Wesley L. Harris

Wesley L. Harris is an American aerospace engineer and the Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by Milwaukee School of Engineering, Lane College and Old Dominion University.

Harris was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for contributions to understanding of helicopter rotor noise, for encouragement of minorities in engineering, and for service to the aeronautical industry. His research interests include unsteady aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, and sickle cell disease and has authored over 130 technical papers.