Mayuresh J Patil

Associate Professor

Research Expertise

Structures and Materials
Dynamics and Control

Professional History

• 2010 - present, Associate Professor, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech. 
• 2003 - 2010, Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech.
• 2001 - 2003, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Widener University.
• 2000 - 2001, Assistant Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University.
• 1999 - 2000, Post Doctoral Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech.

Professional Leadership

• AIAA - Associate Fellow
• 2010 - Present: VT Faculty Senate
• 2008 - Present: Faculty Advisor for VT-AIAA Student Branch 
• 2004 - Present: AOE Graduate Committee

Research Interests

Flapping-Wing MAVs

• Unsteady aerodynamics: analytical, panel methods, tuning with CFD
• Membrane Structures: nonlinear response, pre-stress design optimization
• Aeroelastic Analysis: response and stability of membrane wings, aeroelastic tailoring
• Flight Mechanics: 6+ DOF models, periodic trim, stability, flight control

Damaged Aircraft: Load Constraints and Life Estimation

• Damage Modeling: analytical, computational, stochastic damage propagation
• Flight Mechanics: damaged aircraft modeling, loads estimation
• Aeroelasticity: aeroelastic response and stability, aeroservoelasticity
• Coupled Analysis for Life Estimation: structures, fracture mechanics, aerodynamics, dynamics

HALE and Joined-Wing Aircraft

• Nonlinear Aeroelasticity and Flight Mechanics: performance, design
• Flight Control: nonlinear guidance, nonlinear dynamic inversion control
• Gust: frequency and time domain analysis, linear and nonlinear response
• Reduced Order Model: nonlinear, control synthesis, design optimization