Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Feb. 1994 M.S., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Jun. 1989 B.Eng., Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, Jun. 1988 | ![]() |
Positions Held:
2014: Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK
2011 – 2016: Associate Head for Graduate Studies, Aerospace Engineering, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007 – Present: Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006 – Present: Affiliate Professor, Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2002 – Present: Affiliate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2000 – 2007: Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1995 – 2000: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
1994 – 1995: Research Fellow, Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology
Honors and Awards
2017: Theocharis Award for outstanding research in mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics
2017: Hetényi Award for Best Paper in Experimental Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics
2015: Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
2015: Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching, UIUC
2015: Frocht Award for Excellence in Mechanics Teaching, Society for Experimental Mechanics
2010 – 2015: One of the most cited papers in International Journal of Plasticity (Vol. 26, pp. 93 – 106)
2014: Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering, London
2013: Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
2013: Guest Editor for Special Issue of Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design
2012: Hetényi Award for Best Paper in Experimental Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics
2011 – 2014: Associate Technical Editor for ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
2010 – 2011: Participant, Engineering Faculty Leadership Forum, College of Engineering, UIUC
2009: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2008 – 2010: Executive Board Member, Society for Experimental Mechanics
2007: Xerox Award for Faculty Research, UIUC
2002 – 2005: One of the most cited papers in Engineering Fracture Mechanics (Vol. 69, pp. 1695 – 1711)
2005: AIAA UIUC chapter Teacher of the Year Award
1999 – 2005: Associate Technical Editor for Experimental Mechanics
2005, 2010, 2011: Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising
Spring ’02, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’13, ’15, ’16 and Fall ’06, ’10: List of UIUC teachers ranked as excellent
1999: NSF early CAREER award
1996: Dean’s Commendation list for Excellence in Teaching
1994: William F. Ballhaus Prize (for most outstanding doctoral dissertation in Aeronautics)
1993: Ernest E. Sechler Memorial Award (for contributions to teaching and research in Aeronautics)
1993: Josephine de Karman Fellowship
1988: Russell R. Vought and Donald W. Douglas Fellowships, Caltech
1988: The Governor’s Prize in Aeronautics (top ranking student in the final year, Imperial College)
1985: Holligrave Exhibition (Fellowship), Imperial College