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NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota, 1946 M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis / St. Paul, MMinnesota 1948 Sc.D. in Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958 PRE-NASA CAREER: United States Navy (1943-1947) Preliminary Design Aerodynamicist, Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania (1948-1952) Research Engineer to Associate Director, MIT Aerophysics Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1952-1963) Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1963-1968) Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1968-1985) Chief Scientist, United States Air Force (1972-1973) NASA CAREER: Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD), Power and Energetics Panel Member (1975-1984) Chairman (1981-1984) Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Review of the Space Shuttle Main Engine Development Program (1978) Member, National Research Council (NRC) Committee on NASA Program Changes (1981- date unknown) Member, Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) Aeronautical Policy Review Committee (1983-1988) Member, NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee (1985-1989) Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (1986) NRC's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) Vice Chairman (1988-1990) Chairman (1990)


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POST-NASA CAREER: Consultant, Various Companies (1963- date unknown) Technical Director, European Office for Research and Development (1978-1979) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Department Head, Aeronautics and Astronautics (1985-1990) Director, Gas Turbine and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory (1979-1984) Director, Wright Brothers Facility (1991- date unknown) Adjunct Professor, Aeronautics And Astronautics (1991-) Aerospace America Advisory Committee, AIAA (1984- date unknown) CURRENT OCCUPATION: Adjunct Professor of Aeronuatics and Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES: · Member, National Academy of Engineering · Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) · Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society · Member, New York Academy of Science · Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science · Registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts · Chartered Engineer in United Kingdom · Member, Sigma Xi AWARDS & CITATIONS: · Exceptional Civilian Service Award, United States Air Force, 1973 and 1976 · University Educator of the Year, Engineering Science Division, American Society of Aerospace Education, National Aeronautic Association, 1980 · NASA Public Service Award, 1981 · MIT Graduate Student Council Outstanding Teacher Award, 1985 · American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ground Testing Award, 1990 · Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development von Karman Medal, 1990 · American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics W. F. Durand Lectureship, 1992 SELECT PUBLICATIONS: Covert, Eugene. "A Particular-Solution of a Nonlinear Differential Equation Which Occurs in the Dynamics of Conservative Systems and Its Application to Undamped Airplane Motion." Journal of Applied Science 22, no. 2 (February 1955). ________. "An Application of Variation Methods to the Computation of the Deformation of a Cantilever Plate Subject to Nonuniform and Aeroelastically Induced Loads." Journal of Applied Science 22, no. 8 (August 1955).


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________. "Quasi-Steady Nonlinear Pitching Oscillations in Transonic Flight." Journal of Applied Science, 22, no. 9 (September 1955). ________. "Measurements of the Transient Temperature Distribution on a Hemispherical Shell at Supersonic Speeds." Journal of Applied Science, 23, no. 7 (July 1956). ________. "On Some Fundamentals in Magneto-Fluid Mechanics." M.I.T. Naval Supersonic Laboratory, TR 247, (March 1958). ________. "A Note on an Approximate Calculation of Green's Functions for Built-Up Bodies." Journal of Math and Physics., 37, no. 1 (April 1958). ________. "A Review of the Literature of Plasma Physics." M.I.T. Naval Supersonic Laboratory ________. "Measurements of Helical Flow of a Strong Electrolyte With and Without a Transverse Magnetic Field." with L. R. Boedeker, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 10, part 2 (1963). ________. "Assumptions Underlying the `Thin Skin' Heat Transfer Approximation." Journal of Aircraft, 2, No. 3 (May 1965). ________. "Wind Tunnel Simulation of Store Jettison with the Aid of Artificial Gravity Generated by Magnetic Fields." Journal of Aircraft, 4, no. 1 (1967): 48. ________. "Comments on `Effects of a Dynamic Gas on Breakdown Potential.'" AIAA Journal, 8, no. 12, (December 1970): 2189-2194. ________. "Flow Induced Pressure Oscillations in Shallow Cavities." Journal of Sound and Vibration, 18, no. 4 (1971). ________. "A New Measurement of the Reverse Magnus Force on a Magnetically Suspended Ogive Cylinder at Subsonic Speed." AIAA Journal, 16, no. 2 (February 1978). ________. "Europe's Aerospace Thrust." Aeronautics and Astronautics, 17, no. 9 (September 1979). ________. "Conditions for Safe Separation of External Stores." AIAA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 8, (August 1981):624. ________. "A Vortex Model for Magnus Forces at Low Speeds, Spins and Angles." AIAA Journal, 20, no. 2 (February 1982).


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________. "Unsteady Turbulent Boundary Layer in Adverse Pressure Gradients." AIAA Journal, 22, no. 1 (January 1984):22-28. ________. "Back to Basics; Aerospace Education in the 90's." Aerospace America, Educational Issue, (April 1992). BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES: American Men & Women of Science, 17 Edzards."
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ed. 1989-90, s.v. "Covert Eugene

Covert, Eugene E., Curriculum Vita, NASA Headquarters Awards Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Who's Who in America, 46th ed. 1990-91, s.v. "Covert, Eugene Edzards."

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET CREATED: 12 AUGUST 1998