Dr. Barnes W. McCormick
Conference Director; Boeing Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State
Dr. McCormick is well-known for his two textbooks, Aerodynamics of V/STOL Flight and Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics. He is a former technical director and editor of the Journal of the American Helicopter Society, and past vice president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for education. Dr. McCormick has consulted for many companies and federal organizations and has served on advisory panels to the U.S. House of Representatives and the Commanding General of the Army's Aviation Systems Command. He was chief of aerodynamics for Vertol when their Model 107, which became the venerable CH-46, first flew.
Dr. Richard L. Bennett
Consultant
Dr. Bennett retired from Bell Helicopter's research department in 2001, after thirty-five years of focusing primarily on the areas of rotor aeroelasticity, helicopter flight simulation, and active fuselage vibration control systems. Since retirement he has served as rotorcraft consultant to Lockheed-Martin, BLR, and L3 Systems Integration.
Dr. Robert C. Bill
Former Deputy Director for propulsion, Vehicle Technology Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Bill worked for the U.S. Army at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio since receiving his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1970 until his retirement in 2005. He served for fourteen years as head of the Propulsion and Drivetrain portion of the Army's Vehicle Technology Directorate at NASA Glenn. Since 2006, he has worked as a part-time adjunct faculty member with the Aerospace Engineering Department at Penn State. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a member of the American Helicopter Society (AHS).
Dr. Robert M. McKillip Jr.
Senior associate, Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
From 1984 to 1992 Dr. McKillip served as an assistant professor with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He received both his doctoral and master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His current interests include shape memory alloy actuator applications, rotor system instrumentation and parameter identification, active vibration control, and flight dynamics and control. Dr. McKillip has consulted for the Boeing Helicopter Company, the U.S. Army, and the NASA Ames Research Center, as well as private engineering research organizations. He is a former member of the Handling Qualities Technical Committee for AHS.
David Pullman
Chief structural engineer, Advanced Technologies Incorporated (ATI)
Mr. Pullman has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University. Formerly he worked as a United States Air Force researcher with the Non-Metallic Materials Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He was also a structural engineer with Hartzell Propeller, Inc., where he worked to start the first industry-wide Propeller Damage Tolerance Committee under the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Currently at ATI, Mr. Pullman has designed and built composite propellers and rotors for Boeing Helicopter, NASA, Sikorsky, and others.
Dr. John W. Leverton
Former head of applied acoustics/specialist, GKN Westland
Dr. Leverton holds a doctoral degree in aeroacoustics from the Institute of Sound and Vibration, Southampton University. He is the current chairman of the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Acoustics/Environmental Committee and was also the chair of the European Association of Aerospace Industries (AECMA) Helicopter Noise Certification Group. He was also the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) rotorcraft representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for many years. He is a recognized international expert in helicopter noise and was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the FAA for his efforts on an FAA Heliport Design Guide.
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