Michael Philen

Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory

• 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