Professional Experience
MANAGERIAL
Civil Engineering Department, University of Akron
- Chairman (2003 – present)
- Interim Chairman (2000 – 2003)
Gas and Turbine Research and Testing Laboratory, University of Akron
- Co Director (2003 – present)
Aerospace Division, ASCE
- Executive Committee Chairman (2008 -2009)
- General Chair of 2008 Earth & Space International Conference
- Technical Co-Chair of 2006 Earth & Space International Conference
- Member of Executive Committee (2005 – present)
- Chairman of the Advanced Composite Materials and Structures Committee (2000 – 2005)
- Deputy Chairman of the Advanced Composite Materials and Structures Committee (1998 – 2000)
Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE
- Editor-in-Chief (November 2010 – present)
- Associate Editor for Composite Materials and Advanced Structures (2008 -2011).
Journal of Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering
- Editorial Board Member (July 2013 – present)
Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials (SDM) Conference Liaison Committee, ASCE
- Chairman (2008 – present)
- Student paper Competition Chairman – SDM Conference 2010
- Associate Chairman (2005 – 2008)
- Secretary (2000 – 2005)
University of Akron
- Senator (1999 – 2002)
ACADEMIC
University of Akron
- Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (2000 – present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (1993 – 2000)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (1988 – 1993)
Drexel University
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Department (1987 – 1988)
Temple University
- Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department (1986 – 1987)
Warsaw Technical University
- Research Assistant, Motor Vehicles and Heavy Duty Machines (1980 – 1982)
Professional Development
- NSF Workshop for Engineering Materials Laboratory Teaching – NWU 1989
- ExCEEd – during CE Head and Chairs meeting 2005 , 2010