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Mechanical Engineering

Dept. 2502

615 McCallie Avenue

Chattanooga, TN 37403

Phone: (423) 425-1716

Fax: (509) 756-3342

E-mail: Trevor-Elliott@utc.edu

Trevor S. Elliott

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute, 2014 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2009 B.S., Engineering: Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2005

Academic Specialties

Additive Manufacturing, Alternative Energy, Automotive Design, Biglobal Stability, Compressible Flow, Energy Systems, Energy Storage and Transmission, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion, Spectral Theory, Turbomachinery, and Thermal Sciences

Employment

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2015 to Present

Affiliate Professor, Project Lead the Way, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2013 to Present Adjunct Faculty Appointment, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2012 to 2015

Information and Technology Administrator II, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2008 to 2015 Web Laboratory Design Engineer, Boeing Company Contract with NASA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2009 to 2010 Director of Information and Technology, Project Lead the Way, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2004 to 2013 Laboratory Support Engineer, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2005 to 2008 Information and Technology Technician, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2000 to 2005

Professional Service

Forum Deputy Technical Chair, P&E Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2017 to Present Vice Chair, Solid Rockets Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2017 to Present Technical Committee (TC) Member, Solid Rockets, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2017 to Present Technical Session Chair, Hybrid Rockets, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2017 to Present Wyld Award Selection Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2017 and 2018 Technical Area Organizer (TAO), Hybrid Rockets, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2017 to Present

Co-Technical Area Organizer(TAO), Hybrid Rockets, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2016 to 2017

Technical Committee (TC) Member, Hybrid Rockets, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2015 to Present

University Service

Member of Lupton Classroom Audio Visual Design Committee, 2018 to Present Member of University Learning Environment Committee, 2017 to Present Member of University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2015 to 2017 Member of College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2016 to Present Chair of Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Committee, 2017 to Present Hardware Advisor to University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Region 3 IEEE Robotics Competition student teams, 2012 to 2017 Faculty Advisor for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Society of Automotive Engineers Baja teams, 2015 to Present Faculty Advisor for Chapter/Competition team, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), 2017 to Present Advisor to Tau Beta Pi Tennessee Zeta Student Chapter, 2015 to Present Consultation with faculty on changes to manufacturing facilities, Poly Carbon Ind. and Aeroflex USA, UT Industrial Services Converted traditional paper submission courses to digital submission, review, and feedback courses (est. savings $2,500/year) Coordinated and advised projects connected with local industries and agencies, such as Accellent and TDOT, student hires result Co-Authored 2013 curriculum proposal for changes to the ENGR3850/4850 design sequence Guest lecturer for Information and Technology topics and three dimensional printing Off campus support of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Society of Automotive Engineers Baja teams Participant in academic ceremonies for Order of the Engineer initiation, Tau Beta Pi initiation, and University Graduation Served on University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Exempt Staff Council

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Served as Member of numerous search committees for both faculty and staff, 2009 - Present Served as Faculty and Technical Advisor for several projects in collaboration with the UTC CETE Utilized ThinkAchieve Grant funds to aid in experiential learning in several courses

Public / Community Service

Invited Speaker for Chattanooga Engineers Club, “Rocket Science Demystified,” 2017 Serve as event supervisor for the Science Olympiad Division B (middle school teams) Mission Possible Event, 2016 to Pres. Coordinated, served, and spoke as college representative at Chattanooga Maker Day 2013, 3D prototyping education event Information and Technology support for Tennessee Geographic Information Council Inc, Girls Incorporated, and Gear Up Spoke at McCallie School Career Evening

Honors and Awards

Best Undergraduate Research Project, CECS Technology Symposium, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2017 to 2018 College Nomination for University-wide Outstanding Faculty Advising, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2017 to 2018 Outstanding Service Award, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2017 to 2018 Best Paper Award, Solid Rocket Combustion Instability, AIAA Propulsion & Energy Conference, 2017 Received “Beyond the Classroom” designation for ENGR 3850 and ENGR 4850, 2014 IEEE Robotics team placed fourth in the south east regional completion, 2014 Nominations for Best Paper, AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, 2012 Chapter President, Tennessee Zeta, Tau Beta Pi, 2004 to 2005 Dr. William Q. Gurley Scholarship, 2004-2005 Design Team Leader, D.A.R.P.A. Grand Challenge, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2004 to 2005 National Collegiate Engineering Award The Dean’s and Chancellor’s Lists The Order of the Engineer

Licenses and Certifications

Six Sigma White Belt Certification, Aveta Business Institute, 2018 No. 216387 Level 1 High Power Rocketry (HPR) Certification, National Association of Rocketry (NAR), 2017 No. 24760 Engineering Intern, Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners (TBAEE), 2005 Met experience requirements, applied, and have been approved to sit for the PE Exam

Courses

ENME 3070 Fluid Mechanics ENME 3030/ENCH 3030 Thermodynamics ENGR 3070L Fluid Mechanics Laboratory ENME 3850 Interdisciplinary Design Project I ENGR 3850 Interdisciplinary Design Project I ENGR 4850 Interdisciplinary Design Project II ENME 4500 Mechanical Engineering Design Project CPSN/ENCE/ENEE/ENME 4850 Interdisciplinary Design Project II

Professional Societies

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) – Lifetime Senior Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Lifetime Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – Lifetime Member Computing Technology Industry Association (Comp TIA) – Member Independent Computer Consultant Association (ICCA) – Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Member National Association of Rocketry (NAR) – Member (HPR Certification Level 1) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Member Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council (TREEDC)

Reviewer

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Joint Propulsion Conference, Manuscript Reviewer, 2016 to Pres. International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion (IJEMCP), Begell House, Manuscript Reviewer, 2015 to Pres. MasteringEngineering Tutorials for Fluid Mechanics, for text: Hibbeler R. C, Fluid Mechanics, 1st Edition, Prentice Hall, 2014. Pratap, Rudra, Getting Started with MATLAB, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Departmental Honors, Thesis, and Dissertation Committees

1. Yanagida, Hiroshi, Currently untitled, Departmental Honors Thesis for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Chair, November 2018 to Present.

2. Strawn, Connor, “Improvements in Alternative Fuel Internal Combustion Engine Efficiency by using Water Injection,” Departmental Honors Thesis for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Chair, November 2016 to 2018.

3. Bishop, Seth, “Design of a Baja Facility with Energy Analysis,” Departmental Honors Thesis for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Chair, November 2016 to 2018.

4. Thompson, Ashley, “Creating a Zero + Energy Building Model,” Departmental Honors Thesis for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Member, November 2016 to 2017.

5. Ayres, James, “Determining Energy Output in Manual and Automated Solar Arrays,” Departmental Honors Thesis for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Member, November 2015 to 2016.

6. True, Nicholas, “Design of a Thermal Imaging Apparatus,” Departmental Honors Thesis for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Member, November 2014 to 2015.

Primary and Secondary Education Student Project and Thesis Committees

1. Flannigan, Brandon, Untitled, Mechanical Engineering Departmental Graduate Thesis, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Committee Chair, 2017 to Present

2. West, Alec, “The Unmanned Aerial Market,” Senior research project, Chattanooga Center of the Creative Arts (CCCA), Primary Project Mentor, December 2014 to 2015.

Publications

1. Elliott, T. S., Sluss, D. P., and Gibson, W. A., “Biglobal Stability of the Swirling Majdalani-Fist Flowfield in Solid Rocket Motors,” AIAA 2017-4948, presented at 53th Annual AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 10–12, 2017, Best Paper Award in Solid Rocket Combustion Instability.

2. Ayres, James K., Elliott, Trevor, and Margraves, Charles, “Introducing Sustainability to Secondary Level Students Using Automated Tracking Solar Array,” American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Southeast Section Conference 2017, Accepted, to be presented by Charles Margraves at ASEE Zone 2 conference.

3. Elliott, T. S., Jenkins, B., Zeineldin, R., Johnson, J., Simons, M., Godfrey, P., and Mabry, T., “Additive Manufacturing of Small Scale Rocket Grain Cartridges with Uniformly Distributed Aluminum Particles,” AIAA 2016-4507, presented by Tyler Mabry at the 52nd Annual AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, July 29, 2016.

4. True, Nick, Elliott, Trevor, and Margraves, Charles, “Insulation and Zero Plus Energy Buildings – Development of a Small Scale Undergraduate Lab to Investigate the Effects of Insulation on Energy Transfer Using Thermal Imaging Cameras,” American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Southeast Section Conference 2016, Published, presented by Nick True at ASEE Zone 2 conference.

5. Elliott, T. S. and Majdalani, J., “Effect of Outflow Boundary Conditions on the Stability of Cylindrically-Shaped Hybrid Rockets,” AIAA 2015-3744, presented at 51th Annual AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Orlando, FL, July 27–29, 2015.

6. Elliott, T. S. and Majdalani, J., “Two-Phase Flow Stability of Cylindrically-Shaped Hybrid and Solid Rockets with Particle Entrainment,” AIAA 2014-3611, for the 50th Annual AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28–30, 2014.

7. Elliott, T. S. and Majdalani, J., “Hydrodynamic Stability Analysis Of Particle-Laden Solid Rocket Motors,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 548, 2014. Presented at the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes, Tennessee, U.S.A., June 1-6, 2014.

8. Elliott, Trevor S., “Stability of Particle-Mean Flow Interactions in Solid and Hybrid Rockets,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee Space Institute, August 2014, 95 Pages.

9. Elliott, T. S., Batterson, J. W., and Majdalani, J., “Biglobal Stability of Cylindrically-Shaped Hybrid and Solid Rockets with Injecting or Reactive Headwalls,” AIAA 2012-3810, presented at 48th Annual AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 29–August 1, 2012. Two Nominations for Best Paper in Internal Ballistics Modeling by Steven Frolik and Brain Evans.

10. Elliott, Trevor S., “Theoretical Power Generation and Emissions, Experimental Validation, and Educational Application of an Internal Combustion Engine,” M.S. Thesis, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, December 2009. 186 Pages.

Funded Proposals and Grants

1. Alp, Neslihan, Yang, Li, Ahmed, Raga, Onyango, Mbakisya, Elliott, Trevor, and Elliott, Louie, UTC Girls to Engineers Network (GEN), Engineering Information Foundation, 2017. Total of $14,586 Awarded.

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2. Elliott, Trevor S., Infrastructure Support for UT Chattanooga College of Engineering Baja SAE Student Competition Project, DENSO North America Foundation, DNAF Grant, 2017. Total of $49,000 Awarded.

3. Alp, Neslihan, Yang, Li, Margraves, Charles, Elliott, Trevor, Adsit, Karen, Carroll, Andrew, Excel: Exploring Clean Energy through hands-on Learning, Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) Improving Teacher Quality, 2017. Total of $73,991 Awarded.

4. Elliott, Trevor S. and Evans, Jan M., Investigation of Resources and Planning for an Advanced Manufacturing Applications Center (AMAC) at UT Chattanooga, THEC Center for Excellence in Applied Computational Science & Engineering (CEACSE), 2016. Total of $23,400 Awarded

5. Elliott, Trevor S., Infrastructure Support for UT Chattanooga College of Engineering Baja SAE Student Competition Project, DENSO North America Foundation, DNAF Grant, 2016. Total of $50,000 Awarded.

6. Elliott, Trevor S., Infrastructure Support for UT Chattanooga College of Engineering Baja SAE Student Competition Project, DENSO North America Foundation, DNAF Grant, 2015. Total of $47,000 Awarded.

7. McDonald, Gary H. (PI), Margraves, Charles H. (Co-Inv.), and Elliott, Trevor S. (Co-Inv.), Instructional Equipment Grant for Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners, 2014. Total of $26,036 Awarded.

8. Elliott, Trevor S., McMahon, Ed, and Evans, Jan, Integration of 3D Prototyping into Core Engineering Curriculum, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, ThinkAchieve Grant – Beyond the Classroom, 2014. Total of $1,500 Awarded with $1,800 departmental match. Presented results in poster session at the UT Chattanooga Challenger Center, April 30, 2014.

9. Elliott, T. S., Engineering Online Course System proposals, College of Engineering and Computer Science proposals to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 awarded to UT Chattanooga. Total of $88,623 Awarded.

10. Alp, Neslihan, and Elliott, Trevor S., UTC Engineering Distance Learning Classroom, Grant submitted through University of Tennessee System, 2005. Total of $25,325 Awarded.