Prof. Herakovich specializes in fibrous composite materials. He founded the NASA Virginia Tech Composites Program, authored and edited many books, and held key roles in engineering organizations. Athletically known as "Rocky," he led in football scoring in 1958 and later coached at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Whitney Stone Professor of EngineeringProfessor, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Materials Science and Engineering (Courtesy)Professor, Physics (Courtesy)
Currently Recruiting
Patrick E. Hopkins is a Whitney Stone Professor in Engineering at the University of Virginia, with a primary appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and courtesy appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics. He is also the director of the ExSiTE Lab.
Frederick Tracy Morse Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy)Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)
Dr. Kent is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. He has worked in the field of automobile safety for 25 years.
Commonwealth ProfessorProfessor, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics
Prof. Kerrigan's research in injury biomechanics uses data analysis, computational modeling, and mechanical experiments with human tissue to prevent and mitigate injuries to motor vehicle occupants and athletes. Right now he is working on occupant protection for future vehicles, shoe-turf interaction mechanics, and characterizing injury tolerance.
Knospe has worked on a variety of research problems, including magnetic levitation, vibration control, control of machining chatter, and stability and performance of time-delay systems. Dr. Knospe has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, and Mechatronics.
Professor Lagor's current research interests focus on estimation and control for autonomous systems interacting with their fluid environments. He received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland in 2017, prior to which he worked for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company where he was a Certified Principal Engineer.
Rolls-Royce Commonwealth ProfessorASME Fellow, SEM Fellow
Dr. Li’s expertise and interests include (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, nanomaterial-enabled energy systems, biological and bio-inspired materials and devices, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, surface engineering, and tribology. He has been PI/Co…
Rolls-Royce Commonwealth ProfessorDirector, Fluids Research Innovation Lab
Currently Recruiting
Dr. Loth has given invited talks at Cambridge, Penn, Princeton, Oxford, Harvard, and MIT. In 2017, his project team was invited to US Congress to discuss their new the $3.7M project on extreme-scale morphing wind turbines.
Dr. Momot worked for a short time as a manufacturing engineer at General Electric's NELA park before obtaining a job with IBM as a design engineer working on printers. After obtaining his doctorate, he went to teach at Virginia Military Institute. After five years at VMI, he went to…
