Michael Philen

Professor and Assistant Department Head for Laboratory Facilities

Professor Michael Philen

Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
McBryde Hall, RM 628, Virginia Tech
225 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
United States

mphilen@vt.edu

(540) 231-2548

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

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

Research affiliation(s)