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Thomas E. Hannigan III
Information Systems Manager and Facilities Coordinator

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322 Walker Engineering Building
501 Hardy Road, Mailstop 9549
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662.325.7302
Fax: 662.325.7730
Email: hannigan@ae.msstate.edu

Aerospace Engineering, M.S.

Thomas E. Hannigan received his M.S. (Aerospace Engineering) in 1990 and joined the Aerospace Engineering faculty the same year. He coordinates the use of the undergraduate laboratory facilities, and serves as technical advisor for graduate research in those facilities. He serves as a pilot and flight instructor at the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, and for the MSU glider club. He is the advisor for the August Raspet Student Chapter of the AIAA, as well as advising the MSU Soaring Club. He is also the Information Systems Manager of the Aerospace Engineering Department. Prior to joining Mississippi State, he worked in a variety of posts in the United States Army, and then as a contract instrument, single and multi-engine instructor for the US Air Force Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Division. He holds FAA certificates for Commercial, Flight Instructor and Instrument ratings for single and multi-engine airplane, as well as certificates as an Advanced & Instrument Ground Instructor.

Teaching Areasback to top
  • Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
  • Freshman Computer Initiative
  • Data Acquisition and Control Systems
  • Flight Mechanics - Performance
  • Anemometry in Subsonic Flow
  • Advanced Airplane Flight Instruction
Taught Coursesback to top
Undergraduate Courses
  • ASE 1010 Intro to Aerospace Engineering
  • ASE 1013 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
  • ASE 1023 Introduction to Flight Mechanics
  • ASE 2013 Astronautics, Propulsion, and Structures
  • ASE 2113 Aircraft and Spacecraft Performance
  • ASE 4113 Aerospace Eng Lab I
  • ASE 4721 Aerospace Engineering Lab II
  • EM 2413 Engineering Mechanics I
Research Areasback to top
  • Flight Mechanics
  • Ventilation Flow Rate Measurement
  • Data Acquisition and Control Systems
  • Air Flow in Poultry Houses
Funding Agenciesback to top
  • U.S. Space Grant Consortium
  • South Central Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA
Select Journal Publicationsback to top
  • Simmons, J. D., Lott, B. D., Hannigan, T. E., "Minimum Distance Between Ventilation Fans in Adjacent Walls of Tunnel Ventilated Broiler Houses," Journal of Applied Engineering in Agriculture, June 1998.
Select Conference Proceedingsback to top
  • Hannigan, T.E., Simmons, J., Koenig, K., Cruse, G., Poh, K., "Flowfield Mapping and Cooling Fan Flowrate Measurement Systems Development by Aerospace Engineering Laboratory Students," Proceedings of the 1997 Annual ASEE Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997
  • Simmons, J. D., Hannigan, T. E., Lott, B. D., "Volumetric Air Flow and Airflow Patterns in Tunnel Ventilated Broiler Houses," Southern Poultry Science Society, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Jan 1997.
  • Simmons, J. D., Hannigan, T. E., and Lott, B. D., "Flow Rate Variations Resulting form Placment of large Fans in Tunnel Ventilated Broiler Houses," ASAE Annual International Meeting, 1998.
  • Davis, E. N., Koenig, K., Hannigan, T. E., and Spencer, M. R., "Bat Swing Speed Measurements of College Athletes With Supporting Analytical Model," ASME/AIChE/USNCB/BMES Summer Bioengineering Conference, 1999.
Honors and Awardsback to top
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Gamma Beta Phi
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Phi Theta Kappa
  • Sigma Gamma Tau
Professional Membershipsback to top
  • National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI)
  • FAA Accident prevention counselor for Clovis, NM
  • Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • Former operations officer, mission pilot for NM Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
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