Teaching Associate Professor - Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
After earning his bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from WVU's Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department in 2005, Browning entered the department's fast track program and successfully defended his dissertation to earn his doctorate in aerospace engineering in 2009. His time as a student at WVU gave him a broad range of research and engineering consulting experience in such areas as fixed-wing and coaxial rotorcraft UAV design and performance analysis, low speed wind tunnel testing, NG pipeline acoustics, gas ejector systems, wing circulation and boundary layer control, transient flow characterization of high speed valves, controlled autoignition combustion, small scale heavy fuel engine development, and hot-dip steel galvanizing airknife design.
Before accepting his current position in 2014, Browning held the position of Research Assistant Professor at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. His most recent work has been focused primarily on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), experimental aerodynamics and aero structural design, with particular emphasis in Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) and related low Reynolds number applications. Browning has instructed several undergraduate courses at WVU including Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Design, Introduction to Aerospace Engineering, Flight Vehicle Propulsion, and Guided Missile Systems.
Education
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, 2009
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, 2005
A.A. in Mechanical Engineering, Potomac State College of WVU, 2003