Presented By: Aerospace Engineering
Chair's Distinguished Lecture : The DC-3: A Historic & Technical Perspective
John C. Vassberg, PhD Boeing Technical Fellow, Chief Aerodynamicist Advanced Concepts Product Strategy & Future Airplane Development Boeing Commercial Airplanes
John C. Vassberg, PhD
Boeing Technical Fellow
Chief Aerodynamicist
Advanced Concepts
Product Strategy & Future Airplane Development
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
The DC-3 is arguably one of the most successful aircraft in commercial aviation history. It was the right plane at the right time. Within 5 years of its entry into service, it was responsible for transporting 95% of US air travel, and 90% of World air travel. A historical account is provided which sets the stage for how the DC-3 became to be, and a review of some select technical data illustrates the state-of-the-art of the DC-3 design and its economic efficiency for commercial transportation back in the day.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Vassberg is Technical Lead and Chief Aerodynamicist of BCA Advanced Concepts Design
Center in Southern California. He is a Boeing Technical Fellow, an AIAA Fellow, and recipient
of the AIAA Aerodynamics Award in 2012 and the International Cooperation Award in 2017.
Prior to his current position, he was Chief Aerodynamicist of Boeing’s Research & Technology
organization, and as such, he was the Principal Investigator of the Advanced Joint Air Combat
System (AJACS), Speed-Agile Configuration Development (SACD) and Over-Wing Nacelle
(OWN) programs. SACD Program received the 2013 Aviation Week Laureate Award in Aero
and Propulsion.
Dr. Vassberg holds over twenty Patents related to aerodynamic technologies, including six
related to the Advanced Winglets of the B737-MAX. He has authored over 100 publications,
and is an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. Dr. Vassberg has pioneered new
fields of numerical simulation including: in-flight refueling hose-drogue dynamics, towed-decoy
dynamics, fast surface-panel methods, and globally-elliptic meshing.
Dr. Vassberg received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1992, and his MS
and BS from Texas A&M University in 1981 and 1980, respectively, all in Aerospace
Engineering. He has taught at the University of California, Irvine in the MAE Department and is
currently on Advisory Boards for USC’s Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Department and
Texas A&M’s Aerospace Engineering Department. He is a Distinguished Alumni of TAMU,
receiving Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award in 2016.
Boeing Technical Fellow
Chief Aerodynamicist
Advanced Concepts
Product Strategy & Future Airplane Development
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
The DC-3 is arguably one of the most successful aircraft in commercial aviation history. It was the right plane at the right time. Within 5 years of its entry into service, it was responsible for transporting 95% of US air travel, and 90% of World air travel. A historical account is provided which sets the stage for how the DC-3 became to be, and a review of some select technical data illustrates the state-of-the-art of the DC-3 design and its economic efficiency for commercial transportation back in the day.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Vassberg is Technical Lead and Chief Aerodynamicist of BCA Advanced Concepts Design
Center in Southern California. He is a Boeing Technical Fellow, an AIAA Fellow, and recipient
of the AIAA Aerodynamics Award in 2012 and the International Cooperation Award in 2017.
Prior to his current position, he was Chief Aerodynamicist of Boeing’s Research & Technology
organization, and as such, he was the Principal Investigator of the Advanced Joint Air Combat
System (AJACS), Speed-Agile Configuration Development (SACD) and Over-Wing Nacelle
(OWN) programs. SACD Program received the 2013 Aviation Week Laureate Award in Aero
and Propulsion.
Dr. Vassberg holds over twenty Patents related to aerodynamic technologies, including six
related to the Advanced Winglets of the B737-MAX. He has authored over 100 publications,
and is an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. Dr. Vassberg has pioneered new
fields of numerical simulation including: in-flight refueling hose-drogue dynamics, towed-decoy
dynamics, fast surface-panel methods, and globally-elliptic meshing.
Dr. Vassberg received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1992, and his MS
and BS from Texas A&M University in 1981 and 1980, respectively, all in Aerospace
Engineering. He has taught at the University of California, Irvine in the MAE Department and is
currently on Advisory Boards for USC’s Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Department and
Texas A&M’s Aerospace Engineering Department. He is a Distinguished Alumni of TAMU,
receiving Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award in 2016.
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