Reda R. Mankbadi

Reda R. Mankbadi is the founding Dean of the Engineering College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.^[1] He is a former NASA senior scientist at NASA's Glenn Research Center^[2] and a Fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy.^[3] Mankbadi has published over 150 scientific papers.^[4][5]

Reda R. Mankbadi
Citizenship	Egyptian, American
Occupation(s)	Dean of Engineering, professor and scientist
Spouse	Eiman Gaballah (m. 1982)
Children	4
Academic background
Education	Cairo University (BS) Brown University (PhD)
Academic work
Main interests	Aeroacoustics, turbulence, energy

Early life and education

Mankbadi grew up in a Coptic Christian household between Cairo and Upper Egypt. He first attended Franciscan Catholic School but then transferred to public schools. He received a BS degree in Engineering from Cairo University.^[6]

Mankbadi earned his PhD in engineering from Brown University in 1979.^[7]

Career

Early in his career, Mankbadi served as a professor at Cairo University and Rutgers University.^[1][8] While teaching at Rutgers University, Mankbadi received the Rutgers University Faculty Merit Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching in 1984.^[7] Mankbadi was a Fulbright scholar in 1986.^[9] In 1986, he also served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Brown University. In the following year, he served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.^[3][6]

In 1988, Mankbadi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Science and Arts of the First Order in Egypt.^[7][1]

Eventually, Mankbadi served as a senior scientist at NASA's Glenn Research Center.^[10][11] He was also appointed a fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy in 1990.^[3][1][6] He then became an Affiliated Professor at the Ohio Aerospace Institute.^[6] From 1996 to 1999, Mankbadi was named an Ohio Board of Regents Professor.^[1][6]

Mankbadi became the Founding Dean of the Engineering College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2002.^[3][1][6] He continues to serve at Embry-Riddle as a distinguished professor of aeronautical engineering.^[12][13][14]

In 2008, Mankbadi co-founded the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP),^[8] which was established by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in collaboration with Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Florida.^[15] He currently serves as the ERAU Director for FCAAP.^[6]

Research

Most of Mankbadi's research focuses on the areas of propulsion, turbulence, aeroacoustics, and energy.^[3] He has developed a theory for the coherent structures in turbulent flows,^[16][17][18] and has led the NASA's development of computational aeroacoustics.^[19][20]

Mankbadi has also developed computation tools such as Hi-Fidelity Large-Eddy-Simulations for simulating turbulence^[21][18] and aeroacoustics.^[22][23]

Mankbadi has served as an Associate Editor for scholarly journals such as the International Journal of Aeroacoustics,^[3] the Journal of Energy Resources, and the Journal of Turbulence.^[8]

Mankbadi is included in the top 2% of world scientists for career scholarly impact in a study by Stanford University.^[24]

Memberships and affiliations

• Fellow, NASA Lewis Research Academy, 1990^[3][1][6]
• Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993^[25]

Scholarships

• Fulbright Program, 1986^[9]

Awards

• Presidential Medal (Egypt) of Science and Arts of the First Order, 1988^[7][8]
• NASA Superior Performance Award, 1990, 1993^[3][1]

Selected publications

• Mankbadi, Reda R. (1992-06-01). "Dynamics and Control of Coherent Structure in Turbulent Jets". Applied Mechanics Reviews. 45 (6). ASME International: 219–248. Bibcode:1992ApMRv..45..219M. doi:10.1115/1.3121398. ISSN 0003-6900.
• Mankbadi, Reda; Hayder, M.; Povinelli, Louis (1993-01-11). "The structure of supersonic jet flow and its radiated sound". 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.1993-549.
• Mankbadi, R. R., Hixon, R., Shih, S. H., & Povinelli, L. A. (1998). Use of linearized Euler equations for supersonic jet noise prediction. AIAA Journal, 36(2), 140-147.
• Mankbadi, R., & Liu, J. T. C. (1984). Sound generated aerodynamically revisited: large-scale structures in a turbulent jet as a source of sound. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 311(1516), 183-217.
• Mankbadi, R. R. (1986). On the interaction between fundamental and subharmonic instability waves in a turbulent round jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 160, 385-419.
• Mankbadi, Reda R. (1991). "Multifrequency excited jets". Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics. 3 (4). AIP Publishing: 595–605. Bibcode:1991PhFlA...3..595M. doi:10.1063/1.858121. ISSN 0899-8213.
• Mankbadi, RR, Wu, X, Lee, SS (1993). A critical-layer analysis of the resonant triad in boundary-layer transition: nonlinear interactions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 256, 85-106.
• Mankbadi, RR (2013). Transition, turbulence, and noise: Theory and applications for scientists and engineers. Springer Science & Business Media.