Ron Hinrichsen Joins the NCSA CSM Group
Dr. Ronald Hinrichsen comes to the NCSA CSM Group from Anteon Corporation of Dayton, Ohio. He will
be joining the PET Team at the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Ohio, in April.
Dr. Hinrichsen has had a multi-disciplinary career in aerospace structures with over 24
years of experience in the teaching, development, and application of composite materials, solid
mechanics, structural dynamics, aeroacoustics, and computer aided design. While at the Air
Force Institute of Technology, he was an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering. He
taught basic and advanced courses in Finite Elements, advanced courses in Structural Vibrations,
design philosophy, Solid Mechanics, Space System Design and Conventional Weapons' Effects, and
was selected as Outstanding Instructor of the year. At the Flight Dynamics Directorate, as
Technical Manager and Branch Chief, he directed all aspects of the Structural Design Group
that included supervision, design, optimization, and analysis of aerospace vehicles using
several Finite Element Based codes.
While he was with Science Applications International Corporation as Senior Staff Scientist, Dr.
Hinrichsen integrated the thermal/structural vulnerability assessments of airframe structures.
In this role he directed the work in modeling the thermal/structural interactions of metallic
and composite airframes as they respond to the conventional and nonconventional threats such
as the High Energy Laser (HEL) or dynamic environments. This included the Structural Assessment
and Vulnerability Evaluation (SAVE) and the Mission Environmental Requirements Integration
Technology (MERIT) programs, both of which were sponsored by Flight Dynamics Directorate.
Recently his work has focused on three diverse directions: Aircraft Battle Damage Assessment
and Repair of composite structures, Prediction of Aeroacoustic Loads in internal and external
flows, and Survivability of composite structural concepts to HEL as well as 23mm and 30mm high
explosive projectiles.
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