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