Reda R. Mankbadi

Reda R. Mankbadi is the founding Dean of the Engineering College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. and a Fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy. Mankbadi has published over 150 scientific papers.

Early life and education Mankbadi grew up in a Coptic Christian household between Cairo and Upper Egypt. He first attended Franciscan Catholic School but then transferred to public schools. He received a BS degree in Engineering from Cairo University.

Mankbadi earned his PhD in engineering from Brown University in 1979. While teaching at Rutgers University, Mankbadi received the Rutgers University Faculty Merit Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching in 1984. Mankbadi was a Fulbright scholar in 1986. In 1986, he also served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Brown University. In the following year, he served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. He was also appointed a fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy in 1990.

In 2008, Mankbadi co-founded the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP), He currently serves as the ERAU director for FCAAP. and has led the NASA's development of computational aeroacoustics.

Mankbadi has also developed computation tools such as Hi-Fidelity Large-Eddy-Simulations for simulating turbulence

Mankbadi has served as an associate editor for scholarly journals such as the International Journal of Aeroacoustics,

Memberships and affiliations Fellow, NASA Lewis Research Academy, 1990

Scholarships Fulbright Program, 1986

Awards Presidential Medal (Egypt) of Science and Arts of the First Order, 1988 NASA Superior Performance Award, 1990, 1993

Selected publications

Mankbadi, R. R., Hixon, R., Shih, S. H., & Povinelli, L. A. (1998). Use of linearized Euler equations for supersonic jet noise prediction. AIAA Journal, 36(2), 140-147. Mankbadi, R., & Liu, J. T. C. (1984). Sound generated aerodynamically revisited: large-scale structures in a turbulent jet as a source of sound. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 311(1516), 183-217. Mankbadi, R. R. (1986). On the interaction between fundamental and subharmonic instability waves in a turbulent round jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 160, 385-419.

Mankbadi, RR, Wu, X, Lee, SS (1993). A critical-layer analysis of the resonant triad in boundary-layer transition: nonlinear interactions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 256, 85-106. Mankbadi, RR (2013). Transition, turbulence, and noise: Theory and applications for scientists and engineers. Springer Science & Business Media.