Survey of Blunt Body Flows Including Wakes at Hypersonic Low-Density Conditions

James N. Moss is a Senior Research Engineer in the Aerothermodynamics Branch at the NASA Langley Research Center. He received his B.S. in Engineering Science from the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in 1962, his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1968, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1972. He also received an M.S. in Engineering Administration in 1988 from George Washington University. The author joined NASA Langley Research Center in 1962, where his early research assignments dealt with thermal protection materials and the aerothermodynamics of atmospheric entry. His current research concerns rareŽ ed  ows. He is a recipient of the AIAA Thermophysics Award (1989) and is a Fellow of the AIAA.