International Journal of Astronautics and Aeronautical Engineering

Editorial Board

Prof. Kau-Fui Vincent Wong

Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Miami
United States of America

Dr. Kaufui Vincent Wong is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Miami (UM), Florida, where he has taught and researched since 1979. His primary research areas are in energy and the environment, fluid mechanics and nanotechnology. Dr. Wong has published over 200 refereed papers in journals and conferences. Dr. Kaufui Vincent Wong authored 2 text-books on Thermodynamics, one on Intermediate Heat Transfer, and one on Climate Change. He holds two patents. He has received awards for teaching and mentoring students. Dr. Kaufui Vincent Wong has served on the UM Graduate Council for 3 terms, and elected Faculty Senator for one. He is active in the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and has held many leadership positions, including Chair of the Advanced Energy Systems Division, and Deputy Group Leader of the Energy Group. He is a life Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aerospace and Astronautics. He is the 2015 ASME Dixy Lee Ray Award recipient, and the 2016 Engineers' Council Award for the Distinguished Engineering Educator. Dr. Wong is a popular invited Keynote Speaker in international conferences and symposiums.

Prof. Nicolas Markatos

Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
Greece

Dr. Markatos Nicolas- Chris is a Chemical engineering educator, researcher, administrator (University Rector), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) & Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineering (FIChE). He completed Diploma in Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in 1967, M.A. in Business Administration at the Athens School of Economics in 1969, Diploma in Imperial College at University of London in 1973, PhD in Engineering, Imperial College at University of London in 1974. Dr. Nicolas was a Research fellow at Imperial College London during 1973-75. He was a Group leader in CHAM Ltd at London during 1975-78 and also Technical Manager during 1978-82. He was a Reader at University of Greenwich, London and Director of Section of Mathematical Modeling and Process Analysis at University of Greenwich, London during 1982-186. Dr. Nicolas was a Professor at National Technical University of Athens since 1985. He was Head of Chemical Engineering Department during 1990-94 and 2006-2010 and also a Rector of National Technical University of Athens during 1991-1994 and 1994-1997. Dr. Nicolas was a Recipient Certificate of Recognition Inventions Council NASA, 1980. He was Awarded with a Doctorate Degree of Honoris Causa from the Institute of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996.

Prof. Lin Kuen-Yuan

Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
University of Washington
United States of America

Dr. Lin received his Masters degree in 1973 and Ph.D. degree in 1977 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in Aircraft Structures and Composite Materials. Dr. Lin has over 40 years of research and development experience in advanced composite materials and structures. He has pioneered a singular hybrid finite element method for the accurate analysis of biomaterial fracture problems (1976), and co-developed the well-known 'Mar-Lin' fracture model (1977) which is being used by Boeing and other aerospace companies for predicting strength of composites with holes or cut-outs. During the period 1978-1983, Dr. Lin was a senior specialist engineer at Boeing, working on Boeing's first major composite aircraft program, ACDP, in the areas of research and development. Since his appointment to the University of Washington faculty in 1984, he has developed an extensive research program in aerospace composite materials. He has been awarded 50 research grants and contracts by FAA, NASA, DOD and Boeing in the analysis, design, testing, and repair of advanced composite materials and aircraft structures. Dr. Lin's research has resulted in over 100 scholarly publications in leading journals and conference proceedings. Currently, as a Principal Investigator, he is conducting several research projects, sponsored by FAA, Boeing and Toray, on disbond arrest mechanisms and probabilistic design methodology and maintenance planning for composite structures in large transport such as 787. Results of his research will contribute directly to design, inspection, and regulatory compliance of aerospace vehicles made of composite materials.

Prof. Shigeo Kimura

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kanagawa Institute of Technology
Japan

Dr. Shigeo Kimura is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Kanagawa Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD in aeronautical department at University of Tokyo, and then joined Anaircraft Company in Japan as an expert in the rotary wing aerodynamics. After his career in the company, he moved to Kanagawa Institute of Technology as a lecturer. During his career at the college, he served and is still serving as a visiting researcher and a research collaborator at the national research institutes in Japan and Finland, and as a member of the committeesattached to the ministry and at the national and international research institutes. Dr. Kimura got involved in the EU projects such as Cost Action 727 and the JEDI-ACE (Japanese-European De-Icing Aircraft Collaborative Exploration). He has experienced a lot of joint researchon various in-cloud icing issues with aircraft, paint, buildingand wind-turbine companies.

Prof. Marcelo Greco

Professor
Department of Strength of Materials in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineer
Brazil

Dr. Marcelo Greco is a leading Professor of Strength of Materials in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering courses at Federal University of Minas Gerais. He completed his undergraduate course in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Uberlandia (1997), M.Sc. in Structural Engineering at the University of Sao Paulo (2000) and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering at the University of Sao Paulo (2004). Dr. Greco has professional experience in Engineering, focusing on Structures and acting on the following subjects: structural analysis, dynamics of structures, nonlinear analysis, solid mechanics and numerical modeling. Works at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in the Department of Structural Engineering, teaching lectures of Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis, both for Undergraduate and Graduate courses. He is the responsible for the creation of the Didactic Laboratory of Solids Mechanics and currently he is its coordinator.

Prof. Mariana Alves-Pereira

Professor
Department of Economic Sciences
Universidade Lusofona
Portugal

Dr. Mariana Alves-Pereira is a Professor in School of Economic Sciences at Universidade Lusofona. She is an internationally recognized expert on the biological response to infrasound and low frequency noise (ILFN) exposure. Holding a Bachelor degree in Physics (State University of New York at Stony Brook), a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering (Drexel University, Philadelphia), and a Doctorate in Environmental Sciences (New University of Lisbon), Dr. Alves-Pereira has been bridging the world of acoustics and the realm of biology, with the purpose of improving our understanding of the pathology that develops due to ILFN exposure. This scientist also nurtures a deep passion for teaching, developed in university health sciences programs and occupational safety and health programs. Dr. Alves-Pereira has also served as academic advisor to several Masters and Doctoral students, and is frequently called upon to testify as an expert witness in her field. Dr. Alves-Pereira's research interests are Cellular architecture as a tensegrity structure, intra- and inter-cellular mechanotransduction signaling; Histopathology of infrasound and low frequency noise (ILFN)-exposed tissues; Design of clinical studies researching the adverse health effects of excessive ILFN exposure; Pathophysiology of ILFN-induced pathology - vibroacoustic disease, wind turbine syndrome; Quantification of acoustical parameters in occupational, residential and laboratorial settings; Development of prevention and risk reduction systems in ILFN-rich occupational and residential environments; The importance of acoustical healing properties.

Dr. Yongmin Zhong

Associate Professor
Department of Engineering
RMIT University
Australia

Dr. Yongmin Zhong received PhD in Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering. He has held various positions in academia including Curtin Research Fellowship at Curtin University, Australia, and Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Windsor, Canada. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia. His research interest includes aerial vehicle navigation, guidance and control, optimal view full biography...

Dr. Xin Lin Qing

Distinguished Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Xiamen University
China

Dr. Xinlin Qing is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Xiamen University, China. He received his PhD degree from the Department of Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University in 1993. He was a Senior Technical Fellow and Director of Department of Aviation Health Management at Beijing Aeronautical Science and Technology Research Institute of COMAC from 2010-2015 through the Recruitment Program of Global Experts of Chinese Central Government, he served as the Director of Sensor Technology and Senior Scientist at Acellent Technologies, Inc., Research Fellow at Stanford University, and Visiting Professor at UIUC from 1997 to 2010. Dr. Qing's research interests have been in the areas of Multifunctional Sensor Network, Structural Health Monitoring, Health Management System, Smart Materials and Structures, Mechanical Behavior of Advanced Materials, Fatigue and Fracture Modeling, Experimental Mechanics and aviation safety.

Dr. Yulin Li

Associate Professor
East China University of Science and Technology
China

Dr. Yulin Li is an Associate Professor in Engineering Research Centre for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education at East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People's Republic of China and he is also a visiting researcher at CQM, University of Madeira, Portugal. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics in 2005 from Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China. Dr. Li started his first postdoctoral work on the topic of "Study of deformation mechanisms of polymer films via In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy" at Lille University of Science and Technology, France. In 2006, he moved to Biomaterials Centre, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, and then to Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, Japan, as a postdoctoral researcher. He was appointed as an Assistant Researcher at Madeira Material and Chemistry Centre (CQM), University of Madeira, Portugal (2009 - 2014), under the scope of the program Science 2008 launched by FCT (Fundaçãopara a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Portuguese Science Foundation). Dr. Li research interests are involved in the exploration of continuous-fiber-reinforced resin materials for engineering applications, development of biomimetic materials for bone regeneration and oncology.

Dr. Sourav Banerjee

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina
United States of America

Dr. Sourav Banerjee is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA. He received his PhD degree in Engineering Mechanics with minor in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 2005. Dr. Banerjee received numerous awards and honors in his career notably the young investigator award, the 'Achenbach Medal' for his contribution to the field of structural health monitoring in 2010. He published ~80 articles in peer reviewed international journals and conferences. He currently serves as an executive committee member of ASME NDE division and also he is the chair of the ultrasonic technical committee. He serves as a reviewer for more than ~28 journals and serves as a committee member for the SPIE NDE/SmartStructure conference. Dr. Banerjee's primary research focus is computational Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM). Additionally he has research focuses on various applications of smart materials, acoustics and ultrasonic wave propagation, notably, energy harvesting from ambient vibration, smart material driven biomimetic etc. Dr. Banerjee's contribution to the health monitoring of composite material is significant, he developed and promoted the precursor damage quantification process for composites.

Dr. Meilin Yu

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland
United States of America

Dr. Meilin Yu is an Assistant Professor in ME Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, with a minor in Applied Scientific Computation, from Iowa State University in 2012. After that, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Kansas. Dr. Yu received the Alexander Lippisch Memorial Scholarship, and Research Excellence Award. He has served as session chairs for AIAA, and reviewers for top scientific journals. His research interests are Computational Fluid Dynamics, High Performance Parallel CPU/GPU Computing; Unsteady Aerodynamics, Biological Flow Simulation, Bio-Inspired Flow Simulation; Fluid-Structure Interaction, Renewable Energy Harvesting, Aeroelasticity; Turbulent Flow Simulation and Control, Thermal Fluids; Shock/Discontinuity Capturing Techniques; High-Order Accurate Numerical Methods, Unstructured Deformable Grids.