[geeks] Crap! Not again...

[dave]

nimitz at speakeasy.net writes:

>http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/

>I've seen this a second time in my life now dammit...

Just stumbled across this - one of the astronauts lost this
morning worked on some machines we've just been discussing:


PERSONAL DATA: Born in Karnal, India. Dr. Chawla enjoys flying,
hiking, backpacking, and reading. She holds Certificated Flight
Instructor's license and Commercial Pilots licenses for single- and
multi-engine land airplanes and single-engine seaplanes, instrument
rating, and Private Glider. She enjoys flying aerobatics and
tail-wheel airplanes.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Tagore School, Karnal, India, in 1976.
Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab
Engineering College, India, 1982. Master of Science degree in
aerospace engineering from University of Texas, 1984. Doctorate of
philosophy in aerospace engineering from University of Colorado, 1988.

EXPERIENCE: Dr. Chawla was hired by MCAT Institute, San Jose,
California, as a Research Scientist to support research in the area of
powered fin at NASA Ames Research Center, California, in 1988. She was
responsible for simulation and analysis of flow physics pertaining to
the operation of powered lift aircraft such as the Harrier in ground
effect.  She modeled and numerically simulated configurations that
include important components of realistic powered lift aircraft both
in hover and landing mode, using Navier-Stokes solvers on Cray YMP.
Following completion of this project she supported research in mapping
of flow solvers to parallel computers such as the Intel iPSC-860, the
Intel Paragon, and the TMC CM-2, and testing of these solvers by
carrying out powered lift computations. In 1993 Dr.  Chawla joined
Overset Methods Inc., Los Altos, California, as Vice President and
Research Scientist to form a team with other researchers specializing
in simulation of moving multiple body problems. She was responsible
for development and implementation of efficient techniques to perform
aerodynamic optimization. Results of various projects that Dr. Chawla
participated in are documented in technical conference papers and
Journals.

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