Citation
(2010), "Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Academic Editor wins prestigious award", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 82 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2010.12782eac.001
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Academic Editor wins prestigious award
Article Type: Award announcement From: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, Volume 82, Issue 5
Professor Riti Singh has been awarded the awarded the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute’s Annual International Aircraft Engine Technology Award for 2010 (Figure 1). This award is presented to one individual each year for sustained, personal creative contributions to aircraft engine technology in the areas of aircraft engine design and/or research and development performed in an industrial, academic or research laboratory environment.
Riti Singh is a Professor Emeritus of Cranfield University. He leads the Gas Turbine Engineering and Technology Group within the Department of Power and Propulsion and is the Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Performance Engineering. He was previously Deputy Head of the School of Engineering and Head of the Department of Power, Propulsion and Aerospace Engineering.
Professor Singh has chaired many international conferences on gas turbine technology where he has frequently been the plenary/keynote speaker. He holds numerous patents, has published widely, and is the current Academic Editor for Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. His research has been strongly supported by industry, the European Union and the EPSRC in the UK with whom he holds a prestigious “Platform Grant”.
He is a Board member (and Past Chair) of the Aerospace Industries Board of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the International Society of Air Breathing Engines (ISABE) where he was previously Vice-President. Earlier, he was a Director of the European Turbine Network. He has an interest in novel cycles for power and propulsion, particularly in the context of the environment. Recent awards within these fields include the ASME IGTI (2004), The Cycles Innovations Committee Best Paper Award (for a paper presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2004), and the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Silver Award (2006), accompanied by the Ackroyd Stuart Prize.
In addition to his academic duties, Professor Singh has consulted for over 40 organizations, including gas turbine manufacturers and users in over 20 countries. He has also acted as a consultant for UNESCO and advised a number of national governments. He has over 40 years’ experience in gas turbine research, design and development both in industry, academia and consultancy. He has held senior appointments at Rolls-Royce plc, Stal Laval (now Siemens) in Sweden and was Chief Engineer at Kongsberg Gas Turbines Norway.
For further details please visit: www.cranfield.ac.uk/soe/profiles/r_singh.html