William H. Heiser
Post Office Box 428
USAF Academy, CO 80840
(719)481-9572
heiser@propulsion.com
 
Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 1962

Braunschweig Technische Hochschule, Germany Fulbright Exchange Student, 1958

California Institute of Technology MSME in Mechanical Engineering, 1957

Cooper Union BS in Mechanical Engineering, 1956

     
Experience  
Cambridge University, U.K.
Whittle Laboratory
Visiting Professor, 1998
   
United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO
 

Department of Aeronautics Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1989-93
Professor of Aeronautics, 1993-96

   
University of California Davis, Davis, CA
  Department of Mechanical Engineering Visiting Professor, 1988-89
   
Aerojet General Corporation, Sacramento, CA
  Vice President/Director of Research, 1985-88
   
United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO
  Department of Aeronautics
Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1983-85
   
General Electric Aircraft Engine Group, Evendale, OH
  Manager, Advanced Technology, 1978-83
   
Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center, TN
  Chief Scientist, 1975-78
   
Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, OH
  Chief Scientist, 1971-75
   
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, CT
  Head of Turbine Technology, 1966-71
   
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  Department of Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor, 1962-66
   

 

     
Current  

Chairman, F-22/JSF Engine Development Program EIRT
Chairman, USAF Propulsion Product Group Manager EIRT
Member, DARPA Independent Review Group
Professor Emeritus, United Sates Air Force Academy
Fellow of AAAS, AIAA, and ASME