Address: University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Los Angeles, California 90089-1191 Office: RRB 218 Tel. (213) 740-1735 Fax. (213) 740-7774 email: markpage@earthlink.net

Academic rank: Part-time Lecturer

Education:

1979 B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois

Other Professional Positions:

2004-Present: Chief Scientist Swift Engineering
2002-2004: Chief Aerodynamicist Swift Engineering
1997-2000: Chief Aerodynamicist Dan Gurney's All-American-Racers
1992-1997: Technical Program Manager, NASA-McDonnell/Douglas Blended-Wing-Body
1989-1991: Chief Aerodynamicist McDonnell Douglas MD-90 JetLiner

Research Interests:

Configuration Aerodynamics, configuration stability & control, configuration design, UAV design, commercial jet transport design, ground effect aerodynamics, vortical flows, genetic code as an alternative vehicle design language

Patents:

Trapped Vortex Cavity High Lift Device
BWB Growth Concept, multiple patents
Novel UAV Launcher
Sporting Equipment Drag Reduction

Selected Publications:

Liebeck R.H, Page M.A., and Rawdon, B.K., #Blended Wing Body Technoilogy Readiness Program, NASA Contract NAS1-20275, January 1996#

Wakayama S., Page M.A., Liebeck R.H., #Multidisciplinary Optimization on an Advanced Composite Wing,# AIAA 96-4003, Sept. 1996

Liebeck R.H, Page M.A., and Rawdon, B.K., #Blended Wing Body Subsonic Commercial Transport#, AIAA Paper 98-0438, 1998

Page M.A., #Aerodynamic Development of the Eagle E997 ChampCar# AIAA 2000-4337, 2000.

Mark Page et al, #Recent Upgrades to the Swift 8x9ft Rolling-Road Wind Tunnel#, 02-MSEC-85, 2002

Tom Huschilt, Chris Norris, Neil Roberts, Mark Page, #Development of the Swift 014.a Racecar for the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship Series#, 02-MSEC-87, 2002

Staelens, Y.D., Blackwelder, R.F, and Page, M.A., #Novel Pitch Control Effectors for a Blended-Wing-Body Airplane in Takeoff and Landing Configuration#, AIAA Paper 2007-68-229, January 2007

Yann D. Staelens, R.F.Blackwelder, M.A.Page, #Study of Belly-Flaps to Enhance Lift and Pitching Moment Coefficient of a BWB-Airplane#, AIAA 75973, 2007

Professional Societies:

AIAA, SAE

Honors and Awards:

1990: Outstanding Young Alumni Award, University of Illinois
1995: McDonnell/Douglas Research Fellow
1997: Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Illinois

Courses Taught:

AME 481, Aircraft Design

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