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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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