Degrees: PHD, 1978, North Car State Univ Raleigh; MS, 1976, North Car State Univ Raleigh; BS, 1974, North Car State Univ Raleigh

Bio:

Academic Interests:

Experimental fluid mechanics, with concentration on wind tunnel studies of airflow patterns generated around three-dimensional objects in subsonic speeds.

History of technology, especially nineteenth century origins of aviation.

Assessment tools in engineering education.

Courses Taught:

ENGG 28 - Strength of Materials
ENGG 131 - Advanced Strength of Materials
ENGG 140 - Aircraft Performance
ENGG 145 - Aerodynamics
ENGG 146 - Aircraft Structures
ENGG 147 - Soil Mechanics
ENGG 163 - Mechanics of Solids and Properties of Materials Laboratory
ENGG 169 - Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I

Supervised student projects:

Laboratory investigations of wake characteristics of subsonic flows around cylinders.

Effects of jet-wake interaction behind bluff bodies.

Vortex shedding behind conical shapes.

Most recent publications:

Rooney, D.M. and M.S. Gaspin, "Modification of a Circular Cylinder Near Wake by a Rectangular Jet," AIAA Journal, (January 2003, in press).

Puerzer, R.J. and D.M. Rooney, "The Alumni Survey as an Effective Assessment Tool for Small Engineering Programs," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 109-116.

Biographical Articles:"Sir George Cayley," "Samuel Pierpont Langley" and "Alberto Santos-Dumont" in Encyclopedia of Flight (Salem Press, 2002).

Rooney, D.M., J. Rodichok and K. Dolan, "Finite Aspect Ratio Effects on Vortex Shedding Behind Two Cylinders at Angles of Incidence," Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 219-226.

Professional & technical memberships:

American Society for Engineering Education
American Catholic Historical Association

Outside Interests:

Church history, especially nineteenth century American and English Catholic history, having written over sixty book reviews and articles primarily in these areas; Currently completing book-length manuscript on the literary output of Ronald Knox (1888-1957), English Catholic apologist, satirist, historian, and detective writer.