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Resume for Dan M. Somers

Education
  • Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1974
 
Employment History
  • President, Airfoils, Incorporated, 1980 to present
  • Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center, 1974 to 1989

 

Qualifications and Major Contributions
  • Internationally recognized expert in airfoil design, analysis, and testing
  • Developed Eppler Airfoil Design and Analysis Code with Richard Eppler
  • Chairman, Aerodynamics Committee, Technical Board, Soaring Society of America

 

Designed:

  • S101 and S102 airfoils for general aviation aircraft
  • S201 airfoil for a cruise missile
  • S202 airfoil for a tilt-wing aircraft
  • S203 airfoil for a business jet
  • S401 and S402 airfoils for a gyroplane
  • S601 and S602 airfoils for unmanned aerial vehicles
  • SM701 airfoil for a sailplane
  • S801 through S829 and S901 through S903 airfoils for wind turbines
  • S904 and S905 airfoils for cooling-tower fans
  • NASA NLF(1)-0416, NLF(1)-0215F, NLF(1)-0315, and NLF(1)-0115 airfoils for general aviation aircraft
  • NASA NLF(1)-1015 airfoil for long-endurance aircraft
  • NASA/DLR NLF(2)-0415 airfoil for commuter aircraft
  • High-lift systems for S202 airfoil

 

Conducted investigations in:

  • NASA Langley Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel (LTPT)
  • Low-turbulence wind tunnel of Delft University of Technology Low Speed Laboratory
  • The Pennsylvania State University low-speed, low-turbulence wind tunnel
  • DLR Transonic Wind Tunnel Braunschweig (TWB)

 

Received:

  • 1991 Soaring Society of America Exceptional Service Award
  • 1991 R&D 100 Award for the Development of Advanced Wind Turbine Blades, with James L. Tangler and James V. Frerotte
  • 1984 NASA Langley Research Center Floyd L. Thompson Fellowship for Medium-Speed, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil Design in cooperation with Universität Stuttgart and DLR Braunschweig

 

 

 
 
 
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