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4/16/07 Memoriam Pages:

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

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Faculty and Staff Directory

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Administration

Ishwar Puri, Professor & Department Head
223-A Norris Hall, MC 0219, 540/231-3243

Interests: Microfluidics; nanofluidics; ferrofluids; targeted drug delivery; transport phenomena; nanostructure synthesis; self assembly; terascale computations; flames and combustion; sustainable energy solutions

Scott Case, Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
225-A Norris Hall, 540/231-6651

Interests: Professor Case's current research interests are focused in the area of life prediction techniques for composite materials, as well as in the experimental characterization of elevated temperature polymeric composites. In support of the life prediction techniques, he has worked heavily in the area of micromechanical modeling of composite behavior. In the past, Professor Case has also been involved in the modeling of "smart" material systems.

Muhammad Hajj, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
225-B Norris Hall, 540/231-4190

Interests: Reduced-order modeling, analysis, and identification of nonlinear systems with applications in fluid-structure interactions including ship motions, aeroelastic phenomena, and wind forces on structures, in transition to turbulence and atmospheric turbulence, in water waves and in structure's vibrations. Experimental Fluid Mechanics. Higher-order Spectral Analysis.

Paul Siburt, Administrative Officer
219 Norris Hall, 540/231-8810

Tim Tomlin, Information Systems Manager
301 Norris Hall, 540/231-9933

Biomedical Engineering

Ishwar Puri, Professor & Department Head
223-A Norris Hall, MC 0219, 540/231-3243

Raffaella De Vita, Assistant Professor
230 Norris Hall, 540/2315905

Interests: Continuum mechanics with emphasis on solid mechanics; Constitutive modeling of nonlinear elastic, viscoelastic, and liquid crystals biological systems; Cardiovascular mechanics, mechanics of ligaments and tendons, cellular mechanics

Daniel Dudek, Assistant Professor
318 Norris Hall, 540/231-0687

Interests: Biomechanics, biomaterials, and bioinspiration. Dr. Dudek applies engineering techniques to an array of animal locomotor systems across multiple levels of organization to extract general principles regarding how body structure affects mechanical function in nature. These principles are then used to improve the design of human-made devices.

Wally Grant, Professor
222 Norris Hall, 540/231-4573

Interests: Biomechanics, vestibular system, aerospace medicine

Michael Madigan, Associate Professor
326 Norris Hall, 540/231-1215

Interests: Human movement dynamics, motor control of human movement, biomechanical modeling, human physiology, mechanics

Jake Socha, Assistant Professor, Biomechanics
332 Norris Hall, 540/231-6188

Interests: Dr. Socha is an organismal biomechanist studying the relationship between form and function in animals, with a broad range of projects involving locomotion, breathing and feeding. Current work focuses on gliding flight in snakes, mechanics of convection in compressible tracheal structures in insects, and dynamics of pumping in liquid feeders such as butterflies and ants. Other interests include 3D morphology using microtomography and synchrotron imaging of small animals.

Anne Staples, Assistant Professor
232 Norris Hall, 540/231-7570

Interests: Biological Fluid Dynamics, Biomechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Mathematics, Multiscale Methods, High Performance Computing

Dynamics and Control

Hassan Aref, Reynolds Metals Professor & Niels Bohr Visiting Professor (Technical University of Denmark)
320 Norris Hall, 540/231-5626

Interests: Theoretical and computational fluid mechanics, particularly vortex dynamics, the application of chaos to fluid flows, and the mechanics of foams.

Muhammad Hajj, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
225-B Norris Hall, 540/231-4190

Scott Hendricks, Associate Professor
330 Norris Hall, 540/231-7154

Interests: Dynamics, Vibrations, System Identification, Hydrodynamics, Stability, Chaos

Glenn Kraige, Professor
324 Norris Hall, 540/231-6134

Interests: Dynamics, vibrations, spacecraft attitude dynamics and control, engineering education

Ali Nayfeh, University Distinguished Professor
113-A Burruss Hall, 540/231-5453

Interests: Aerodynamics, perturbation methods, nonlinear dynamics and chaos, ship and submarine motions

Shane Ross, Assistant Professor
224 Norris Hall, Mail Code 0219, 540/231-1616

Interests: Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, analysis of biomechanical data, utilizing transport in complex flows, orbital mechanics, mixing and transport processes, dynamical boundary detection

Mahendra Singh, Preston Wade Professor of Engineering
322 Norris Hall, 540/231-4572

Interests: Vibrations and control, earthquake engineering, probabilistic mechanics

Mark Stremler, Associate Professor
333P Norris Hall, 540/231-1227

Interests: Fluid Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Laminar Flow, Chaotic Advection and Fluid Mixing, Vortex Dynamics

Fluid Mechanics

Ishwar Puri, Professor & Department Head
223-A Norris Hall, MC 0219, 540/231-3243

Hassan Aref, Reynolds Metals Professor & Niels Bohr Visiting Professor (Technical University of Denmark)
320 Norris Hall, 540/231-5626

Interests: Theoretical and computational fluid mechanics, particularly vortex dynamics, the application of chaos to fluid flows, and the mechanics of foams.

Mark Cramer, Professor
300-B Norris Hall, 540/231-7490

Interests: Theoretical and computational gasdynamics, transonic flows, shock waves, dynamics of dense gases, nonlinear waves, superfluid hydrodynamics, thermal waves in solids

Muhammad Hajj, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
225-B Norris Hall, 540/231-4190

Sunghwan Jung, Assistant Professor
228 Norris Hall, MC 0219, 540/231-5146

Interests: Fluid-Structure Interaction; Bio-Fluid Mechanics; Nonlinear Dynamics/Complex Systems; Dr. Jung is interested in problems of biofluid mechanics related to nonlinear interactions between soft bodies and their surrounding fluid, such as the behavior of a living organism like Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). Other examples of his research include the dynamics of the capture threads of a spider's web that behave like wet and viscous damped springs, the self-assembly of small floating bodies such as mosquito eggs, learning how cats drink to design better microfluidic systems, and the interactions of flexible bodies such as fish and birds with their surrounding flows.

Roop Mahajan, Tucker Chair Professor and Director, Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Science
1880 Pratt Drive, Suite 2000, 540/231-2597

Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Nanotechnology

Ali Nayfeh, University Distinguished Professor
113-A Burruss Hall, 540/231-5453

Interests: Aerodynamics, perturbation methods, nonlinear dynamics and chaos, ship and submarine motions

Saad Ragab, Professor
333G Norris Hall, Department of ESM, Virginia Tech, 540/231-5950

Interests: Direct and large eddy simulations of turbulence, hydrodynamic stability and transition, computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, gas dynamics and heat transfer, naval hydrodynamics, free-surface flow, hydrodynamic design using CFD, and optimization techniques.

Anne Staples, Assistant Professor
232 Norris Hall, 540/231-7570

Interests: Biological Fluid Dynamics, Biomechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Mathematics, Multiscale Methods, High Performance Computing

Mark Stremler, Associate Professor
333P Norris Hall, 540/231-1227

Interests: Fluid Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Laminar Flow, Chaotic Advection and Fluid Mixing, Vortex Dynamics

MSE/ESM Writing Program

Marie Paretti, Director, MSE/ESM Engineering Communications Program
14 Holden Hall (0237), Virginia Tech, 540/231-5305

Interests: User Documentation Engineering Education: Communication, Design, Assessment Environmental Rhetoric Composition Theory and Pedagogy

Christine Burgoyne, Instructor and Assistant Director, ESM/MSE Engineering Communications Program
12 Holden Hall, MC 0237, 540/231-5305

Interests: Globalization in Engineering Communications; Technical and Professional Communications: Preparing the engineer for the workplace through current and changing standards; Critical discourse analysis (CDA)--discursive patterns and reproduction of ideologies in technical professions--discourse communities in engineering cultures

Solid Mechanics

Romesh Batra, Clifton C. Garvin Professor
220 Norris Hall, 540/231-6051

Interests: Multiscale Analysis of Multiphiysics Problems involving Material and Geometric Nonlinearities, Nanomechanics, Dynamic Failure under Shock Loads, Smart Structures, Functionally Graded Materials.

Richard Benson, Dean and Professor
3044-A Torgersen Hall, 540/231-9752

Scott Case, Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
225-A Norris Hall, 540/231-6651

Raffaella De Vita, Assistant Professor
230 Norris Hall, 540/2315905

Francesco dell'Isola, Adjunct Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica, Universit� di Roma

Interests: Continuum Mechanics, Mixture theory and applications to soil mechanics, Smart Materials and Structures, Vibration and Noise Control, Second Gradient theories for Porous Materials, Biomechanics.

David Dillard, Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor
219 A Norris Hall, MC: 0219, 540/231-4714

Interests: Professor Dillard's expertise is in the area of failure and time dependence of polymeric materials. He specializes in studies dealing with fracture mechanics, viscoelasticity, fatigue, environmental degradation, durability predictions, and test method development. Although his work has spanned a variety of polymeric material systems, his special emphasis for many years has been on adhesives and sealants. A major thrust of his work has been the development of appropriate test methods for evaluation of adhesive bonds, analysis and design procedures for adhesive joints, and studies of the durability of such systems when exposed to a variety of environmental conditions. Recent efforts include durability of fuel cell materials and studies of soft matter, such as hydrogels.

Norman Dowling, Frank J. Maher Professor
208 Holden Hall, 540/231-5399

Interests: Fatigue, fracture, and deformation of structural components and materials, including the effects of notches, cracks and plasticity. Combined statistical and deterministic characterization of mechanical loading, and life prediction for complex loading histories. Biomechanics and biomaterials.

John Duke, Professor
226 Norris Hall, 540/231-6063

Interests: Damage science and mechanics, nondestructive methods for tracking damage development, experimental mechanics, materials behavior, micromechanical materials characterization, evaluation of advanced materials and bonded joints, civil infrastructure assessment, NDE (nondestructive evaluation) engineering

Michael Hyer, N. Waldo Harrison Professor
218 Norris Hall, 540/231-5372

Interests: Mechanics of composite materials and structures, solid mechanics

Ronald Kriz, Associate Professor
Primary Office: 3030C Torgersen Hall 540/231-2062,
Secondary Office: 300-C Norris Hall, 540/231-4386

Interests: Fracture mechanics and wave propagation in composite materials with an emphasis on high performance computing simulations and scientific visual data analysis of simulation results. Founder, Laboratory for Scientific Visual Analysis (LSVA), 1991.

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John Lesko, Professor
106-D Norris Hall, 540/231-5259

Interests: Mechanics of polymer and composites, strength, life, and durability; Hygrothermal mechanical damage and structural fire response of materials; Composites structural design and reliability; Adhesion mechanics and bond design

Mahendra Singh, Preston Wade Professor of Engineering
322 Norris Hall, 540/231-4572

Interests: Vibrations and control, earthquake engineering, probabilistic mechanics

Surot Thangjitham, Associate Professor
328 Norris Hall, 540/231-4503

Interests: Probabilistic methods and stochastic processes, Vibrations and controls, Composite structures

Emeriti

Daniel Frederick, Professor Emeritus
215-A Norris Hall, 540/231-5626

Zafer Gurdal, Professor Emeritus

Robert Heller, Frank J. Maher Professor Emeritus
303 Norris Hall, 540/231-7483

Interests: Inelastic behavior of structures, reliability and safety of structures, probabilistic mechanics

Edmund Henneke, Professor Emeritus and Past Department Head

Robert Jones, Professor Emeritus
Norris Hall, 540/231-6746

Interests: Solid mechanics, mechanics of composite materials and structures, plasticity, buckling

Leonard Meirovitch, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
228 Norris Hall, 540/231-5146

Interests: Structural dynamics and control, vibration analysis, aeroelasticity, analytical dynamics

Dean Mook, N. Waldo Harrison Professor Emeritus
113-B Burruss Hall, 540/231-6841

Interests: Nonlinear dynamics of flexible and rigid bodies, vibrations, fluid-solid interactions

Don Morris, Professor Emeritus
225 Norris Hall, 540/231-5726

Interests: Experimental solid mechanics, composite materials, engineering education

Daniel Post, Professor Emeritus
215-A Norris Hall, 540/231-3270

K. Reifsnider, Alexander Giacco Professor Emeritus

Interests: Mechanics of material systems, durability, fatigue and fracture, performance simulation

Daniel Schneck, Professor Emeritus
215-A Norris Hall

Interests: Biomechanics, blood flow, fluid mechanics, biological fluid mechanics

C. Smith, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus
303 Norris Hall, 540/231-6159

Demetri Telionis, Frank J. Maher Professor Emeritus
300-A Norris Hall, 540/231-7492

Interests: Unsteady aerodynamics, high-angle-of-attack aerodynamics, flow over fore-body configuration

Henry Tieleman, Professor Emeritus
333-H Norris Hall, 540/231-6891

Interests: Fluid mechanics, Boundary layer meteorology, wind engineering, bluff body aerodynamics

Affiliate Faculty

Rafael Davalos, Assistant Professor - School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 1880 Pratt Dr., Rm. 1222B, 540/231-1979

Interests: Conducting experimental research in single cell mechanics, electroporation and microfluidics. Also work in Cellular-based Microsystems and BioMedical Microdevices.

Joseph Freeman, Assistant Professor
327 ICTAS Building, Stanger Street, MC 0298, 540/231-5686

Interests: Tissue Engineering, Molecular Modeling, Biomechanics, Biomaterials

David Gao, Associate Professor
524 McBryde Hall, 540/231-2768

Christopher Hall, Professor
224D Randolph Hall, 540/231-2314

Scott Huxtable, Affiliate Assistant Professor
111 Randolph Hall, MC 0238, 540/540-231-1943

Interests: Micro/nano-scale thermal transport; micro/nano-scale sensors and actuators; nano-scale energy conversion; thermal management of electronic devices

Daniel Inman, George R. Goodson Professor & Director
Ctr. for Intelligent Materials/ME Dept., 315 Durham Hall, 540/231-4709

Rakesh Kapania, Professor
213-E Randolph Hall, Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (0203)

Mark Paul, Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Randolph Hall 114-T M/C 0238, 540/2314758

Interests: Spatiotemporal dynamics of large systems driven far from equilibrium, modelling of NEMS/MEMS for biological applications, large scale scientific computation

Raymond Plaut, Dan H. Pletta Professor of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering, 102D Patton Hall, 540/231-6072