- Stephen M. Ruffin
- Associate Professor
Contact Information
- Phone: 404.894.8200
- Fax: 404.894.2760
- Office: Guggenheim 362
- Email: stephen.ruffin@aerospace.gatech.edu
- Web: http://www.ae.gatech.edu/~sruffin/
Degrees
- B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1985.
- M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987.
- Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1993.
Biography
Not available.
Selected Publications
- Lee, J.D., Ruffin, S.M., “Application of a Turbulent Viscous Cartesian-Grid Methodology to Flow Fields with Rotor-Fuselage Interaction,” AIAA Paper 2007-1280, Jan. 2007.
- Lee, J.D., Ruffin, S.M., “Development of a Turbulent Wall-Function Based Viscous Cartesian-Grid Methodology,” AIAA Paper 2007-1326, Jan. 2007.
- Tu, Shuangzhang, Ruffin, S.M., "Solution Adaptive, Unstructured Cartesian-Grid Methodology for Chemically Reacting Flows", Submitted to Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Feb., 2006.
- Tu, Shuangzhang, Ruffin, S.M., "Calculation of Nonequilibrium Flows Using a Solution Adaptive, Unstructured Cartesian-Grid Methodology", Submitted to Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Feb. 2006.
- Ruffin, S.M., “The Georgia Tech Recruitment and Retention Continuum,” Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, March, 2006.
Honors and Distinctions
- Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering (GEM) Fellowship, 1984-1987.
- Nominee, Black Engineer of the Year - U.S. Black Engineer Magazine, 1991.
- NASA Superior Performance Award, 1992.
- NASA National Aerospace Plane CFD Validation Team Award, 1992.
- NASA Historically Black Colleges & Universities Research Center Team Award, 1992.
- NASA College Recruitment Award, 1993.
- AIAA Best Thermophysics Paper Award, 1993.
- CETL/Amoco Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 1997.
- Meritor Inc. Faculty Excellence Award, 2000.