. Naval Academy, Washington State
University, the University of Utah, the University of Michigan, and the University
of Washington, including eight years as Department Chair at Michigan and
Washington. He also spent a sabbatical at the Air Force Academy. In recogni-
tion of their academic contributions, the authors have all been named professors
emeriti.
The authors' considerable experience in research and industry also contributed
to their revision of Aircraft Engine Design. Dr. Heiser began his industrial experi-
ence at Pratt and Whitney working on gas turbine technology. Subsequently he was
Air Force Chief Scientist of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Aero Propulsion
Laboratory in Ohio and then at the Arnold Engineering Development Center in
Tennessee. Later he directed all advanced engine technology at General Electric.
He was the principal propulsion advisor to the Joint Strike Fighter Propulsion
Team that was awarded the 2001 Collier Trophy for outstanding achievement in
aeronautics. Dr. Heiser was Vice President and Director of the Aerojet Propulsion
Research Institute in Sacramento, California, where Dr. Pratt was also a Research
Director. Dr. Pratt was a Senior Fulbright Research Fellow at Imperial College
in London and spent time at the Los Alamos Laboratories. He has consulted for
more than 20 industrial and government agencies. While at the Air Force Aero
Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Mattingly directed exploratory and advanced develop-
ment programs aimed at improving the performance, reliability, and durability of
jet engine components. He also led the combustor technical team for the National
AeroSpace Plane program. Dr. Mattingly did research in propulsion and thermal
energy systems at AFIT and at the Universities of Washington and Wisconsin.
In addition to this new edition of Aircraft Engine Design, the authors have
published other significant textbooks and technical publications. Dr. Heiser and
Dr. Pratt received the 1999 Summerfield Award for their AIAA Education Series
textbook Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion. Dr. Mattingly is the author of the
McGraw-Hill textbook Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion and has published
more than 30 technical papers on propulsion and thermal energy. Dr. Heiser has
published more than 70 technical papers dealing with propulsion, aerodynamics,
and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Dr. Pratt has more than 100 publications