Biographical Profile
Interest Background
International Activity
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Giurgiutiu, Victor
Professor
Dr. Giurgiutiu's research interests span active materials, smart structures, structural health monitoring, mechatronics, and other multi-physics applied mechanics topics.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Engineering & Comp.
- Department
- Mechanical Engineering
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
International Activity
- International Activities
- Yes
- Type of Activity
- Research, Teaching
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Germany
- Description
- I am spending my sabbatical semester at the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive testing in Dresden, Germany. I am on the Organizing Committee of the European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring which is being held every other year on a rotating basis in various European counties (last time in Italy, this year in Germany, next in Greece, etc.)
- Institution/Entity
- Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing in Dresden, Germany Institutul National de Cercetari Aerospatiale (INCAS) in Bucharest, Romania
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Biomedical Sciences, Nanotechnology, Homeland Security, Materials Research, Science and Engineering (Other)
- Extended Residence in Foreign Country
- Yes (United Kingdom, Romania)
- Speaks Non-English Language
- Yes (Romanian)
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- PWAS, structural health monitoring, active sensors, smart structures, active materials, piezoelectricity, EUSR, structural radar, mechatronics
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Biomedical Sciences, Nanotechnology, Homeland Security, Materials Research, Science and Engineering (Other)
- Personal Focus Areas
- Structural Health Monitoring, Active Materials, Smart Structures, Mechatronics
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Imperial College | London, England | Ph.D. | Aeronautical Structures |
| 1972 | Imperial College | London, England | B.S. | Aeronautical Engineering |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 - 1989 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Bucharest Polytechnic Institute Technical University, Bucharest, Romania | |
| 1977 - 1982 | Senior Scientist; Group Leader, Aero-servo-elasticity research group | |
| 1982 - 1988 | Head, Aeronautical Structures Test Laboratory, Aviation Research Institute, Bucharest, Romania | |
| 1988 - 1989 | Technical and Production Director, ROMAERO Aircraft Company, Bucharest | |
| 1990 - 1991 | Scientific Secretary (Deputy Director for Science and Academics), ORCAS Aviation Research Institute | |
| 1990 - 1992 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Bucharest Polytechnic Institute Technical University, Bucharest, Romania | |
| 1991 - 1992 | General Director and CEO, STRAERO Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Aeronautical Structures | |
| 1992 - 1995 | Visiting Professor in the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) and in the Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA | |
| 1995 - 1996 | Research Scientist, NSF-Science and Technology Center for High Performance Adhesives and Composites | |
| 1995 - 1996 | Research Professor and Associate Director, Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) | |
| 1996 - 1997 | Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina | |
| 1997 - 2005 | Associate Professor (tenured 2002), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina | |
| 06/2002 - 08/2002 | Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, OH, Faculty Summer Fellowship | |
| 2005 | Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina | |
| 06/2006 - 08/2009 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Arlington, VA, (Structural Mechanics Program Manager, IPA from University of South Carolina) |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Award | Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award | University of South Carolina |
| 2006 | Award | Fellow | Royal Aeronautical Society |
| 2006 | Award | Fellow | ASME |
| 2010 | Award | Associate Fellow | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| 2015 | Award | USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Science, Mathematics and Enginnering | University of South Carolina |
| 2017 | Award | Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award | Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina |
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