Dr. William (Billy) D. E. Allan B.Eng., M.A.Sc., DPhil(oxon), P.Eng., L.Col.(ret’d) Associate Professor, Qualified Flight Test Engineer

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. William (Billy) D.E. Allan

Office: SB2208

Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 6120

Fax: (613) 542-8612

E-mail: Billy.Allan@rmc.ca

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Royal Military College of Canada

PO Box 17000, Station Forces

Kingston, Ontario CANADA

K7K 7B4

Brief History

Dr. Allan joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at RMC as an assistant professor and Airforce Major in 2001. Promoted to Associate Professor and to Lieutenant Colonel in 2005, he focused on the development of the establishment of an Aeronautical Engineering Programme at RMC. He received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Royal Roads Military College and RMC in 1986. His Masters of Applied Science was on external aerodynamics, studying for Prof. G.V. Parkinson at the University of British Columbia. A Rhodes Scholar from B.C., Dr. Allan completed his Doctorate at Oxford studying unsteady aerodynamics on turbomachinery for Dr. Roger Ainsworth of the Osney Laboratory. His Airforce experience included time as a propulsion engineer in Trenton and, having completed the year-long course at Empire Test Pilot's School, Dr. Allan worked for over five (5) years as an Experimental Flight Test Engineer at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment in Cold Lake, Alberta. His undergraduate teaching currently includes aircraft performance, aerospace propulsion, and he has taught fluid mechanics, heat transfer and aircraft stability and control in the past. At the graduate level he teaches internal aerodynamics and currently he is researching turbomachinery, internal aerodynamics and gas turbine combustion.

Schlieren image from the Transonic Turbine Cascade