Academic Rank:
Professor

Degrees:

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Old Dominion University, May 1987
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson Unviersity, May 1983
B.S. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Clarkson University, May 1979

5/00 – Present Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
9/96 – 5/00 Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

9/91 – 8/96 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama
5/87 – 8/91 Research Scientist, High Technology Corporation, Hampton, VA
2/81 – 7/81 Mechanical Test Engineer, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
1/80 – 11/80 Applications Engineer, Black Clawson Company, Fulton, NY

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Virginia (license No. 022047)

Hailey, C.E., Spall, R.E., and Snyder, D.O., "Computational Fluid Dynamics Presented in the undergraduate curriculum," Computers in Education, Vol. XI, pp. 2 – 8, (2001)

Anderson, E.A. and Spall, R.E., "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Parallel Jets," ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, ASME J. Fluids Eng., Vol. 123, pp. 401–406 (2001).

Spall, R.E., "Numerical Study of Wing-Tip Vortex Using the Euler Equations," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 38, pp. 22-27 (2001).

Snyder, D.O. and Spall, R.E., "Numerical Investigation into Multiple Vortex Structures Formed Over Wings With Flat End-Caps," AIAA Journal, Vol. 38, pp. 1486-1489 (2000).

Snyder, D.O. and Spall, R.E., "Numerical Simulation of Bubble-Type Vortex Breakdown within a Tube-and-Vane Apparatus," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 12 pp. 603-608 (2000).

Spall, R.E. and Ashby, B.M., "A Numerical Study of Vortex Breakdown in Turbulent Swirling Flows," ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 179-183 (2000).

Spall, R. E. and Anderson, E. A., "A Numerical Study of Buoyant, Pulsating Exchange Flows Through a Vent in a Thin Horizontal Partition, Numerical Heat Transfer. Part A, Vol. 36, pp. 263-272 (1999).

Spall, R. E., "A Numerical Analysis of the Stratification Properties of Chilled Water Storage Tanks Charged at the Freezing Point Temperature," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 120, pp. 271-274 (1998).

Spall, R. E., "A Numerical Study of Transient Mixed Convection in Cylindrical Thermal Storage Tanks," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 41, pp. 2003-2011 (1998).

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

2000 Outstanding Researcher, College of Engineering, Utah State University
2000 Researcher of the Year, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, USU
1999 Researcher of the Year, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, USU
1998 Researcher of the Year, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Enigneering, USU
1997 Researcher of the Year, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Enigneering, USU
Honorary Superior Accomplishment Award, NASA Langley Research Center, 1991, for: "Outstanding effort in developing a three-dimensional transition onset prediction capability in support of supersonic laminar flow control technology."
NASA Langley Research Center Group Achievement Award-Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition Team, 1989

Member, ASME Heat Transfer Division Computational Heat Transfer Committee (K-20)
Session Vice-Chair, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, June 2001
Session Organizer, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, June 2003
Proposal and Journal Reviewer: AIAA Journal, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Applied Energy, ASME
Journal of Fluids Engineering, Cambridge University Press, Computers & Fluids, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, National Science Foundation, Physics of Fluids, Prentice-Hall

Presentations at approximately two professional conferences per year

Attended short course on grid generation, Program Development Corp., White Plains, NY, April 1-3, 1998.
Acting Dept. Head, Nov. 2001 to Feb. 2002
Member, Search Committee for College of Engineering Dean, 2002.
Chair, Search Committee for Space Engineering Position, Fall 2001
Chair, Search Committee for Thermal Sciences Faculty Position, Summer 2001
Chair, Search Committee for Manufacturing Faculty Position, Spring 2001
Chair, Search Committee for Manufacturing Faculty Position and for Space Engineering Position, Fall 2000
USU Graduate Curriculum Committee; Member, Fall 1996-2001; Chair, 2001-present.
Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee

"Teaching Online," a one-week online course to learn how to plan, develop and teach online courses, October 2001.