Holt Ashley
Holt Ashley | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1923 San Francisco, U.S. |
| Died | May 9, 2006 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | An experimental investigation of the flutter characteristics of low density wings |
| Doctoral advisor | Manfred Rauscher, Shatswell Ober |
| Doctoral students | Ilan Kroo |
Holt Ashley (January 10, 1923 – May 9, 2006) was an American aeronautical engineer notable for his seminal research on aeroelasticity.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Ashley was born in San Francisco, California. His father was Harold Ashley, an American businessman who served in both World War I and World War II.
On the outbreak of World War II, he took leave from the California Institute of Technology and joined the Army Air Corps.[4][5] Following completion of an undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago for meteorology, he flew as a weather forecaster and reconnaissance officer with squadrons in the Atlantic and Europe.[4][5] In this time, he would earn 6 military medals and publish his paper “Icing in North West Europe.” [4][5]
Ashley attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1948 and later a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1951, also in aeronautical engineering.[1]
Career
From 1951 to 1954, he was a member of the faculty at MIT.[2] Ashley served as an MIT associate professor from 1954 to 1960, when he became a full professor at MIT in 1960.[2][5]
In 1964, he helped establish the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.[5] He served as its first head of Department until 1967 when he returned to America.[4][5]
In 1967, Ashley joined the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, located in Palo Alto, California, where he was a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[2][4][5]
In 1970, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to the field of aerolastic structures and unsteady aerodynamics, aiding in the solutions of problems in vibration and gust loading".[1]
Ashley served as president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[3][4]
He also served on the advisory boards of NASA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.[1][4]
He died on 9 May 2006, age 83.
Legacy
The AIAA established an award in Ashley's honor – the Holt Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity.[6][7][8]
Notable awards and honors
- 1969 – the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award[3]
- 1981 – the AIAA Wright Brothers Lecture Award[3]
- 1987 – the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- 2003 – the AIAA the Daniel Guggenheim Medal[3]
- 2006 – the AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award[3]
See also
- List of aerospace engineers
- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
- List of people from San Francisco
- List of Stanford University people
References
- ^ a b c d "National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 (2011):Holt Ashley".
- ^ a b c d Levy, Dawn (May 24, 2006). "Holt Ashley, Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics, Dies at 83". Stanford Report.
- ^ a b c d e f "AIAA Mourns the Loss of Past President Holt Ashley".
- ^ a b c d e f g "AIAA article on Holt Ashley for 2003 medal" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g National Academies Obituary for Holt Ashley. 2011. doi:10.17226/13160. ISBN 978-0-309-21306-6. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ "AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) – United States".
- ^ "AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity Recipients; The AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding and application of aeroelastic phenomena.".
- ^ "AIAA:Technical Excellence Awards – Aerospace Design, Structures, Test".