Maurice D. White

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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Lawrence G. White

EDUCATION: B.S. Aeronautical Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1938

EMPLOYMENT:
1975 - date (May 2000) NASA Associate and self-employed consultant.
11/70-9/75 Branch Chief, Flight Dynamics and Control Branch, Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, California.
1/63-11/70 Assistant Branch Chief, Flight and Systems Research Branch, Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, California.
4/45-1/63 Ames Research Scientist. Flight and Systems Research Branch, Ames Research Center, NACA/NASA, Moffett Field, California.
6/38-3/45 Aero Engineer, Flight Research Section, Langley Laboratory, NACA, Langley Field, Virginia.

ACTIVITIES:
As individual researcher and supervisor, have been continuously involved in research studies related to the stability, control and handling qualities of aircraft. Contributions have been in areas of:
- Improvement in the manner in which flying qualities requirements are specified.
- Improvement in investigative techniques for stability and control studies, such as the pioneering use of flight and ground-based simulators for handling qualities research.
- Contributions to methods and means of improving flying qualities of aircraft, operational procedures, and certification.
- Expert advice for industry and other government agencies on problems of stability and control.

INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEES:
- Co-Chairman, Simulator Technology Team, NASA-DoD. Study to define research requirements.
- Member, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Team; study to define Air Force needs in simulation technology.
- Captain, Stability and Controls Factor, Government Source Selection Team for the Supersonic Transport.
- NASA representative, French/Anglo/United States Supersonic Transport (FAUSST) Working Group, to develop common certification standards for SSTs.

HONORS:
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement for "Improvements of handling qualities of aircraft and advancement of investigative techniques using simulators to study stability and control problems."

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY: Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Note: National Air and Space Society Wall of Honor files contain a list of 35 publications authored or co-authored by Maurice White.