Lewis, Mark J.

Professor Emeritus

Aerospace Engineering

mjlewis@umd.edu

EDUCATION

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Earth and Planetary Science)
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Aeronautics & Astronautics)
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aeronautics & Astronautics)

HONORS AND AWARDS

2007 Aviation Week Laureate
2007 AIAA/IECEC Terrestrial Energy Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 Best Paper in Conference, International Congress on Instrumentation in Aerospace
2007 Energy Systems Lifetime Achievement Award, AIAA
2007 Aviation Week & Space Technology Laureate
2005 DoD Award for Meritorious Service

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

AIAA Fellow research
ASME Associate Fellow
AIAA Member of Hypersonics Technology and Aerospace Planes Committee
Advanced Propulsion Committee
Terrestrial Energy Committee, Future Technologies Working Group, and Deputy Director of Education for AIAA Region I.
Also Served on DoD "TARA" review panel, the National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship Selection panel, the ONR Summer Faculty Selection Panel, and several panels for NASA.

Research in hypersonic aerodynamics, advanced propulsion, and engine-airframe interaction

Journal Articles

Joshua E. Johnson; Ryan P. Starkey; Mark J. Lewis, “Aerothermodynamic Optimization of Reentry Heat Shield Shapes for a Crew Exploration Vehicle,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 44, No. 4, July/Aug 2007, pp. 849-859.
Joshua E. Johnson; Ryan P. Starkey; Mark J. Lewis, “Aerodynamic Stability of Reentry Heat Shield Shapes for a Crew Exploration Vehicle,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets, Vol. 43, No. 4, July/Aug 2006, pp. 721-730.
Adam F. Dissel; Ajay P. Kothari; Mark J. Lewis, “Comparison of Horizontally and Vertically Launched Aibreathing and Rocket Vehicles” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 2006, vol.43 no.1, pp. 161-169.
Mark J. Lewis; Kerrie A. Smith , "Time-Averaged Entropy and Total Pressure Ratios Across Unsteady Inlet Shock Waves" Journal of Propulsion and Power (0748-4658) 2005 vol. 21 no. 6, pp. 997-1007.
Beason, D., and Lewis, M. J. “The Warfighter’s Need for Science and Technology.” Air and Space Power Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter 2005, pp 71-81.
Santos, W., Lewis, M., “Aerothermodynamic Performance Analysis of Hypersonic Flow on Power Law Leading Edges,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 42 no. 4, July-August 2005, pp. 588-597.
Santos, W., Lewis, M., “Calculation of Shock Wave Structure over Power Law Bodies in Hypersonic Flow,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 42 no. 2, March-April 2005, pp. 213-222.

Submitted Journal Articles

Johnson, J. E., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J., “Multi-Objective Optimization of Earth Entry Vehicle Heat Shields,” Submitted to the AIAA Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets. Dec 2008.
Beerman, A.F.*, Lewis, M.J., Starkey, R.P., Cybyk, B.Z., “Significance of Nonequilibrium Surface Interactions in Stardust Return Capsule Ablation Modeling ,” Submitted to Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, May 2008.
Dissel, A., Kothari, A., Raghavan, V., and Lewis, M. J., "Investigation of Two- Stage- to- Orbit Air- Breathing Launch Vehicle Configurations", accepted for publication AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, May 2005.
Lewis, M., Chauffor, M., “Shock-Based Waverider Design with Pressure Gradient Corrections and Computational Simulations," accepted for publication, Journal of Aircraft, 2005, vol. 42 no. 5, pp. 1350-1352.
Dissel, A., Kothari, A., and Lewis, M.J., “Comparison of Horizontally and Vertically Launched Air-Breathing and Rocket Vehicles,” accepted for publication AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January 2005.
Colville, J., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J., “Axisymmetric Inlet Design for Combined-Cycle Engines,” accepted for publication in AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, December 2005.
Johnson, J., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J. “Aerodynamic Stability of Re-Entry Heat Shield Shapes for a Crew Exploration Vehicle”, AIAA–2005-4112, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona, July 10-13, 2005. Accepted for publication, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2005.

Conference Proceedings

Joshua E. Johnson; Mark J. Lewis; Ryan P. Starkey, “Coupled Entry Heat Shield/Trajectory Optimization for Lunar Return,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA Paper 2008-6557, Aug 2008.
Joshua E. Johnson; Mark J. Lewis; Ryan P. Starkey, “Analysis of Optimal Earth Entry Heat Shield/Trajectory Configurations,” 15th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, AIAA Paper 2008-2594, Apr 2008.
Ramasubramanian, V.*, Starkey, R., and Lewis, M., "Numerical Simulations of Busemann Hypersonic Inlets At Finite Flight Angles," AIAA-2008-7497, presented at the 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 18-21, 2008
Joshua E. Johnson; Mark J. Lewis; Ryan P. Starkey, “Coupled Entry Heat Shield/Trajectory Optimization for Lunar Return,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA Paper 2008-6557, Aug 2008.
Kurits, I.*, Lewis, M., and Hamner, M., “Global Heat-Transfer Measurements on the NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle at AEDC Tunnel 9”, AIAA-2008-3947, presented at the 26th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 23-26, 2008.
Johnson, J.*, Lewis, M., and Starkey, R. “Analysis of Optimal Earth Entry Heat Shield/ Trajectory Configurations,” AIAA-2008-2594, presented at the 15th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonics Systems and Technologies Conference, Dayton, Ohio, 28 Apr – 1 May 2008.
Ramasubramanian, V., Sarkey, R., and Lewis, M. “An Euler Numerical Study of Busemann and Quasi-Busemann Hypersonic Inlets,” AIAA-2008-66, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 2008.
Beerman, A.*, Lewis, M, Starkey, R., and Cybyk, B., “Nonequilibirum Surface Interactions Ablation Modeling with the Fully Implicit Ablation and Thermal Response Program,” AIAA 2008-1224, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 2008.
Joshua E. Johnson; Ryan P. Starkey; Mark J. Lewis, “Multi-Objective Optimization of Entry Vehicle Heat Shields with Reentry Trajectory Analysis,” 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India, IAC-07-C2.7.09, Sept 2007.
Beksinski, David, Starkey, Ryan, and Lewis, Mark, "Characterization of Feasilibity, Methods, and Requirements for Lunar Mission Abort Trajectories," presented at the AAS Winter meeting, 22-26 Jan. 2006, Sacramento, CA.
Gasbarre, J., Wright, H., and Lewis, M. J., “A Design Comparison of Atmospheric Flight Vehicles for the Exploration of Titan,” AIAA 2005-6235, presented at the AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, San Francisco, CA Aug. 15-18, 2005.
Barkmeyer, D., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J., “Inverse Waverider Design for Inward Turning Inlets,” AIAA-2005-3915, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona, July 10-13, 2005.
Dissel, A., Kothari, A., Raghavan, V., and Lewis, M. J. ,”System Analysis of Launch Transportation Options for Crew Exploration Vehicle,” AIAA-2005-4366, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona, July 10-13, 2005.
Johnson, J., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J. “Aerodynamic Stability of Re-Entry Heat Shield Shapes for a Crew Exploration Vehicle”, AIAA–2005-4112, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona, July 10-13, 2005.
Dissel, A., Kothari, A., and Lewis, M. J., “Weight Growth Study of Reusable Launch Vehicle Systems,” AIAA-2005-4369, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona, July 10-13, 2005.
Colville, J., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J., “Extending the Flight Mach Number of the SR-71 Inlet,” AIAA-2005-3284, 13th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Capua, Italy, May 16-20, 2005.
Minton, D., Lewis, M. J., and Van Wie, D., “Plasma and Magnetohydrodynamic Effects on Incipient Separation in a Cold Supersonic Flow,” AIAA-2005-3224, 13th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Capua, Italy, May 16-20, 2005.
Minton, D., Lewis, M. J., and Van Wie, D., “Plasmas for Scramjet Flow Control," International High Temperature Plasmadynamics Conference, Moscow, Russia, May 2005.
Scott, C., Starkey, R. P., and Lewis, M. J., “Horizontal Launch Vehicle Weight Modeling for Future Lunar Exploration-Class Payloads,” AIAA-2005-4368, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, AZ, July 10-13, 2005.

Richeson Family Establishes Glen W. Richeson, Jr. Maryland Promise Scholarship

Scholarship to support future aerospace engineers honors a father’s legacy and support.

Aerospace Engineering Professor Emeritus Appointed Director of Defense Research and Engineering

Professor Emeritus Mark Lewis named Pentagon's new director of defense research and engineering for modernization.

Shaking Things Up: UMD Engineering Students Build Innovative Solution to Help Save Honey Bees

Undergrads gain hands-on experience helping biologists build solutions for critical honey bee issue.

Aerospace Engineering Student Named ARCS Scholar

Bernadette Cannon was selected as the ARCS 2014-2015 Wanda M. Austin Undergraduate Scholar.

X-51A Waverider Achieves Hypersonic Breakthrough

Clark School professor and alumni fuel breakthrough success on final X-51A Waverider flight

Mark Lewis Selected as Recipient of AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research

Clark School professor of aerospace engineering honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Wereley to Chair Department of Aerospace Engineering

Techno-Sciences Professor of Aerospace Engineering Norman Wereley to assume post on April 15.

Lewis to Lead Science and Technology Policy Institute

Aerospace engineering chair is new director of Institute of Defense Analyses initiative.

Wereley, Hubbard Named Fellows by Professional Society

Highest honor for an aerospace professional bestowed upon two Clark School professors.

Lewis Honored By International Community

Aerospace engineering chair elected to International Academy of Astronautics.

Alumnus Griffin President-Elect of AIAA

Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin to head American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics board.

Lewis to Participate in Hypersonic Tech Event

Aerospace engineering chair's work on hypersonic missile flight to be highlighted.

AIAA Fellows Inducted

Clark School faculty members make up 10 percent of honorees.

Lewis Named Aerospace Chair

Prof. Mark J. Lewis takes helm September 14.

Lewis Is AIAA President-Elect

Term with American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics to begin in May.

Clark School Leads NASA Project

Aerospace Chair Darryll Pines to lead $7.8M/year research project, 20 universities involved.

Aviation Week Laureate Award for Lewis

Aerospace engineering professor recognized for aeronautical and propulsion research.

Link Wins Award of Excellence

Engineering News-Record honors civil engineering researcher for Hurricane Katrina work.

Lewis Named Willis Young, Jr. Faculty Fellow

Aerospace fellowship to begin in fall 2007

Lewis Receives Laureate Nomination

Dr. Mark Lewis is named a 2007 Laureate Nominee from Aviation Week & Space Technology.

NASA selects Clark School Faculty to lead initiative on future access to space.

Faculty from the Clark School receive a major award from NASA to establish one of seven NASA URETI

Clark School Accomplishments in Summer 2002

A list of Clark school accomplishments for Summer 2002, with an introduction by Dean Nariman Farvardin.

Faculty Directory