Aerospace Department Chairs Association
2009-2010 Members List

Last Updated September 11th, 2009

ADCA Chairs

Current Chair: Gary Balas
Treasurer/Secretary:
Executive Chair: Helen Reed / Colin Britcher

ADCA Advisory Committee

(All who want to work are welcome to join.)

Mike Benzakein
Robert H. Bishop
Mike Bragg
Dave Dolling
Tom Farris
Tafi Hamed
Wes Harris
Sid Leibovich
Bob Loewy
Sally Anne McInerny
Joseph W. Prahl
Helen Reed
Tom Shih
Wei Shyy
Lex Smits
Bob Walters

ADCA Public Policy Committee

Stephen Batill (chair)
Bob Bishop
George Lesieutre
Tom Shih

Current Members

Prof. Ali R. Ahmadi
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
California State Polytechnic University
3801 W. Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768
Tel: 909-869-2470
Fax: 909-869-6920
E-mail: arahmadi@csupomona.edu
Prof. Julie Albertson
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO, 80918
Tel: 719-262-3814
E-mail: jalbertson@eas.uccs.edu
Prof. Ara Arabyan
Interim Head
Aerospace & Mech. Engr. Dept.
University of Arizona
PO Box 210119
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: 520-621-2116
Fax: 602-621-8191
E-mail: arabyan@email.arizona.edu
Prof. Erian Armanios
Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engr.
University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19018
Arlington, TX 76019-0018
Tel: 817-272-3747
Fax: 817-272-5010
E-mail: armanios@uta.edu
Prof. John Baillieul
Dept. of Aero. & Mech. Engineering
Boston University
110 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617-353-9848
Fax: 617-353-5866
E-mail: johnb@bu.edu
Prof. S. Balachandar
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng.
University of Florida
231 MAE A
Gainesville, FL 32611-6250
Tel: 352-392-0961
FAX: 352-392-7303
E-Mail: bala1s@ufl.edu
Prof. Gary Balas
Dept. of Aerospace Eng. & Mechanics
University of Minnesota
107 Akerman Hall
110 Union St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612-625-8000
Fax: 612-626-1558
E-mail: balas@aem.umn.edu
Prof. Fred Barez
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0087
Tel: 408-924-4298
Fax: 408-924-3995
E-mail: barezf@email.sjsu.edu
Prof. Col. D. Neal Barlow
Dept. of Aeronautics
USAF Academy
HQ USAFA/DFAN
USAFA, CO 80840
Tel: 719-333-4010
Fax: 719-333-4013
E-mail: douglas.barlow@usafa.af.mil
Prof. Mike Benzakein
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
The Ohio State University
2036 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210-1276
Tel: 614-292-3983
Fax: 614-292-8290
E-mail: benzakein.2@osu.edu
Prof. Michael B. Bragg
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
104 So. Wright St., 306 Talbot Lab.
Urbana, IL 61801-2935
Tel: 217-333-2651
Fax: 217-244-0720
E-mail: mbragg@uiuc.edu
Prof. Colin P. Britcher
Aerospace Engineering Dept.
ECSB 1307
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0247
Tel: 757-683-4916
Fax: 757-683-3200
E-mail: cbritche@odu.edu
Prof. Adam Bruckner
Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
206 Guggenheim Hall, Box 352400
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2400
Tel: 206-543-1950
Fax: 206-543-0217
E-mail: bruckner@aa.washington.edu
Prof. Tom Burton
Department Head
Department of Mechanical Engineering
New Mexico State University
Box 30001, Dept. 3450
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Office: 505-646-3502
Fax: 505-646-6111
E-mail: tdburton@nmsu.edu
Prof. Mario Carbonaro
Director
von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Chaussee De Waterloo 72
B-1640 Rhode - St - Genese
BELGIUM
Tel: 32 2 359 96 11
Fax: 32 2 359 96 00
E-mail: carbonaro@vki.ac.be
Prof. Jean-Jacques Chattot
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
University of California Davis
Tel: 530-752-0812
E-mail: jjchattot@ucdavis.edu
Prof. Pasquale Cinella
Interim Department Head
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Tel: 662-625-1148
Fax: 662-325-7730
E-mail: vizzini@ae.msstate.edu

Prof. John E. Cochran, Head
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Auburn University
211 Aero. Engr. Bldg.
Auburn, AL 36849
Tel: 334-844-6800
Fax: 334-844-6803
E-mail: jcochran@eng.auburn.edu
URL: http://www.auburn.eng/dept/ae
Prof. Lance R. Collins
Director
Sibley School of Mech. and Aero. Eng.
Cornell University
246 Upson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: 607-255-0379
Fax: 607-255-1222
E-mail: lc246@cornell.edu
Prof. Don W. Dareing
Aerospace Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2210
Tel: 423-974-5115
Fax: 423-974-5274
E-mail: ddareing@utk.edu
Prof. J. Craig Dutton
Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engr.
University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19018
Arlington, TX 76019-0018
Tel: 817-272-2603
Fax: 817-272-5010
E-mail: dutton@uta.edu
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Prof. Habib Eslami
Chairman
Aerospace Engineering Dept.
Embry-Riddle Aerospace University
600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Tel: 904-226-7727
Fax: 904-226-6299
E-mail: eslamih@erau.edu
Prof. Mark Ewing
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
The University of Kansas
2004 Learned Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
Tel: 785-864-4267
Fax: 785-864-3597
E-mail: mewing@ku.edu
Prof. Charbel Farhat
Dept. of Aero. & Astronautics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Tel: 650-723-3840
Fax: 650-725-3525
E-mail: cfarhat@stanford.edu
Prof. Thomas N. Farris
Department Head
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
315 N. Grant Street
W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2023
Tel: 765-494-5117
Fax: 765-494-0307
E-mail: farrist@purdue.edu
Prof. Jeffrey M. Forbes
Department Chair
Glenn Murphy Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder CO 80309-0429
Tel: 303-492-4359
E-mail: forbes@colorado.edu
Prof. Kader Frendi
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
Technology Hall N264
Huntsville, AL 35899
Tel: 256-824-7206
Fax: 256-824-6758
E-mail: frendi@mae.uah.edu
Prof. Richard Gould
Mech. & Aero. Engr. Dept.
North Carolina State University
Box 7910
Raleigh, NC 27695-7910
Tel: 919-515-2365
Fax: 919-515-7968
E-mail: gould@ncsu.edu
Prof. Hossein Haj-Hariri
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engr.
University of Virginia
122 Engineers Way
PO Box 400746
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4746
Tel: 804-924-7421
Fax: 804-982-2037
E-mail: haj-hariri@virginia.edu
Prof. Christopher D. Hall
Acting Head
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg VA 24061
E-mail: cdhall@vt.edu
Tel: 540-231-2314
Fax: 540-231-9632
URL: http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall
Prof. Awatef Hamed
Department Head
Dept. of Aero. Engr & Engr. Mech.
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0070
Tel: 513-556-3548
Fax: 513-556-5038
E-mail: a.hamed@uc.edu
Prof. Hiroshi Higuchi
Dept of Mech. and Aerospace Engineering
Director, Aerospace Engineering Program
141 Link Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1240
Tel: 315-443-4369
Fax: 315-443-9099
E-mail: hhiguchi@syr.edu
Prof. Lawrence L. Hoberock
Mech. & Aero. Engr.
Oklahoma State Unversity
EN 218
Stillwater, OK 74078
Tel: 405-744-5900
Fax: 405-744-7873
E-mail: lhobero@ceat.okstate.edu
Prof. Philip Homes
Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engr.
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-5263
Tel: 609-258-2958
Fax: 609-258-1918
E-mail: pholmes@math.princeton.edu
Prof. Yogesh Jaluria
Chairperson
Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engr.
Rutgers; The State University
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058
Tel: 732-445-2248 / 3514
Fax: 732-445-3124
E-mail: jaluria@jove.rutgers.edu
Prof. Gabriel Karpouzian
Aerospace Engineering Department
590 Holloway Road
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD 21402
E-mail: karpouzi@usna.edu
Prof. Michael E. Kassner
Department Chair
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Olin Hall 430
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453
Tel: (213) 740-7212
Fax: (213) 740-8071
E-Mail: muntz@spock.usc.edu
Prof. Ranganathan Kumar
Chairman
Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
Tel: 407-823-2416
Fax: 407-823-0208
E-mail: rnkumar@mail.ucf.edu
Prof. Dimitris Lagoudas
Interim Head
, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
H.R. Bright Bldg., Rm. 710
College Station, TX 77843-3141
Tel: 979-845-1604
Fax: 979-845-6051
E-mail: d-lagoudas@tamu.edu
Prof. Adrienne Lavine
Department Chair
48-121D Engineering IV
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Univ. of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597
Tel: 310-794-9117
Fax: 310-206-2302
E-mail: lavine@seas.ucla.edu
Prof. George A. Lesieutre
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Penn State University
225 Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: 814-863-0103
Fax: 814-865-5965
E-mail: g-lesieutre@psu.edu
Prof. Mark J Lewis
University of Maryland
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
College Park, MD 20742-3015
Tel: 301-405-1133
Fax: 301-314-9001
E-mail: mjlewis@umd.edu
Prof. Bradley Liebst
Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Air Force Institute of Technology
AFIT/ENY, Bldg. 641
2950 Hobson Way
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765
Tel: 937-255-3636
E-mail: bradley.liebst@afit.af.mil
Prof. Paul F. Linden
Professor of Fluid Mechanics
Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng.
University of California at San Diego
UCSD Building EBU II
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
Tel: 858-822-2274
E-mail: pflinden@ucsd.edu
Prof. Shankar Mall
Department Head
Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Air Force Inst. of Tech.
AFIT/ENY, Bldg. 640
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765
Tel: 513-255-3069
E-mail: small@afit.af.mil
Prof. Sally Anne McInerny
Dept. of Aerospace Engr. & Mech.
P. O. Box 870280
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0280
Tel: 205-348-5576
Fax: 205-348-7240
E-mail: smcinerny@uab.edu
Prof. Andrew J. Meade
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Materials Science, MS 321
William Marsh Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892
Tel: 713-348-5880
Fax: 713-348-5423
E-mail: meade@ruf.rice.edu
Prof. Achille Messac
Professor and Acting Dept. Head
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street -- JEC 2049
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Tel: 518-276-6351
Fax: 518-276-6025
E-mail: messac@rpi.edu
Prof. Ashok Midha
University of Missouri-Rolla
Mech. & Aero. Engr. & Engr. Mech.
236 Mech. Engr. Bldg.
Rolla, MO 65401-0249
Tel: 573-341-4662
Fax: 573-341-4607
E-mail: midha@umr.edu
Prof. L. Scott Miller
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS 67260-0044
Tel: 316-978-6334
Fax: 316-978-3307
E-mail: scott.miller@wichita.edu
Prof. Knox T. Millsaps
Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Mechanical & Astronautical Engineering
700 Dyer Rd, Room 338 Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5100 USA
Tel: 831-656-2586
Fax: 831-656-2238
E-mail: millsaps@nps.edu
Prof. Farrokh Mistree
Department Head
School of Aerospace Engineering
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-1052
E-mail: farrokh.mistree@ou.edu
Prof. Keiko K. Nomura
Dept Vice Chair
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng.
University of California at San Diego
UCSD Building EBU II
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
Tel: 858-534-5520
E-mail: knomura@UCSD.Edu
Prof. Michael W. Plesniak
Chair
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace
George Washington University
801 22nd St NW
Academic Center, Suite 739
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: (202) 994-9803
Fax: (202) 994-0238
E-Mail: plesniak@gwu.edu
Prof. Allen Plotkin
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182
Tel: 619-594-7019
Fax: 619-594-6005
E-mail: aplotkin@sciences.sdsu.edu
Prof. Jacky Prucz
Professor and Interim Chairman
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
West Virginia University
Evansdale Dr. Rm G-70
Morgantown WV 26506-6106
Tel: 304-293-3111 ext. 2337
E-Mail: jacky.prucz@mail.wvu.edu
Prof. Jordi Puig-Suari
Aeronautical Engineering Dept.
California Ploytechnic St. Univ.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Tel: 805-756-6479
Fax: 803-756-2376
E-mail: jpuigsua@calpoly.edu
Prof. Roger H. Rangel
Chair, Mech. & Aerospace Engineering
Professor of Chemical Eng. and Mat. Sci.
University of California
Irvine CA 92697-3975
Tel: 949-824-8451
FAX: 949-824-8585
E-mail: rhrangel@uci.edu
Prof. Singiresu S. Rao
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Miami
McArthur Engineering Building, Room 206
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0624
Phone: 305-284-3308
FAX: 305-284-2580
E-mail: srao@miami.edu
Prof. Babram Ravani
Dept. Chair, Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engr.
Division of Aeronautical Sci. & Engr.
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: 530-752-6130
Fax: 530-752-4158
E-mail: bravani@ucdavis.edu
Prof. K. Ravindra
Dept. of Aerospace & Mech. Engr.
Parks College of Engineering & Aviation
3450 Lindell Blvd.
St Louis, MO 63103
Tel: 314-977-8438
Fax: 614-977-8403
E-mail: ravindrak@slu.edu
Prof. John Renaud
Dept. of Aerosp. & Mech. Engr.
University of Notre Dame
Fitzpatrick Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637
Tel: 574-631-8616
Fax: 574-631-6855
E-mail: jrenaud@nd.edu
Prof. Clare M. Rimnac
Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering
and Chair
Case Western Reserve University
Glennan 418A
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7222
Tel: 216-368-6442
Fax: 216-368-6445
E-mail: Clare.Rimnac@case.edu
Prof. Ares Rosakis
Director, Graduate Aeronautical Labs
California Inst. of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tel: 626-395-4523
Fax: 626-395-6359
E-mail: rosakis@aero.caltech.edu
Prof. Dave Schmidt
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
1867 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO, 80918
Tel: 719-262-3580
E-mail: dschmidt@mail.uccs.edu
Prof. Mark Sensmeier
Department Chair
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aerospace University
3700 Willow Creek Rd.
Prescott, Arizona 86301-3720
Tel: 928-777-3847
Fax: 928-777-6945
E-mail: mark.sensmeier@erau.edu
Prof. Tom I-P. Shih
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Iowa State University
2271 Howe Hall, Room 1200A
Ames, Iowa 50011-2271
Tel: 515 294-6241
Fax: 515 294-3262
E-mail: tomshih@iastate.edu
URL: http://www.aere.iastate.edu
Prof. Wei Shyy
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
The University of Michigan
3064 Francois Xavier Bagnoud Bldg
1320 Beal Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel: 734-764-3334
E-mail: weishyy@umich.edu
Prof. Sonya T. Smith
Head, Aerospace Option
Howard University
Dept. of Mech. Engr
Washington, DC 20059
Tel: 202-806-4837
Fax: 202-483-1396
E-mail: ssmith@howard.edu
Prof. Alexander J. Smits
Dept. of Mech. & Aerospace Engineering
Princeton, NJ 08544-5263
Tel: 609-258-5117
Fax: 609-258-2276
E-mail: asmits@princeton.edu
Prof. Dale Taulbee
Department Chair
Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engr.
State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
Amherst, NY 14260
Tel: 716-645-2593 x 2231
Fax: 716-645-3875
E-mail: maechair@eng.buffalo.edu
Prof. Ahmad D. Vakili
Aerospace Engineering
University of Tennessee Space Inst.
B. H. Goethert
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Tel: 931-393-7483
Fax: 931-393-7530
E-mail: avakili@utsi.edu
Prof. Phillip Varghese
Chair, Dept of Aerospace Engineering
& Engineering Mechanics
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, C0600
Austin, TX 78712-1085
Tel: 512-471-4596
Fax: 512-471-1730
E-mail: varghese@mail.utexas.edu

Prof. Ian A. Waitz
Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.
Room 33-207
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-253-0218
Fax: 617-258-7566
E-mail: iaw@mit.edu
Prof. Valana Wells
Vice-Chair, Undergraduate Programs
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University, Box 876106
Tempe, AZ 85287-6106
Tel: 480-965-4777
Fax: 480-965-1384
E-mail: valana@asu.edu
Prof. John L. Whitesides
George Washington University
JIAFS, MS335
ASA-LRC
Hampton, VA 23681
Tel: 757-864-1982
Fax: 757-864-5894
E-mail: jlw@gwu.edu
Prof. Jamal Yagoobi
Mech., Materials & Aerospace Engr.
Illinois Institute of Tech.
10 W. 32nd Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Tel: 312-567-3175
Fax: 312-567-7230
E-mail: yagoobi@iit.edu
Prof. Vigor Yang
Chair
Daniel Guggenheim School of
Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
Tel: 404-894-3002
Fax: 404-894-2760
vigor.yang@aerospace.gatech.edu

Past Chairs and Other Interested Parties

Prof. David S. Dolling
(past ADCA chair)
Dept. of Aerospace Engr. & Engr. Mechs.
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1085
Tel: 512-471-4470
Fax: 512-471-1730
E-mail: ddolling@mail.utexas.edu
Prof. David Holger
(past ADCA chair)
Associate Provost
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2021
Tel: 515-294-5553
Fax: 515-294-8844
E-mail: holger@iastate.edu
Prof. Dolores S. Krausche
Program Director
Florida Center for Engineering Education
PO Box 271
Gainesville, Florida 32602
Tel: 352-378-1304
E-mail: dsk@atlantic.net
Prof. John E. LaGraff
Dept. of Mech. & Aerospace Engineering
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1240
Tel: (315)-443-1189
E-mail: jlagraff@mame.syr.edu
Prof. Sidney Leibovich
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University
105 Upson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: 607-255-3623
Fax: 607-255-1222
E-mail: sl23@cornell.edu
Prof. Dennis K. McLaughlin
(past ADCA chair)
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
233 Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: 814-865-2569
Fax: 814-865-7092
E-mail: dkm2@psu.edu
Prof. Helen L. Reed
(past ADCA chair)
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
H.R. Bright Bldg., Rm. 602B
College Station, TX 77843-3141
Tel: 979-458-2158
Fax: 979-845-6051
E-mail: helen.reed@tamu.edu
Prof. Robert W. Walters
Vice President for Research.
301 Burruss Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: 540-231-6077
Fax: 540-231-4384
E-mail: rwalters@vt.edu