Resume

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D.  in Aerospace Engineering
May 2001

Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellow 1998/99

Georgia Institute of Technology

Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering
December 1996
Major in Aerospace Systems Design, Minor in Mathematics

NASA GSRP Fellow 1995-1998

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor's of Aerospace Engineering
September 1995

Team Leader of winning AIAA Undergraduate HSCT Propulsion Design Competition
Team Leader for Economic Viability Study of Very Large Transport
National Dean's List
Georgia Tech Dean's List Student
Clara Abbott Foundation Scholarship
Society of Women Engineer's Scholarship

Virginia Western Community College

National Dean's List
President's Student List
President/Co-founder Sigma Lambda Nu Engineering Society
Nominee for Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Phi Beta Kappa Society

Research Engineer II

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Kirby primary focus is the exploration and development of techniques and methods to forecast and assess the impact of emerging technologies on complex systems. Dr. Kirby leads the effort in technology information and data gathering such that system studies may be performed to assess the impact of new technologies or monitor current technology portfolios. Information and data gathering has been conducted through questionnaire designs and personal interviews with technologists in both industry and government entities. Additionally, Dr. Kirby has tutored both industrial and government entities in techniques for technology assessments, robust design methods, parametric modeling, and modeling and assessing uncertainty within the design process; including technological, economical, and design parameter variations. Finally, Dr. Kirby assists in the structure, content, and teaching of the graduate design class taught by Dr. Dimitri Mavris and provides a mentor for the incoming graduate students to learn and apply advanced design techniques. Dr. Kirby is presently leading contractual efforts with Pratt & Whitney and NASA UEET Program.

Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) Fellow

Georgia Institute of Technology, NASA Langley

Work with NASA Langley's System Analysis Branch in the implementation and development of the unique and efficient aircraft design methods being developed at ASDL. Aspects of this research in which I am intimately involved include:  economic analysis, technology selection methods, system of systems identification methods.

Graduate Research Assistant

Georgia Institute of Technology, Aerospace Systems Design Lab
My responsibilities include:

1) Develop an integration and automation schemes for various analytical tools;
2) Analyze design affordability of various contracts;
3) Analyze the low speed aerodynamic parameters and equipment associated with different aircraft configurations;
4) Analyze and synthesize aircraft through sizing and synthesis tools;
5) Develop methods for analyzing the aerodynamic characteristics of various aircraft configurations.

Supervisor

United Parcel Service, Roanoke, Va. Hub

Training, evaluations, daily/weekly/monthly documentation of work performances and production goals, controlling safety performances, and labor control.

Assistant to the Plant Engineer

United Parcel Service, Roanoke, Va. Hub

Supervised and performed quality inspections of various building contractors.

Software:

ACSYNT, AERO2S, ALCCA, AWAVE, BDAP, Crystal Ball, FAST, FLOPS, GRIDTOOL, JMP, RAM, USM3D, ViGPLOT, VGRID, VORLAX, VORVIEW, WINGDES, STARS, AEROLINK

Languages:

FORTRAN, BASIC, UNIX COMMAND, tk/tcl

Platforms:

UNIX, DOS, MAC, IRIX

Please see the publications page below

AIAA Member
SAE Member
IIF Member

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E-Mail: michelle.kirby@ae.gatech.edu