Instructors

Dr. William Oberkampf, Engineering Consultant, has 50 years of experience in research and development in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, flight dynamics, and solid mechanics. He spent his entire career in both computational and experimental research and development areas. During the last 25 years, Dr. Oberkampf emphasized research and development of procedures for verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification in computational simulation. He has written over 185 journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and technical reports. He has taught 60 short courses in the field of verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification. Dr. Oberkampf received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Oberkampf served on the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas and spent most of his career at Sandia National Laboratories in both staff member and management positions. He has been a consultant to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Air Force, various Department of Energy laboratories, and corporations in the U.S. and Europe. He and Prof. Chris Roy co-authored the book "Verification and Validation in Scientific Computing" published by Cambridge University Press. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and NAFEMS.

Professor Christopher Roy, Virginia Tech, holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University. From 1998 to 2003, he worked as a senior member of the technical staff in the Engineering Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From 2003 to 2007, he was an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Auburn University. In 2007, Dr. Roy joined the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and currently holds the rank of full professor. He has authored or coauthored over 150 journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, and technical reports and has taught 41 short courses in the areas of verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification.