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Professional leadership

Professional Societies
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Fellow
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) - Associate Fellow

Technical Committees

  • 2020-Present Chair for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2019-2020 Co-Chair for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2018-2019 Treasurer for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2017-2018 Secretary for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2009 - Present  Member of the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2013-2014 Chair of the Bio-Inspired Structures and Systems Technical Committee within the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch
  • 2012-2013 Chair of the Bio-Inspired Structures and Systems Technical Committee within the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch 

 

Conference Organization

  • General Chair of the 2016 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference
  • Technical Chair of the 2015 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference
  • Technical Co-Chair of the 2014 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference
  • 2012 Chair for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) - Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures Symposium
  • 2012 –Present Organizing Program Committee Member for the SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conference
  • 2011 Chair for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) - Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures Symposium
  • 2010 Co-Chair for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) - Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures Symposium
  • 2009 Organizing Program Committee Member for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) –Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures
  • 2009 Organizing Program Committee Member for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) – Modeling, Simulation, and Control
  • 2008 Organizing Program Committee Member for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems(SMASIS) –Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures

 

Editorial Activities

  • 2017-Present Associate Editor for Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
  • 2017 – Smart Materials and Structures, Editor for Special Issue on Recent advances in adaptive and active materials
  • 2013-Present Associate Editor for Smart Materials and Structures Journal
  • 2012 Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures from SMASIS 2012 Conference
  • 2011 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Fluidic Artificial Muscles
  • 2011 Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures from SMASIS 2011 Conference
  • 2010 Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Editor for Special Issue on Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures from SMASIS 2010 Conference

 

Reviewer for

  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Aerospace Science and Technology
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journal
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SDM Conference
  • Applied Energy
  • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
  • Composite Science and Technology
  • Engineering Optimization
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Journal
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Mechatronics
  • International Journal of Modelling and Simulation
  • Journal of the American Helicopter Society
  • Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
  • Journal of the American Helicopter Society
  • Journal of Vibration and Control
  • Journal of Ultrasonics
  • Journal of Visualization
  • Measurement Science and Technology
  • Polymer Composites
  • Royal Society Proceedings A
  • RSC Advances
  • Smart Materials and Structures
  • Soft Robotics
  • Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal