Holt Ashley

Holt Ashley
Born(1923-01-10)January 10, 1923
San Francisco, U.S.
DiedMay 9, 2006(2006-05-09) (aged 83)
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationAeronautical engineer
Scientific career
ThesisAn experimental investigation of the flutter characteristics of low density wings
Manfred Rauscher, Shatswell Ober

Holt Ashley (January 10, 1923 – May 9, 2006) was an American aeronautical engineer notable for his seminal research on aeroelasticity.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Ashley was born in San Francisco, California. His father was Harold Ashley, an American businessman who served in both World War I and World War II.

On the outbreak of World War II, he took leave from the California Institute of Technology and joined the Army Air Corps.[4][5] Following completion of an undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago for meteorology, he flew as a weather forecaster and reconnaissance officer with squadrons in the Atlantic and Europe.[4][5] In this time, he would earn 6 military medals and publish his paper "Icing in North West Europe."[4][5]

Ashley attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1948 and later a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1951, also in aeronautical engineering.[1]

Career

From 1951 to 1954, he was a member of the faculty at MIT.[2] Ashley served as an MIT associate professor from 1954 to 1960, when he became a full professor at MIT in 1960.[2][5]

In 1964, he helped establish the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.[5] He served as its first head of Department until 1967 when he returned to America.[4][5]

In 1967, Ashley joined the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, located in Palo Alto, California, where he was a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[2][4][5]

In 1970, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to the field of aerolastic structures and unsteady aerodynamics, aiding in the solutions of problems in vibration and gust loading".[1]

Ashley served as president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[3][4]

He also served on the advisory boards of NASA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.[1][4]

He died on 9 May 2006, age 83.

Legacy

The AIAA established an award in Ashley's honor – the Holt Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity.[6][7][8]

Notable awards and honors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 (2011):Holt Ashley".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Levy, Dawn (May 24, 2006). "Holt Ashley, Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics, Dies at 83". Stanford Report.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "AIAA Mourns the Loss of Past President Holt Ashley"[link removed].
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "AIAA article on Holt Ashley for 2003 medal" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Academies Obituary for Holt Ashley. 2011. doi:10.17226/13160. ISBN 978-0-309-21306-6. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  6. ↑ "AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) – United States".
  7. ↑ "AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity Recipients; The AIAA Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding and application of aeroelastic phenomena.".
  8. ↑ "AIAA:Technical Excellence Awards – Aerospace Design, Structures, Test".
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