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University Distinguished Professor Emeritus

228 Norris Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540/231-5146
lmeirovi@vt.edu

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Interests:

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

Education:

1960	Ph.D., Engineering, With Great Distinction, University of California
1957	M.S., Engineering, University of California
1953	B.S., Civil Engineering (Structures), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Honors & Awards:

2000	Honoring Issue of Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 21, No. 1, February 2000, Taipei Taiwan
1999	American Society of Mechanical Engineers Den Hartog Award
1999	Plenary Lecture, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
1999	Honoring Symposium on "Vibrations and Control Mechanics", ASME Mechanics & Materials Conference, Blacksburg, VA
1996	Keynote Lecture, European Space Agency International Workshop on Advanced Mathematical Methods in the Dynamis of Flexible Bodies, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
1995	Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Vibration, Noise and Control, Hong Kong
1992	Keynote Lecture, Fifth Workshop on Control Mechanics
1991	Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, Germany
1990	Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Dynamics of Flexible Structures in Space, Cranfield, Bedford, UK
1989	Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal for Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on Advanced Computers for Dynamics and Design
1987	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Mechanics and Control of Flight Award
1987	Distinguished Lecture, 1987 National Noise Control Conference
1986	Distinguished Lecture, 112th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
1986	Distinguished Lecture, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, North Carolina State University
1984	AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award
1983	AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award
1983	Names University Distinguished Professor, VPI&SU
1982	Arthur Newell Talbot Lectureship Award, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois
1981	Alumni Award for Research Excellence, VPI&SU
1981	AIAA, Fellow
1980	Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, Southampton, UK
1979	Named Reynolds Metals Professor, ESM Dept., VPI&SU
1978	Keynote Lecture, Second International Conference on Applied Numerical Modelling, Madrid, Spain
1966	NAS-NASA Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
1964	ASEE-NASA Research Fellowship

Recent Publications:

1. L. Meirovitch, Fundamentals of Vibrations, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (Second Printing, 2003), International Edition, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Singapore, 806 pgs., 2001
2. L. Meirovitch, Principles and Techniques of Vibrations, Prentice Hall, New Jersey (Second printing, 2000), International Edition, Prentice-Hall International, London, 704 pgs., 1997
3. L. Meirovitch, Dynamics and Control of Structures, Wiley Interscience, New York, 425 pgs., 1990
4. Elements of Vibration Analysis, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (Seventh Printing, 1994), International Student Edition, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Singapore, 560 pgs., 1986
5. L. Meirovitch, Introduction to Dynamics and Control, John Wiley & Sons, New York (Fifth printing, 1997), 392 pgs., 1985

Full listing

CoursesTaught:

ESM 7994

Research and Dissertation

Spring 2007