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Oscar Biblarz

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Professor Emeritus

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Monterey, CA 93943

Phone: 831-656-3096

Email: obiblarz (at) nps.edu

 

EDUCATION:

PhD - Stanford Univ, 1968

MS - Univ of California, Los Angeles, 1963

BS - Univ of California, Los Angeles, 1959

 

NPS EXPERIENCE:

  • 1968 - 2003 Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 35 years teaching, research and admininstration

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

  • 1987 - 1989 GTE - Electrical Products, Senior Research Scientist

  • 1961 - 1963 Hughes Space Systems Division

 

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Spacecraft Propulsion

  • High Speed Aerodynamics

  • Lasers

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Aerospace Propulsion and Power

  • Fluid Mechanics

  • Lasers

 

AWARDS:

  • Hughes Master Fellow, 1962-1963

  • Ford Foundation Plasma Fellow, 1966-1967

  • Lady Davis Fellow, 1976-1977 and 2005

  • Navy Superior Service Award, 2003

 

BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

  • Member, American Physical Society (APS)

  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

  • Member, Sigma Xi

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Zucker, R.D. and Biblarz, O. Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2002

  • Sutton, G.P. and Biblarz, O., Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001

  • Biblarz, O. and Bell, W.J., “Thermionic Arc Breakdown in Small Discharge Gaps: Model and Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No. 2, March-April 1998, pp. 325-331

  • Biblarz, O., Pomerantz, B. and Lindsey, G.H., “Transonic Missile Drag Area-Rule and Afterbody Role Verification with CFD,” Paper AIAA 98-0527, 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 12-15, 1998