Thomas M.

Kiehne
Senior Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Degree Background
Degree

Bachelor of Science
Master of Science
Doctor of Philosophy

Field

General Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Institution

United States Military Academy

Michigan State University
University of Texas at Austin

Date

1969
1978
1985

Academic Positions:
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1998-present
Senior Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2012-present
Research Engineer, Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin, 1998-2013
Research Engineer, Institute for Advanced Technology, University of Texas at Austin, 1991-1998
Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 1989-1991
Associate Professor, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1985-1989
Assistant Professor, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1978-1981
Principal Publications of Last Five Years
Backlund, P., Seepersad, C., Kiehne, T. "All-Electric Ship Energy System Design Using Classifier-Guided
Sampling"; IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (pending pub), 2014.
Chalfant, J., Langland, B., Kiehne, T., et al. "A Collaborative Early-Stage Ship Design Environment", Conference
on State-of-the-Art in Ship Power Technology, Austin, TX, June 2012.
Backlund, P., Seepersad, C., Kiehne, T., "A System-Level Design Framework for All-Electric Ship Thermal
Systems", IEEE Electric Machine Technology Symposium, May 2012.
Kiehne, T. "Dynamic Assessment and Co-Simulation of Thermal Management Strategies aboard Naval Surface
Ships", NATO Specialist's Meeting: System Level Thermal Management for Enhanced Platform Efficiency,
Bucharest, Romania, published by NATO Office of Technology Assessment, October 2010.
Pierce, M., Kiehne, T. "DTMS: A Framework for System-Level, Dynamic Simulations across Multi-Disciplinary
Boundaries", SMS Conference on Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation, Ottawa, July 2010.
Scientific and Professional Societies
Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years
ME Undergraduate Curriculum Advancement Committee, March 2012present.
ME Subcommittee on Undergraduate Computing, September 2012present.
Numerous Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau Firesides over the past five years.
Heavily involved as Faculty Undergraduate Mentor.