Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
Biography
NASA ULI Technical Sub-Group: Computational Methods and Analysis
NASA ULI Research: Task: 1.05 Structural Topology Optimization and Material Selection
2012-present
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
2005-2012
Senior Engineer and Group Leader, Applied Research Associates
2004-2005
Senior Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
2002-2004
Mechanics and Materials Engineer, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
2001-2002
Phantom Works, Engineer/Scientist Specialist, The Boeing Company
Research
- High performance computing
- Structural mechanics
- Fracture mechanics
- Structural Dynamics
- Material Science
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
M.S., Purdue University
Honors B.S., Penn State University
Professional Service
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Faculty Advisor, WISTAR
Awards and Recognitions
- 2016 Angie Warren Perkins Award
- 2016 MABE Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
- Moses E. and Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor Award, 2015
- Penn State Schreyer Honors College Outstanding Alumni Mentor, 2014
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2014