Maj Andrew J. Lingenfelter Ph.D.
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2008; MEng, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, 2011; PhD, Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2016. Capt Lingenfelter’s research interests include aircraft survivability, weapons, weapons testing, and additive manufacturing. His previous research has focused on flow visualization and ballistically induced failure of aircraft fuel tanks. Capt Lingenfelter is a member of AIAA, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Gamma Tau.
Education
Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
PhD in Aeronautical Engineering, Sep. 2016
Support: Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
MEng in Industrial and Systems Engineering, August 2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
BS in Mechanical Engineering, December 2008
Awards
“Development of Method for Characterizing Hydrodynamic Ram Cavity Dynamics”
--Won “Lockheed Martin Student Paper Award in Structures”
“Flow Field Visualization During a Hydrodynamic Ram Event”
--Won Art and Science Award at DCASS 2015 for best scientific video
“Characterization of Hydrodynamic Ram Cavity Dynamics to Transient Spray”
--Won best Aircraft Survivability Section student paper at AIAA SciTech 2016
“Development of Orifice Entrainment Velocity Characterization during a Hydrodynamic Ram Event”
--Student paper finalist at AIAA SciTech 2016
Publications
Lingenfelter, A. J., Liu, D., Reeder, M. F., & Brickson, E. T. (2016). Synchronized Imatery Assessment of Hydrodynamic Ram Cavity Features to Transient Spray. Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing, 23(3-4).
Lingenfelter, A. J., Liu, D., & Reeder, M. F. (2017). Time resolved flow field measurements of orifice entrainment during a hydrodynamic ram event. Journal of Visualization, 20(1), 63-74.
Lingenfelter, Andrew J., and David Liu. "Development for Orifice Entrainment Velocity Characterization during a Hydrodynamic Ram Event." 57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 2016.
Lingenfelter, Andrew J., and David Liu. "Characterization of Hydrodynamic Ram Cavity Dynamics to Transient Spray." 57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 2016.
Lingenfelter, A., and D. Liu. "Multidimensional tensor array analysis of multiphase flow during a hydrodynamic ram event." Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 656. No. 1. IOP Publishing, 2015.
Liu, D., Jennings, A., and Lingenfelter, A., “State of Aircraft Survivability Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT),” Aircraft Survivability Journal, Summer, 2015.
Lingenfelter, A. J. and Liu, D., “Development of Methods for Characterization of Hydrodynamic Ram Cavity Dynamics,” 56th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Kissimmee, FL, 5-9 January 2015.
Colyer, P., Lingenfelter, A., Carrasco, S., Lagrange, B., and Liu, D., “Warhead Fragment Optimization Utilizing Additive Manufacturing,” Defense Manufacturing Conference, San Antonio, TX, 1-4 December 2014.