Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering

Space- from foray to habitation

International Conference and Exhibition on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

September 30-October 02, 2013 Hilton San Antonio Airport, TX, USA

David C. Hyland

Keynote: J Appl Mech Eng

Abstract:

Weidong Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the founder and director of its Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory and the Laser Vibrometry Laboratory. He received his double major BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1986, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and the University of California at Berkeley in 1988 and 1994, respectively. He is a recipient of the 2003 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the 2007 American Society for Nondestructive Testing Fellowship Award, the 2008 Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professorship in General Mechanics from the Ministry of Education of China, and the 2009 Daily Record's Maryland Innovator of the Year Award. He is a Fellow of ASME and an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

Biography :

David Hyland earned the S. B., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at MIT in 1969, 1971 and 1973, respectively. Through 1983, Dr. Hyland was staff member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Beginning in 1983, he led an advanced technology group at Harris Corporation and became Senior Scientist. He joined the University of Michigan in 1996 as Professor and Chairman of Aerospace Engineering. In 2003 he joined Texas A&M University as Associate Vice Chancellor, Associate Dean of Research, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and Physics. Most recently, Dr. Hyland assumed the position of Director of Space Science and Engineering Research.