Dan M. Somers

President, Airfoils, Incorporated

Biography

NASA ULI Technical Sub-Group: Configuration

NASA ULI Research: Task 1.01 Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil Design; Task 3.02 Capstone Technology Demonstration in NASA Ames TWT

• President, Airfoils, Incorporated, 1980 to present
• Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center, 1974 to 1989

Education

• B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 1974

Awards and Recognitions

• 1991 Soaring Society of America Exceptional Service Award
• 1991 R&D 100 Award for the Development of Advanced Wind Turbine Blades, with James L. Tangler and James V. Frerotte
• 1984 NASA Langley Research Center Floyd L. Thompson Fellowship for Medium-Speed, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil Design in cooperation with Universität Stuttgart and DLR Braunschweig