Robert R. Wolz

Mr. Rob Wolz received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University in 1982 and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia Southern University in 2001. Prior to joining Mississippi State, Rob worked in the aerospace industry in various roles over a 36-year career – Acoustics Engineer, Aero/Performance Engineer, Preliminary/Conceptual Design Engineer, Program Manager, Engineering Manager, and Engineering Director.

• ASE4113 Aerospace Lab I
• ASE4273 Aerospace Lab II

• Aircraft Conceptual / Preliminary Design
• Program / Engineering Management
• Aircraft Aero/Performance Analysis
• Multidisciplinary Design
• Lean Design/Lean Thinking

• Killingsworth, E., and Wolz, R., AIAA-1990-2038, “Requirements for Business Jet Aircraft,” SAE, ASME, and ASEE, Joint Propulsion Conference, 26th, Orlando, FL, July 16-18, 1990.
• Wolz, R., AIAA-2003-558, “A Summary of Recent Supersonic Vehicle Studies at Gulfstream Aerospace,” 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 6-9, 2003.
• Ladesic, J.G., Wolz, R. R., Simmons, F., Farley, T.D., “AC 2012-3271: A College-Industry Partnership: The Multidisciplinary Masters of Science in Engineering,” ASEE 2012.

• Supersonic Aircraft with Spike for Controlling and Reducing Sonic Boom, US Patent 6,698,684 B1, March 2, 2004.
• Subscale Sonic Boom Modeling, US Patent 7,634,941 B2, Issued Dec. 22, 2009.
• Supersonic Aircraft for Reducing Sonic Boom Effects at Ground Level, US Patent 8,083,171 B2, Issued Dec 27, 2011.
• Supersonic Aircraft with Spike for Controlling and Reducing Sonic Boom, US Patent 8,789,789 B2, Issued July 29, 2014.

• Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Beta Sigma Gamma Honorary Business Fraternity
• Past Member of industry advisory boards for:
  • Mississippi State University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Georgia Southern University