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Andrew B. Shelton, Ph.D.
Senior Principal Engineer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Leidos @ AFRL Munitions Directorate
Dr. Andrew B. Shelton is a seasoned expert in high-fidelity CFD modeling and simulation with over 25 years of experience spanning industry, academia, and government research. His work centers on unsteady, compressible flow phenomena, with particular expertise in high-angle-of-attack aerodynamics, rigid body motion, and thermal-structural interactions—key domains in reentry vehicle dynamics.
At the Air Force Research Laboratory, Dr. Shelton leads advanced CFD efforts supporting flight vehicle characterization in extreme environments, applying tools like FUN3D, Cart3D, and Kestrel. His contributions include novel methods for aerodynamic derivative estimation using rigid body motion and development of entropy-consistent discontinuous Galerkin schemes, directly relevant to modeling Earth reentry physics.
A former aerospace engineering professor at Auburn University and contributor to multiple AFRL technical reports, Dr. Shelton bridges theoretical rigor with mission-driven application—making him an ideal resource for Johns Hopkins initiatives in reentry science and applied aerodynamics.
