ATRC

Kurt Rouser

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology, 2012

M.S., Aeronautical Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology, 2002

M.S., Aviation Science
Oklahoma State University, 1999

B.S., Aeronautical Engineering
US Air Force Academy, 1995

Research Interests

Thermodynamics
Aerospace Propulsion and Power
Gas Turbine Engines
Pressure Gain Combustion

Awards and Recognition

2020 Golden Torch Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University Mortar Board
2019 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Advisor, National Engineering Honor Society
2015 Frank J. Seiler Award for Faculty Research Excellence in Science and Engineering, US Air Force Academy
2015 Field Grade Officer of the Quarter, Department of Aeronautics, US Air Force Academy
2014 Faculty of the Year, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society Student Chapter, US Air Force Academy
2014 Field Grade Officer of the Quarter, Directorate of Education, US Air Force Academy
2013 Daley Orlofsky Award, Department of Aeronautics, US Air Force Academy
2013 Field Grade Officer of the Quarter and Year, Department of Aeronautics, US Air Force Academy
2011 Graduate, Air War College, by seminar, Air University, AL
2009 Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
2009 Field Grade Officer of the Quarter and Year, Air Force Institute of Technology
2006 William M. Dunn Peoples’ Choice Quarterly Award, Arnold Engineering Development Center
2006 Air Force Propulsion Engineer of the Year, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
2005 Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2006 Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence, Air University, AL
2005 Outstanding Academy Educator Award, Department of Aeronautics, US Air Force Academy
2004 Outstanding First-Year Instructor Award, Department of Aeronautics, US Air Force Academy
2003 Company Grade Officer of the Quarter and Year, Department of Aeronautics, US Air Force Academy
2002 Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Society for Aerospace Engineering
2000 Graduate, Squadron Officer School, in residence, Air University, AL
1999 Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
1998 Secretary of the Air Force Distinguished Equal Employment Opportunity Award - Asian/Pacific Islander Category
1996 Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, Technologies Division, National Air Intelligence Center
1995 James C. Fey Award, US Air Force Academy Class of 1995

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering

Courses Taught

· MAE 5343 Advanced Aircraft Propulsion & Power

· MAE 5303 Advanced Space Propulsion & Power

· MAE 4374 Aerospace System Design

· MAE 4243 Aerospace Propulsion & Power

· MAE 4010 Independent Study

Campus Involvement

Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (2016 – present)
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Society for Aerospace Engineering (2016 – present)

Recent Publications

Garner Copher, Sandip Harimkar, Kurt P. Rouser, Connor McCain and Daniel Velasco, “Microstructure Effects of Electrical Discharge Machining Drill on Aerospace Super-Alloys,” ASM International Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (submitted).
Kylar J. Moody, Cole J. Replogle and Kurt P. Rouser, “Validation of Analytical Model for Turboelectric Power System for Preliminary Design Purposes,” ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, vol. 142, no. 8, August 2020.
Kurt P. Rouser and Tyler Zimbelman, “Flow Distortion in a Small Unmanned Aircraft Boundary Layer Ingestion Inlet,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft (Submitted, Manuscript ID 2018-12-C035396).
Kurt P. Rouser, “Oral Assessments of Student Learning in Undergraduate Aerospace Propulsion and Power Courses,” ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 139, No. 12, p. 124701, December 2017.
Kurt P. Rouser, Paul I. King, Frederick R. Schauer, Rolf Sondergaard, John L. Hoke, and Larry P. Goss, "Time-Resolved Flow Properties in a Turbine Driven by Pulsed Detonations," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1528-1536, October 2014.