Reda R. Mankbadi is the founding Dean of the Engineering College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a former

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senior scientist at

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and a Fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy. Mankbadi has published over 150 scientific papers.

Early life and education

Mankbadi grew up in a Coptic Christian household between

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and

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. He first attended Franciscan Catholic School but then transferred to public schools. He received a BS degree in Engineering from

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. Mankbadi earned his PhD in engineering from

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in 1979.

Career

Early in his career, Mankbadi served as a professor at

and

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. While teaching at Rutgers University, Mankbadi received the Rutgers University Faculty Merit Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching in 1984. Mankbadi was a

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in 1986. In 1986, he also served as a Visiting Associate Professor at

. In the following year, he served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the

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in Germany. In 1988, Mankbadi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Science and Arts of the First Order in Egypt. Eventually, Mankbadi served as a senior scientist at

. He was also appointed a fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy in 1990. He then became an Affiliated Professor at the Ohio Aerospace Institute. From 1996 to 1999, Mankbadi was named an

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Professor. Mankbadi became the Founding Dean of the Engineering College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2002. He continues to serve at Embry-Riddle as a distinguished professor of aeronautical engineering. In 2008, Mankbadi co-founded the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP), which was established by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in collaboration with

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, the

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, and the

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. He currently serves as the ERAU Director for FCAAP.

Research

Most of Mankbadi's research focuses on the areas of

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, and

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. He has developed a theory for the coherent structures in

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s, and has led the NASA's development of computational

.Mankbadi, R. R. "Computational Aeroacoustics", in ''New Trends in Turbulence''. (d. M. Leisure), Springer, 2001. Mankbadi has also developed computation tools such as Hi-Fidelity Large-Eddy-Simulations for simulating turbulence and aeroacoustics. Mankbadi has served as an Associate Editor for scholarly journals such as the ''International Journal of Aeroacoustics'', the ''Journal of Energy Resources'', and the ''Journal of Turbulence''. Mankbadi is included in the top 2% of world scientists for career scholarly impact in a study by Stanford University.

Memberships and affiliations

*Fellow, NASA Lewis Research Academy, 1990 *Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993

Scholarships

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, 1986

Awards

*Presidential Medal (Egypt) of Science and Arts of the First Order, 1988 *NASA Superior Performance Award, 1990, 1993

Selected publications

* * *Mankbadi, R. R., Hixon, R., Shih, S. H., & Povinelli, L. A. (1998). Use of linearized Euler equations for supersonic jet noise prediction. ''AIAA Journal'', 36(2), 140-147. *Mankbadi, R., & Liu, J. T. C. (1984). Sound generated aerodynamically revisited: large-scale structures in a turbulent jet as a source of sound. ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London''. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 311(1516), 183-217. *Mankbadi, R. R. (1986). On the interaction between fundamental and subharmonic instability waves in a turbulent round jet. ''Journal of Fluid Mechanics'' 160, 385-419. * *Mankbadi, RR, Wu, X, Lee, SS (1993). A critical-layer analysis of the resonant triad in boundary-layer transition: nonlinear interactions. ''Journal of Fluid Mechanics'' 256, 85-106. *Mankbadi, RR (2013). ''Transition, turbulence, and noise: Theory and applications for scientists and engineers''. Springer Science & Business Media.

References

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