Rakesh Kapania
Mitchell Professor of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering
- Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Ph.D., 1985, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
- M.S., 1979, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- B.S., 1977, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 141C
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 141C
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
- Structures and Materials
- AOE Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee, AOE Computer Committee
- 1996-1997 President of Executive Committee of Engineering Faculty Organization, Judicial Panel of Graduate Honor System, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Editor of MADFLYER
- 1985 NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow
- Technical Committee on Stability
- Technical Committee on Metallic and Composite Structure
- Technical Committee on Computational Mechanics, ASCE
- Technical Committee on Structures
- (1995-1997) Associate Editor of AIAA Journal, AIAA
- Editorial Board, Composites Engineering--An International Journal
- Committee on Composites in Infrastructure, ICCE
- Technical Editor, AOE Library Representative, Applied Mechanics Reviews
- 2007- Associate Editor, AIAA Journal;
- 2000 Dean's Award for excellence in Research;
- 1994-1997 Associate Editor, the AIAA Journal;
- 1996 Boeing Welliver Fellow
- 2008-Present Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 1994-2008, Professor, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 1996, Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellow
- 1990-1994, Associate Professor
- 1985-1990, Assistant Professor: Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University