John Bussoletti

Experienced CFD Developer and Leader of Development Team Focused On Development Accurate Modeling Tools For Aircraft Development

Bonney Lake, Washington, United States of America

Research Expertise

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational Electrormagnetics
Software Development
High Performance Computing

About

John Bussoletti is an experienced physicist and researcher with a strong background in experimental nuclear physics. He received his AB in Physics from Princeton in 1972 and went on to earn his PhD in Physics (Experimental Nuclear Physics) from University of Washington in 1978. After completing his education, Bussoletti began his career as a Research Engineer at Boeing, where he has worked for several years. He has a strong understanding of mathematical and scientific principles, as well as experience in conducting experiments and analyzing data. He has a long history of both developing and leading teams for developing computational modeling tools to support engineering design. Bussoletti is dedicated to advancing the field of physics through his research and is always seeking new challenges and opportunities to expand his knowledge and expertise.

Publications

Numerical Evidence of Multiple Solutions for the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations for High-Lift Configurations

51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition / Jan 05, 2013

Kamenetskiy, D., Bussoletti, J., Hilmes, C., Johnson, F., Venkatakrishnan, V., & Wigton, L. (2013, January 5). Numerical Evidence of Multiple Solutions for the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations for High-Lift Configurations. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2013-663

Observations Regarding Algorithms Required for Robust CFD Codes

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena / Jan 01, 2011

Johnson, F. T., Kamenetskiy, D. S., Melvin, R. G., Venkatakrishnan, V., Wigton, L. B., Young, D. P., Allmaras, S. R., Bussoletti, J. E., & Hilmes, C. L. (2011). Observations Regarding Algorithms Required for Robust CFD Codes. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, 6(3), 2–27. https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/20116301

Algorithm Issues and Challenges Associated with the Development of Robust CFD Codes

Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering / Jan 01, 2009

Allmaras, S. R., Bussoletti, J. E., Hilmes, C. L., Johnson, F. T., Melvin, R. G., Tinoco, E. N., Venkatakrishnan, V., Wigton, L. B., & Young, D. P. (2009). Algorithm Issues and Challenges Associated with the Development of Robust CFD Codes. In Springer Optimization and Its Applications (pp. 1–19). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95857-6_1

Aerodynamic Characteristics of Bodies of Revolution at Near-Sonic Speeds

Journal of Aircraft / Nov 01, 2007

Kulfan, B. M., Bussoletti, J. E., & Hilmes, C. L. (2007). Aerodynamic Characteristics of Bodies of Revolution at Near-Sonic Speeds. Journal of Aircraft, 44(6), 1815–1841. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.30028

Pressures and Drag Characteristics of Bodies of Revolution at Near Sonic Speeds Including the Effects of Viscosity and Wind Tunnel Walls

45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit / Jan 08, 2007

Kulfan, B., Bussoletti, J., & Hilmes, C. (2007, January 8). Pressures and Drag Characteristics of Bodies of Revolution at Near Sonic Speeds Including the Effects of Viscosity and Wind Tunnel Walls. 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2007-684

Minimizing CFD Uncertainty for Commercial Aircraft Applications (Invited)

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit / Jan 06, 2003

Tinoco, E., & Bussoletti, J. (2003, January 6). Minimizing CFD Uncertainty for Commercial Aircraft Applications (Invited). 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2003-407

Effect of wind tunnel walls on the flutter characteristics of an airplane model

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference / Jun 11, 2001

SenGupta, G., Seidel, D., Young, D., & Bussoletti, J. (2001, June 11). Effect of wind tunnel walls on the flutter characteristics of an airplane model. 19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2001-1655

An optimal reduced-order aeroelasltic modeling based on a response-based modal analysis of unsteady CFD models

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference / Jun 11, 2001

Kim, T., & Bussoletti, J. (2001, June 11). An optimal reduced-order aeroelasltic modeling based on a response-based modal analysis of unsteady CFD models. 19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2001-1525

CFD studies in support of NWTC test section design

35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit / Jan 06, 1997

Bussoletti, J., Huffington, J., Krynytsky, A., Saaris, G., Bussoletti, J., Huffington, J., Krynytsky, A., & Saaris, G. (1997, January 6). CFD studies in support of NWTC test section design. 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1997-96

CFD calibration and validation - The challenges of correlating computational model results with test data

25th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference / Jun 20, 1994

Bussoletti, J. (1994, June 20). CFD calibration and validation - The challenges of correlating computational model results with test data. 25th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1994-2542

Practical Design and Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics

23rd Fluid Dynamics, Plasmadynamics, and Lasers Conference / Feb 26, 1993

Huffman, W., Melvin, R., Young, D., Johnson, F., Bussoletti, J., Bieterman, M., & Hilmes, C. (1993, February 26). Practical Design and Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics. 23rd Fluid Dynamics, Plasmadynamics, and Lasers Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1993-3111

Using a full potential solver for propulsion system exhaust simulation

Journal of Propulsion and Power / May 01, 1993

Melvin, R. G., Johnson, F. T., Young, D. P., Foutch, D. W., Bussoletti, J. E., & Bieterman, M. B. (1993). Using a full potential solver for propulsion system exhaust simulation. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 9(3), 412–421. https://doi.org/10.2514/3.23637

An adaptive grid method for analysis of 3D aircraft configurations

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering / Dec 01, 1992

Bieterman, M. B., Bussoletti, J. E., Hilmes, C. L., Johnson, F. T., Melvin, R. G., & Young, D. P. (1992). An adaptive grid method for analysis of 3D aircraft configurations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 101(1–3), 225–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(92)90024-e

Computations of the supersonic flow over an HSCT type configuration and comparison with wind tunnel data

9th Applied Aerodynamics Conference / Aug 17, 1991

BLOM, G., BALL, D., BUSSOLETTI, J., & YU, N. (1991, August 17). Computations of the supersonic flow over an HSCT type configuration and comparison with wind tunnel data. 9th Applied Aerodynamics Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1991-3290

A locally refined rectangular grid finite element method: Application to computational fluid dynamics and computational physics

Journal of Computational Physics / Jan 01, 1991

Young, D. P., Melvin, R. G., Bieterman, M. B., Johnson, F. T., Samant, S. S., & Bussoletti, J. E. (1991). A locally refined rectangular grid finite element method: Application to computational fluid dynamics and computational physics. Journal of Computational Physics, 92(1), 1–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(91)90291-r

Application of computational methods in aeroacoustics

13th Aeroacoustics Conference / Aug 17, 1990

SENGUPTA, G., BURKHART, R., BUSSOLETTI, J., JOHNSON, F., & MELVIN, R. (1990, August 17). Application of computational methods in aeroacoustics. 13th Aeroacoustics Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1990-3917

Solution Adaptive Local Rectangular Grid Refinement for Transonic Aerodynamic flow Problems

Proceedings of the Eighth GAMM-Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics / Jan 01, 1990

Bieterman, M. B., Bussoletti, J. E., Hilmes, C. L., Johnson, F. T., Melvin, R. G., Samant, S. S., & Young, D. P. (1990). Solution Adaptive Local Rectangular Grid Refinement for Transonic Aerodynamic flow Problems. In Proceedings of the Eighth GAMM-Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics (pp. 22–31). Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-13975-1_3

Application of Sparse Matrix Solvers as Effective Preconditioners

SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing / Nov 01, 1989

Young, D. P., Melvin, R. G., Johnson, F. T., Bussoletti, J. E., Wigton, L. B., & Samant, S. S. (1989). Application of Sparse Matrix Solvers as Effective Preconditioners. SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing, 10(6), 1186–1199. https://doi.org/10.1137/0910072

TranAir Technology: Solutions for Large PDE Problems

Solution of Superlarge Problems in Computational Mechanics / Jan 01, 1989

Bussoletti, J. E., Johnson, F. T., Young, D. P., Melvin, R. G., Burkhart, R. H., Bieterman, M. B., Samant, S. S., & SenGupta, G. (1989). TranAir Technology: Solutions for Large PDE Problems. In Solution of Superlarge Problems in Computational Mechanics (pp. 95–124). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0535-4_6

Transonic analysis of arbitrary configurations using locally refined grids

11th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics

Samant, S. S., Bussoletti, J. E., Johnson, F. T., Melvin, R. G., & Young, D. P. (n.d.). Transonic analysis of arbitrary configurations using locally refined grids. In Lecture Notes in Physics (pp. 518–522). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51048-6_84

TRANAIR - A computer code for transonic analyses of arbitrary configurations

25th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting / Mar 24, 1987

SAMANT, S., BUSSOLETTI, J., JOHNSON, F., BURKHART, R., EVERSON, B., MELVIN, R., YOUNG, D., ERICKSON, L., & MADSON, M. (1987, March 24). TRANAIR - A computer code for transonic analyses of arbitrary configurations. 25th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1987-34

An Exterior Poisson Solver Using Fast Direct Methods and Boundary Integral Equations with Applications to Nonlinear Potential Flow

SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing / Jul 01, 1986

Young, D. P., Woo, A. C., Bussoletti, J. E., & Johnson, F. T. (1986). An Exterior Poisson Solver Using Fast Direct Methods and Boundary Integral Equations with Applications to Nonlinear Potential Flow. SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing, 7(3), 1009–1021. https://doi.org/10.1137/0907068

A transonic rectangular grid embedded panel method

3rd Joint Thermophysics, Fluids, Plasma and Heat Transfer Conference / Jun 07, 1982

JOHNSON, F., BUSSOLETTI, J., JAMES, R., YOUNG, D., & WOO, A. (1982, June 7). A transonic rectangular grid embedded panel method. 3rd Joint Thermophysics, Fluids, Plasma and Heat Transfer Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1982-953

Investigation of the electric quadrupole strength in 13N using the reaction

Nuclear Physics A / Mar 01, 1980

Helmer, R. L., Hasinoff, M. D., Bussoletti, J. E., Snover, K. A., & Trainor, T. A. (1980). Investigation of the electric quadrupole strength in 13N using the reaction. Nuclear Physics A, 336(2), 219–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(80)90621-1

Isospin-forbidden β-decay of 28Mg

Nuclear Physics A / Jul 01, 1978

Dickey, P. A., Bussoletti, J. E., & Adelberger, E. G. (1978). Isospin-forbidden β-decay of 28Mg. Nuclear Physics A, 303(3), 442–456. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(78)90370-6

Radiative transitions and isospin mixing inC12

Physical Review C / Feb 01, 1977

Adelberger, E. G., Marrs, R. E., Snover, K. A., & Bussoletti, J. E. (1977). Radiative transitions and isospin mixing in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>12</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>. Physical Review C, 15(2), 484–497. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.15.484

Application of the Direct-Semidirect Model to the Interpretation ofE1andE2Strength inC14(ppol,γ0)N

Physical Review Letters / Dec 13, 1976

Snover, K. A., Bussoletti, J. E., Ebisawa, K., Trainor, T. A., & McDonald, A. B. (1976). Application of the Direct-Semidirect Model to the Interpretation of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mn /></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mn /></mml:math>Strength in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>14</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">pol</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">N</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>15</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>. Physical Review Letters, 37(24), 1651–1651. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.37.1651

Application of the Direct-Semidirect Model to the Interpretation ofE1andE2Strength inC14(ppol,γ0)N

Physical Review Letters / Aug 02, 1976

Snover, K. A., Bussoletti, J. E., Ebisawa, K., Trainor, T. A., & McDonald, A. B. (1976). Application of the Direct-Semidirect Model to the Interpretation of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mn /></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mn /></mml:math>Strength in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>14</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">pol</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mi> </mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">N</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>15</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>. Physical Review Letters, 37(5), 273–275. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.37.273

Isospin mixing in 12C

Physics Letters B / May 01, 1976

Adelberger, E. G., Marrs, R. E., Snover, K. A., & Bussoletti, J. E. (1976). Isospin mixing in 12C. Physics Letters B, 62(1), 29–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(76)90039-3

Analyzing Power for Elastic Scattering of Protons from 13C

Experientia Supplementum / Jan 01, 1976

Trainor, T. A., Back, N. L., Bussoletti, J. E., & Knutson, L. D. (1976). Analyzing Power for Elastic Scattering of Protons from 13C. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions (pp. 632–633). Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5506-8_131

Large Isospin-Mixing Matrix Element inC12

Physical Review Letters / Aug 07, 1972

Braithwaite, W. J., Bussoletti, J. E., Cecil, F. E., & Garvey, G. T. (1972). Large Isospin-Mixing Matrix Element in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>12</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>. Physical Review Letters, 29(6), 376–379. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.29.376

Education

University of Washington

PhD, Physics (Experimental Nuclear Physics) / June, 1978

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Princeton University

AB, Physics / June, 1972

Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Experience

Boeing

Research Engineer / June, 1977March, 2015

Computational Fluid Dynamic Development

HCL America

Program Developer / April, 2015December, 2019

Ladon Robotics

CFD Consultant / April, 2022October, 2023

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