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Michael Philen

Professor and Assistant Department Head for Laboratory Facilities
  • Ph.D., 2006, Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., 2005, Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
  • B.S., 1998, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Professor Michael Philen

Professor Michael Philen
Professor Michael Philen
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
McBryde Hall, RM 628, Virginia Tech
225 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
United States
  • AOE 2054 Electronics for Aerospace and Ocean Engineers
  • AOE 3034 -System Dynamics and Control
  • AOE/MATH 4404 - Applied Numerical Methods
  • AOE 4984 - Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics
  • AOE 5034/ESM 5304 - Mechanical and Structural Dynamics
  • Structures and Materials
  • Structural Dynamics and Control
  • Adaptive Structures and Smart Materials

Director of the Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory (ASML) www.asml.aoe.vt.edu

Member of the Center for Renewable Energy and Aerodynamic Testing (CREATe) www.create.centers.vt.edu

Professional Societies

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

 

Technical Committees

  • 2020-Present Chair for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2019-2020 Co-Chair for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2018-2019 Treasurer for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2017-2018 Secretary for the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2009 - Present  Member of the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch Committee
  • 2013-2014 Chair of the Bio-Inspired Structures and Systems Technical Committee within the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch
  • 2012-2013 Chair of the Bio-Inspired Structures and Systems Technical Committee within the ASME Aerospace Division - Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Branch 

 

Conference Organization

  • General Chair of the 2016 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference
  • Technical Chair of the 2015 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference
  • Technical Co-Chair of the 2014 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference
  • 2012 Chair for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) - Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures Symposium
  • 2012 –Present Organizing Program Committee Member for the SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conference
  • 2011 Chair for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) - Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures Symposium
  • 2010 Co-Chair for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) - Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures Symposium
  • 2009 Organizing Program Committee Member for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) –Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures
  • 2009 Organizing Program Committee Member for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) – Modeling, Simulation, and Control
  • 2008 Organizing Program Committee Member for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems(SMASIS) –Bio-Inspired Smart Materials and Structures

 

Editorial Activities

  • 2017-Present Associate Editor for Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
  • 2017 – Smart Materials and Structures, Editor for Special Issue on Recent advances in adaptive and active materials
  • 2013-Present Associate Editor for Smart Materials and Structures Journal
  • 2012 Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures from SMASIS 2012 Conference
  • 2011 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Fluidic Artificial Muscles
  • 2011 Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures from SMASIS 2011 Conference
  • 2010 Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Editor for Special Issue on Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures from SMASIS 2010 Conference

 

Reviewer for

  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Aerospace Science and Technology
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journal
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SDM Conference
  • Applied Energy
  • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
  • Composite Science and Technology
  • Engineering Optimization
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Journal
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Mechatronics
  • International Journal of Modelling and Simulation
  • Journal of the American Helicopter Society
  • Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
  • Journal of the American Helicopter Society
  • Journal of Vibration and Control
  • Journal of Ultrasonics
  • Journal of Visualization
  • Measurement Science and Technology
  • Polymer Composites
  • Royal Society Proceedings A
  • RSC Advances
  • Smart Materials and Structures
  • Soft Robotics
  • Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal

  • 2020 Dean's Award for Excellence in Service
  • 2015 AIAA Associate Fellow
  • 2011 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2010 Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Assistant Professor
  • 2009 ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Best Paper Award in Structural Dynamics and Control
  • 2008-2009 Certificate of Teaching Excellence
  • 2008 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (ORAU)
  • 2008 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program  
  • 1998-2006 Eastman Kodak Research Fellow
  • 2013 - present, Associate Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 2006 - 2013, Assistant Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 2006, Post-Doctorate Fellow at The Pennsylvania State University