Dr. Montgomery C. Hughson is currently serving as Deputy Director and Associate Research Professor of Computational Engineering for the ERC Computational Simulation and Design Center (ERC SimCenter) with the High Performance Computing Collaboratory (HPC2) at Mississippi State University.
Lieutenant Colonel Montgomery C. "Gomer" Hughson, retired from United States Air Force September 1, 2004.
Lt Col Hughson earned his regular commission through the Airmen Education and Commissioning Program as an astronautical engineering selectee and a distinguished graduate of Officer Training School. His aerospace engineering career includes numerous stateside assignments within Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Systems Command and Air Education and Training Command as well as a couple overseas assignments in Pacific Air Forces.
EDUCATION
1984 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, High Honors, University of Texas
1989 Master of Science (M.S.) in Systems Analysis, University of West Florida
1990 M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology
2000 M.S. in Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College
1998 Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University
FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
1993 Kichijoji Japanese Language School in Tokyo, Japan
EXPERIENCE
- April 1985 – March 1989, Computational Aerodynamicist, Air Force Armament Laboratory (AFATL), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida
- April 1989 – December 1990, Graduate Student, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB), Ohio
- January 1991 – July 1992, Aircraft Aerodynamics Project Engineer, Aeronautical Systems Center, WPAFB, Ohio
- August 1992 – July 1993, Japanese Language Student, Tokyo, Japan
- August 1993 – July 1995, USAF/JASDF (Japanese Air Self-Defense Force) Aeronautical Engineer, Air Development and Test Wing, Gifu Air Base, Japan
- August 1995 – September 1998, Graduate Student, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
- October 1998 – June 1999, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, Ohio
- July 1999 - June 2000, Professional Military Education Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- June 2000 – August 2001, Deputy Department Head, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, Ohio
- September 2001 – Jun 2004, Director, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Laboratory, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, Ohio
- June 2004 – Present, Deputy Director and Associate Research Professor of Computational Engineering, ERC Computational Simulation and Design Center (ERC SimCenter), Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COURSES
Viscous Fluid Flow Theory
Compressible/High-Speed Aerodynamics
Computational Modeling for Aerodynamics
Finite-Difference Methods for Fluid Mechanics/Intro to Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational Aerodynamics/Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Hughson, M., Blades, E., Luke, E, and Abate, G., "Analysis of Lattice
Grid Tailfin Missiles in High-Speed Flow," AIAA 2007-3932 (available on
CD), /25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, /Miami, FL, June 2007.
Hughson, M., Luke, E., and Sutherland, K., "Sea-Mobile Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) Boost/Ascent Evolution, SP07 Interim Report: Computational Modeling & Simulation for Design," MSSU-BCoE-HPC2 -07-03, March 2007.
Published over 20 unclassified articles, technical reports and papers available through various aerospace and military professional venues: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Storming Media, NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), Air University, and the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP, HONORS AND AWARDS
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Senior Member
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Engineering Honor Society
Modified Date:
August 7, 2007
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