Merrill W. Beckstead

Academic rank:

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 1961
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 1965

1977 - present
Other related experience:
 
1970-77 Hercules Inc., Magna, Utah
1967-70 Lockheed Propulsion Company, Redlands, CA
1965-67 U.S. Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA

Hercules Inc., Morton-Thiokol, Aerojet Solid Propulsion, IRECO, Hollex Corp., Los Alamos National Labs, Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation, U.S. Navy

Consulting with most major rocket companies as well as the Navy, Air Force, and Army. Lectured in several foreign countries on solid propellant combustion and combustion instability. Expert witness for litigation.
 

Beckstead, M.W., Solid Propellant Combustion Mechanisms and Flame Stucture, Pure & Applied Chem., Vol. 65, No. 2, 1993, pp 297-307.

Raun, R.L., Beckstead, M.W., Finlinson, J.C., and Brooks, K.P., A Review of Rijke Tubes, Rijke Burners, and Related Devices, Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., Vol. 19, 1993, pp 313-364.

Zarko, V.E. and Beckstead, M.W., Simulation of Transient Solid Propellant Combustion, 1994, Zeldovich Memorial Meeting, Moscow.

Brooks, K.P. and Beckstead, M.W., The Dynamics of Aluminum Combustion, J. of Propulsion and Power, 1995, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp 769-780.

Olsen, S.E. and Beckstead, M.W., Burn Time Measurements of Single Aluminum Particles in Steam and Carbon Dioxide Mixtures, Accepted for publication in J. of Propulsion and Power, 1996.
 

Associate Fellow - AIAA, member AIChE, member ASEE, AIAA - Propellants and Combustion Committee, JANNAF Solid Propellant Combustion Working Group

Engineer of the Year in 1976 - Utah Section of AIAA
JANNAF recognition for service - 1986
College of Engineering and Technology, Outstanding Faculty Scholar - 1994
Pope Professorship in Chemical engineering,  1997-present

ChE 533 - Transport Phenomena
Che 541 - Numerical Method in Chemical Engineering

Department vice-chair