Dr. Edward C. Smith
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
231D Hammond Building
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-0966 / Fax: 814-865-7092
E-mail: ecs5@psu.edu
Web page: www.engr.psu.edu/vlrcoe
Education
Ph.D. (1992), Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland.
M.S. (1990), Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland.
B.S. (1988), Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University.
Honors and Awards
2009 DSCD Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award "Multi-Harmonic Adaptive Vibration Control of Misaligned Driveline via Active Magnetic Bearings" Paper No.
FMANU-DS-06-1012
2008 American Helicopter Society Technical Fellow
2008 AHS Student Design Competition, co-advised students on 1st Place Design
2007 Group Achievement Award to the Heavy Lift Rotorcraft Systems Integration Team
2007 Penn State Engineering Society Outstanding Advising Award
2007 AHS Student Design Competition, co-advised students on 1st Place Design
2006 AHS Student Design Competition, co-advised students on 1st Place Design
2002 Penn State Engineering Society Outstanding Research Award which recognizes outstanding engineering researchers for accomplishments in advancing the frontiers of knowledge
2002 January Lawrence Sperry Award for extraordinary leadership as founder of a National Rotorcraft Technology Center; for pioneering research in aeroelasticity
Research Interests
Rotorcraft Dynamics, Composite Structures. He is the Director of the Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence at Penn State.