Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
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<strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> engineering faCulty expertise listing 2010-2012<br />
Shape Memory Alloy and Electroactive Polymer Materials;<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sensing and Actuation Devices that Incorporate<br />
Smart Materials with an Emphasis on the Use <strong>of</strong> Polymeric<br />
Materials; Recent Research Focuses on the use <strong>of</strong> Natural<br />
Materials such as Proteins in <strong>Engineering</strong> Devices<br />
Applications: Sensing and actuation systems for vibration suppression,<br />
noice suppression and motion control; low power<br />
sources for autonomous sensing; biological sensors<br />
<strong>Expertise</strong>: Mechanics <strong>of</strong> materials; control theory; systems-level<br />
modeling<br />
SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES<br />
Name: Michael Philen<br />
Department: Aerospace and Ocean <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Office Phone: 540-231-2548<br />
FAX: 540-231-9632<br />
E-mail: mphilen@vt.edu<br />
URL: www.aoe.vt.edu/~mphilen<br />
Specialty: Smart Structures, Structural Dynamics, Vibrations,<br />
Vibration Control<br />
Applications: Adaptive space reflectors using smart materials;<br />
variable modulus materials for morphing skins<br />
<strong>Expertise</strong>: Smart materials: structural dynamics; vibration; experimentation<br />
SMART STRUCTURES<br />
see Vibration, Inman<br />
SOFTWARE<br />
see Computer <strong>Engineering</strong>, Shukla<br />
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING<br />
see also Computer <strong>Engineering</strong>, Shukla<br />
Modeling and Simulation, Balci<br />
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING<br />
Name: James D. Arthur<br />
Department: Computer Science<br />
Office Phone: 540-231-7538<br />
FAX: 540-231-6075<br />
E-mail: arthur@vt.edu<br />
Specialty: Requirements <strong>Engineering</strong>, (Independent) Verification<br />
and Validation, S<strong>of</strong>tware Quality Assessment and Prediction<br />
Applications: S<strong>of</strong>tware development project and process management;<br />
assessing and predicting the quality <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
products and their development processes; requirements evolution;<br />
requirements verification and validation<br />
<strong>Expertise</strong>: (S<strong>of</strong>tware) Copyright infringement; evolving require<br />
ments that meet the customer’s needs and intent; applying<br />
verification and validation strategies to produce a quality s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
product; instrumenting s<strong>of</strong>tware development processes<br />
to effect quality-oriented feedback control<br />
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING<br />
Information Retrieval<br />
Name: William B. Frakes<br />
Department: Computer Science<br />
Office Phone: 703-538-8497<br />
FAX: 703-538-8348<br />
E-mail: wfrakes@vt.edu<br />
URL: http://frakes.cs.vt.edu/<br />
Specialty: S<strong>of</strong>tware Reuse, Domain <strong>Engineering</strong>, Experimental<br />
Methods<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> Funding Sources: NASA<br />
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