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Albert R. George

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  • Albert R. George
  • Dept: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Title: John F. Carr Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Address: Room 100 Frank H T Rhodes Hall
  • Phone: 607 255-6254
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Biography

Professor George's research and teaching areas are in vehicles, systems, and energy. The focus of his vehicle-related work has been aeroacoustic noise mechanisms and the aerodynamics, performance, and design of aircraft, automobiles, and engine cooling. His other interests are in systems engineering, with research on a systems views of energy use, knowledge engineering, and manufacturing. In the energy systems area he has been working on modeling the systems effects of energy sources and energy utilization and in how to supply information to people making decisions on future energy sources and utilization.

Teaching Interests

An ongoing project studies the aerodynamics and heat transfer associated with engine and vehicle performance. including cooling and turbocharging. Other work is on frame and suspension design. Other active projects involves developing systems engineering approaches to system design and to knowledge management for organizations developing complex systems. This work is carried out in conjunction with large student team design-build projects such as the Cornell Formula SAE team.

Selected Publications

George, A., Christopherson, S., et al. 2011. "Energy Transitions: A Systems Approach Including Marcellus Shale Gas Development." Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University

Morris, T., George, A.  "2011 Community Energy Choices; Guide and Planning Overview." Cornell University

Desai, S., Lo, C.-M. B. and George, A. R.  "A Computational Study of Idealized Bluff Bodies, Wheels, and Vortex Structures in Ground Effect," SAE Paper 2008-01-0327, SAE 2008 World Congress & Exhibition, Detroit, April 2008.

Abello, J. C., George, A. R. 2004 "Wake Displacement Modifications to Reduce Rotorcraft Blade-Vortex Interaction Noise." Journal of Aircraft 41(2): 290-304.

Callister, J. R., George, A. R., Freeman, G. E. 1999 "An Empirical Scheme to Predict the Sound Transmission Loss of Single-Thickness Panels." Journal of Sound and Vibration 222(1): 145-151.

Selected Publications

  • George, Albert Richard, Susan M. Christopherson, Kieran Patrick Donaghy, Deborah Gene Grantham, Rod Howe, Jeffrey Jacquet, Teresa Eileen Jordan, David L. Kay, Michael Moore, Linda K. Nozick, Susan Jean Riha, Robert Ross, Richard Clark Stedman, Jefferson William Tester. 2011. "Energy Transitions: A Systems Approach Including Marcellus Shale Gas Development: A Report". A Report of a Study Group Sponsored by The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell University.
  • Pratt, R. M., D. R. Adams, D. Bebbington, J. M. Bentley, K. Benwell, M. J. Bickerdike, I. A. Cliffe, J. E. P. Davidson, C. E Dawson. 2002. "Indolines as 5-HT2C receptor ligands." Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 224: U67-U67.
  • Bodstein, G. C. R., Albert Richard George, C. Y Hui. 1996. "The three-dimensional interaction of a streamwise vortex with a large-chord lifting surface: Theory and experiment." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 322: 51-79.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • First Place, ACSF Poster Competition (Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future) 2010
  • "Professor Albert R. George Project Team Award" (Cornell Engineerng Alumni Association) 2008
  • Weiss Presidential Fellow 2007
  • Kenneth A.. Goldman Excellence in Teaching award 2006
  • Carson Buck Teaching Award (American Society for Engineering Education) 2005

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