Resume

Eugene L. Fleeman has 50+ years of government, industry, academia, and consulting experience in the design and development of missile systems.  Formerly a manager of missile programs at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Rockwell International, Boeing, and Georgia Tech, he is an international lecturer on missiles and the author of 200+ publications, including four textbooks.  His textbooks and short courses on Missile Design, Development, and System Engineering emphasize physics-based prediction methods, for enhanced insight, speed and accuracy to the conceptual design process.  The short courses have been held over 100 times in twenty-two countries and five continents.

Chronological Experience

 Missile Design, Development, and System Engineering Courses and Consulting (1999 – Present)

 Georgia Tech (1999 – 2005)

• • Position: Senior Technical Advisor. Lecturer and advisor for graduate student missile system design and analysis courses and projects. 

  • Projects: Boost phase interceptor, air launched missile defense target, multi-mission cruise missile, liquid propellant booster target, future target delivery system, sea-based missile defense interceptor, surface-launched hypersonic strike missile, rapid response space launch system, long range low observable cruise missile, strategic missile post-boost propulsion system, and air-launched hypersonic strike missile.

Boeing (1997 – 1999)

• • Position: Deputy Director - Hypersonic Design and Applications.

  • Programs: Hypersonic Weapons Technology, Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator, and X-43 Hyper-X Demonstrator.

Rockwell International (1983 – 1997)

• • Positions: Manager - Advanced Sensor Systems; Manager - Strategic Planning; Manager - Advanced Missile Systems; Manager - Missile Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering; and Manager - Missile Design and Technology Development.

  • Programs: Nemesis imaging infrared threat warning sensor, FastHawk ramjet missile, PAC-3 radar seeker, Advanced Missile Defense Interceptor, Low Observable Weapon, Small Low Cost Interceptor Device, Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, HELLFIRE anti-tank missile, AGM-130 air-to-surface missile, Advanced Anti-Armor Weapon System, TOW missile follow-on, and Advanced Air-to-Air Missile.

U.S. Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (1964 – 1983)

• • Positions: Manager - Advanced Weapons and Aircraft Survivability; Manager - Missile Stability and Control Technology; Manager - Air Slew Missile Technology Demonstration Program; Senior Engineer - Missile Stability and Control Technology; and Research Engineer - Hypersonic Flight Control Technology.

  • Programs: Bomber Defense Missile, Advanced Strategic Air Launched Missile, X-24 lifting body manned reentry vehicle, and Advanced Maneuvering Reentry Vehicle (AMRV).

Education

• • BS, Aerospace Engineering - University of Cincinnati, 1964.

  • MS, Aerospace Engineering - University of Dayton, 1977.

Textbooks

• • Tactical Missile Design, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2001.

  • Tactical Missile Design, 2nd Edition, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2006.

  • Missile Design and System Engineering, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2012.

  • Missile Design Guide, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2022

Professional Activities

• • Chair - AIAA Missile Systems Technical Committee.

  • Director, NATO RTO lecture series on Technologies for Future Precision Strike Missile Systems and technical courses on Tactical Guided Weapon System Design and System Engineering.

  • Member - NATO RTO/AGARD panels on missiles and UCAVs.

  • Member - AIAA (Associate Fellow), AUSA, AAAA, AFA, Navy League, USNI, NDIA, AUVSI, and AOC.

  • Registered Professional Engineer - Ohio.

  • Instructor - course on Missile Design, Development, and System Engineering.

  • Board of Advisors, Generation Orbit.

  • External Advisory Board, Georgia Tech Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)

  • Distinguished Lecturer, AIAA.  

  • Reviewer - IEEE, AIAA, Aerospace Science and Technology, Acta Astronautica, Aerospace Engineering, and Modeling & Defense papers.

  • Chair - AIAA conference sessions.

Publications - Over 200 publications (textbooks, conference papers, encyclopedias, design handbooks, course notes, and technical reports).

Short Courses and Lectures - Over 100 short courses and lectures have been held in fifteen countries and five continents.

STEM Activities 

• Presentation on careers in aerospace engineering at local schools career day.

• Display aerospace engineering models and activities at local schools STEM day.

• Conduct soda straw rocket design, build, and fly competition at local schools and universities.