James Evans Lyne

Associate Professor

The University of Tennessee

Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science

email:jelyne@utk.edu

EDUCATION

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1981
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1982
M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1987
Internship, Internal Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine,1987-8
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1992

PRINCIPLE AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Meteor entry physics
Interplanetary mission analysis
Hypersonic aerodynamics, atmospheric entry of spacecraft, and aerodynamic heating
Aerospace physiology (High G and microgravity effects)
Crystallographic analysis of three-dimensional protein structures
Thermodynamic Properties of High Temperature Air
Recent Research Contracts

Recent Publications

Current & Recent Course Information

AEROSPACE PROGRAM

Astronautics AE424
Aerospace Engineering Lab AE 449
Compressible Fluid Flow AE351
Senior Aerospace Design AE426/429
Atmospheric Entry (graduate)AE534

BIOMEDICAL PROGRAM

Intro. to Biomedical Engineering ES 271

Graduate Students Recently Supervised
Richard Fought
Thesis: A Computer Model and Parametric Study of Earth Atmospheric Entry of Meteors

Chris Thames
Thesis: A Computational Model of Meteor Entry into Earth's Atmosphere

Brian Portock, University of Tennessee Space Institute
Thesis: Non-Typical Trajectories for Human Mars Missions

Daniel Kelley
Thesis work involves numerical simulations of meteor entry.

Donny Muth
Thesis work involved aerocapture for manned Mars missions.

Christoph Hoffmann
Thesis: Aerocapture studies for Future Mars Missions

CLINICAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

Emergency Department, University of Tennessee Medical Center, 1993-1999

Resume and Publications of JEL

Mechanical Engineering Home Page
College of Engineering
University of Tennessee

email: jelyne@utk.edu