Background
Harwell, Kenneth Edwin was born on November 22, 1936 in Kellyton, Alabama, United States. Son of Kelly Edwin and Etta Antionette (Sasser) Harwell.
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Kenneth Edwin Harwell
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Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University Alabama, 1959; Master of Science, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1963.
Career
Assistant engineer, General Dynamics (Convair), Fort Worth, Texas, 1959;
associate engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 1960;
graduate teaching assistant/graduate research assistant, California Institute Technology, 1960-1963;
special assistant to director, United States Army Missile Research/Development Engineering Laboratory, Huntsville, Alabama, 1973-1974;
associate professor to professor aerospace engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1963-1976;
director, gas diagnostics research division, U. Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, 1976-1982;
dean, professor, U. Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, 1982-1989;
vice president for research, associate provost, U. Alabama, Huntsville, since 1989. Consultant United States Air Force Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1968-1973, United States Army Missile Research Development and Engineering Lab, Huntsville, 1973-1978, United States Navy Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland., 1976-1982, Agricultural Research Organization, Inc. AEDC, Tullahoma, 1976-1978.
Board directors University Space Research Association, Washington. Associate executive director University of Texas-CAR Inc./U. Tennessee -Calspan Center for Aerospace Research, Inc., 1985-1989. Part-time with several organizations in field including Brunswick Corporation, Deland, Florida, 1979-1980, Auburn Research and Engineering Associations, 1975-1982, others.
Achievements
Membership
Starter, president Tullahoma Swim Club. With United States Army, 1954-1962. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate) (national committees since 1976, Tortoy Management award 1992).
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Engineering Education (Ford Foundation Industry fellow 1973-1974), Air Force Association, NSPE, ASPE, Huntsville Association Technology Society (vice president 1991-1992, president since 1992), Alabama SuperComputer Authority (board directors), Alabama Research Institute (board directors), Rotary, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, others.
Connections
Married Betty Ruth Miller, June 12, 1959 (wid. November 1966); 1 child, Kathryn Ruth. Married Sharon Elizabeth Hilton, August 18, 1968.
Children: Karen Elizabeth, Kenneth Hilton Harwell.
Awards
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Recipient Alumni Professorship Auburn U., 1968-1971, Outstanding Research Paper award, 1971-1972, Distinguished Engineer Fellow, U. Alabama, 1988, others.Recipient Alumni Professorship Auburn U., 1968-1971, Outstanding Research Paper award, 1971-1972, Distinguished Engineer Fellow, U. Alabama, 1988, others.