Professional leadership
- 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