CHAIR: Prof. Achille Messac (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow (1995) Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Department Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization Laboratory Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street, JEC 2049 Troy, NY 12180-3590 Phone: 518/276-8145  FAX: 518/276-6025  Email: messac@rpi.edu WWW: http://www.rpi.edu/~messac
SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS: Applications Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Timothy W. Purcell Awards Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Robert A. Canfield, Lt. Col., USAF Education Subcommittee Chair: Prof. Kemper E. Lewis Publications Subcommittee Chair: Prof. Alfred G. Striz  (Contact information for subcommittee chairs is listed below.)
FULL MEMBERS: Dr. Kurt S. Anderson (Bio)  Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering & Mechanics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180-3590 Phone: 518/276-2339 FAX: 518/276-2623 Email: anderk5@rpi.edu
Dr. Vladimir Balabanov (Bio) Senior Research and Development Engineer  Vanderplaats Research and Development, Inc. 1767 South 8th Street, Suite 100  Colorado Springs, CO 80906  Phone: 719/473-4611 FAX: 719/473-4638  Email: vladimir@vrand.com
Dr. Prodyot K. Basu (Bio) Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Vanderbilt University P.O. Box 15, Station B Nashville, TN 37235 Phone: 615/322-7477 FAX: 615/322-3365  Email: prodyot.k.basu@vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Stephen M. Batill (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow Professor and Chair, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 365 Fitzpatrick Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: 219/631-5433 FAX: 219/631-6855 Email: batill@nd.edu WWW: http://www.nd.edu/~batill/
Dr. Oktay Baysal (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow Professor and Associate Dean Old Dominion University College of Engineering and Technology Norfolk, VA 23529-0236 Phone: 757/683-3789 Email: OBAYSAL@odu.edu WWW: http://www.eng.odu.edu/baysal
Dr. Maxwell Blair (Bio) Aerospace Engineer Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL/VASD, Bldg 146 2210 8th Street WPAFB, OH 45433-7542 Phone: 937/255-8340 Fax: 937/656-4945 Email: maxwell.blair@wpafb.af.mil
Dr. Elias G. Bounajem (Bio) Cessna Aircraft Company Dept 178M 2617 S. Hoover Rd Wichita, KS 67215 Phone: 316/517-8501 Fax: 316/517-7031 Email: ebounajem@cessna.textron.com
Dr. Robert A. Canfield, Lt. Col., USAF (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow ( Awards Subcommittee Chair) Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics Department Air Force Institute of Technology AFIT/ENY 2950 P Street, Bldg 640, Rm. 201 WPAFB, OH 45433-7765 Phone: 937/255-3636 Fax: 937/656-7621 Email: robert.canfield@afit.edu
Dr. Wei Chen (Bio)  Assistant Professor  University of Illinois at Chicago  Mechanical Engineering, M/C 251  842 West Taylor  Chicago, IL 60607-7022  Phone: 312/996-6072  FAX: 312/413-0447  Email: weichen1@uic.edu WWW: http://www.uic.edu/labs/idel/
Dr. Evin J. Cramer (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow (2001) Technical Fellow  The Boeing Company  PO Box 3707 MC 7L-21  Seattle, WA 98124  Phone: 425/865-3532  FAX: 425/865-2966  Email: evin.j.cramer@boeing.com
Dr. Dan DeLaurentis (Bio) Research Engineer II Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) School of Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0150 Phone: 404-894-8280 FAX: 404-894-6596 Email: dan.delaurentis@aerospace.gatech.edu WWW: http://www.asdl.gatech.edu/frames_outline.html
Dr. Olivier L. de Weck (Bio), Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering Systems Division Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 33-406 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617/253-0255 Fax: 617/258-0863 Email: deweck@mit.edu WWW: http://web.mit.edu/~deweck
Dr. Anthony A. Giunta (Bio) Senior Member of Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories PO Box 5800 Mail Stop 0847 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0847 Phone: 505/844-4280 Fax: 505/844-9297 Email: aagiunt@sandia.gov
Prof. Bernard Grossman (Bio), AIAA Fellow (2001) Professor, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Mail Stop 0203  Virginia Tech  Blacksburg, VA 24061  Phone: 540/231-7648  FAX: 540/231-9632  Email: grossman@aoe.vt.edu For 2002-2003: NASA Langley Research Center Advanced Vehicle Systems Technology Bldg 1244, Rm 202a Mail Stop 264 Hampton, VA 23681 Phone: 757/864-8213  FAX: 757/864-8291 Email: b.m.grossman@larc.nasa.gov
Prof. Zafer Gurdal (Bio) Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering 219 Norris Hall  Virginia Tech  Blacksburg, VA 24061  Phone: 540/231-5905  FAX: 540/231-4574  Email: zgurdal@vt.edu WWW: http://www.aoe.vt.edu/aoe/faculty/gurfac.html
Dr. Guru P. Guruswamy (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow (1988) Senior Research Scientist and Lead, Multidiscipline Applications Computational Physics and Simulation Branch NASA Ames Research Center  MS T27B -1 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000  Phone: 650/604-6329  FAX: 650/604-1095  Email: gguruswamy@mail.arc.nasa.gov WWW: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~guru/home.html
Dr. David E. Halstead (Bio)  Manager, Propulsion System Architecture GE Aircraft Engines One Neuman Way, MD G326 Cincinnati, OH  Phone: 513/243-3515 FAX: 513/243-0968 Email: david.halstead@ae.ge.com
Dr. Narendra S. Khot (Bio) Senior Research Aerospace Engineer  Structures Division AFRL/VASD  Building 45 2210 8th Street, Suite 1  Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7531  Phone: 937/255-8474  FAX: 937/656-4945  Email: narendra.khot@wpafb.af.mil
Dr. Srinivas Kodiyalam (Bio) HPC/CAE&MDO Applications Manager/Senior Member SGI 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, MS 405 Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone: 650/933-6919 Fax: 650/932-6919 Email: Skodiyal@sgi.com
Dr. Kemper E. Lewis (Bio) ( Education Subcommittee Chair) Associate Professor  SUNY Buffalo  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  1010 Furnas Hall  Buffalo, NY 14260  Phone: 716/645-2593 (x-2232)  FAX: 716/645-3668  Email: KELewis@eng.buffalo.edu WWW: http://www.mae.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/lewis/
Dr. Somanath Nagendra (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow Turbine Module Center-System Optimization Pratt and Whitney Engines Division United Technologies 400 Main St., M/S 165-16 E. Hartford, CT 06108 Phone: 860/557-3266  Email: nagendra.somanath@pw.utc.com
Dr. Timothy W. Purcell (Bio) ( Applications Subcommittee Chair) Project Engineer - Aerodynamics and Optimization The Boeing Company P.O. Box 3707, MS 03-RA  Seattle, WA 98124-2207  Phone: 425/266-4632  FAX: 425/294-6054  Email: timothy.w.purcell@boeing.com
Dr. James J. Reuther (Bio) NASA Ames Research Center Mail Stop 230-2 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: 650/604-1516 Fax: 650/604-0350 Email: jreuther@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Dr. Douglas E. Smith (Bio)  Associate Professor  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Missouri at Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 Phone: 573/884-6552 FAX: 573/884-5090 Email: SmithDoug@missouri.edu
Dr. Alfred G. Striz (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow  ( Publications Subcommittee Chair) Professor and L. A. Comp Chair in Aerospace Engineering The University of Oklahoma  865 Asp Ave. FH 206  Norman, OK 73019-1052  Phone: 405/325-1730  FAX: 405/360-2770  Email: striz@ou.edu
Dr. Karen Willcox (Bio)  Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 37-447 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617/253-3503 Fax: 617/258-5143 Email: kwillcox@mit.edu WWW: http://raphael.mit.edu
Dr. Thomas A. Zang (Bio), AIAA Associate Fellow Senior Technologist, ASCAC NASA Langley Research Center 6 Langley Blvd. Mail Stop 327 Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Phone: 757/864-2307 Fax: 757/864-1649 Email: t.a.zang@larc.nasa.gov WWW: http://fmad-www.larc.nasa.gov/mdob/users/zang/Personal_info/personal.html
Dr. Scott Zink (Bio)  Senior Aeronautical Engineer Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company P.O. Box 748 Mail Zone 9382 Ft. Worth, TX 76101 Phone: 817/935-1757 Fax: 817/935-1774 Email: scott.zink@lmco.com
INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS: Dr. Vincent C. Braibant (Bio) Président du Directoire IMAGINE S.A. 5 rue Brison 42300 Roanne France Phone: +33 (0)4 77 23 60 30 Fax: +33 (0)4 77 23 60 31 Email: braibant@amesim.com
Dr. Patrick Morelle (Bio) Director Samtech s.a. Parc Schientifique du Sart Tilman rue des Chasseurs Ardennais, 8 B-4031 Angleur-Liege Belgique Phone: (32) 4 361 69 73 Fax: (32) 4 361 69 80 Email: patrick.morelle@samcef.com
Dr. Jose F. Rodriguez (Bio)  Associate Professor Universidad Simon Bolivar Departmento de Mecanica Apartado 89000 ­ Caracas 1081 Venezuela Phone:+582-906-4074/4060/4061 FAX: +582-9064062 Email: jrodri@usb.ve
Mr. Johannes M. Schweiger (Bio) Aeroelastic and Structural Dynamics Department EADS Deutschland GmbH Military Aircraft MT24 P. O. Box 801160 81663 Munich Germany Phone: +49-89-607 23124 Fax: +49-89-607 28524 Email: johannes.schweiger@m.eads.net
Prof. Afzal Suleman (Bio)  Associate Professor  University of Victoria  Department of Mechanical Engineering  P.O. Box 3055  Victoria, B.C., V8W 3P6  Canada  Phone: 250-721 6039  FAX: 250-721 6051  Email: suleman@uvic.ca and suleman@ist.utl.pt
Prof. Vassili V. Toropov (Bio) Professor of Computational Mechanics University of Bradford School of Engineering, Design, and Technology Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP United Kingdom Phone: 44-1274-233869 Fax: 44-1274-233888 Email: v.v.toropov@bradford.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
Dr. Ramprasad S. Krishnamachari, AIAA Associate Fellow (2001) (Bio)  General Dynamics Land Systems Division 38500 Mound Road Sterling Heights, MI 48310-3200 Phone: 586/825-5567  FAX: 586/825-5075  Email: krishnam@gdls.com
Dr. Ravindra V. Tappeta (Bio)  Mechanical Engineer  General Electric Global Research Center One Research Circle  Schenectady, NY 12309  Phone: 518/387-7121  FAX: 518/387-5459 Email: tappeta@crd.ge.com
Dr. Brett Wujek (Bio)  Lead Engineer Engineous Software Inc. 2000 Centregreen Way Suite 100 Cary, NC 27513 Phone: 919/677-6750 FAX: 919/677-1882 Email: wujek@engineous.com
EX-OFFICIO CHAIRS Dr. John E. Renaud (1998-2000) Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering  University of Notre Dame  365 Fitzpatrick Hall  Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637  Phone: 574/631-8616  FAX: 574/631-8341  Email: john.e.renaud.2@nd.edu WWW: http://www.nd.edu/~ame
Dr. Jean-François M. Barthelemy (1996-1998) Asst. Head, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Branch NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop 159 Hampton, VA 23681-0001 Phone: 757/864 2809 FAX: 757/864 9713 Email: j.f.barthelemy@larc.nasa.gov WWW: http://mdob.larc.nasa.gov/staff/bartho/Personal_info/personal.html

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