Michael Philen
Associate 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

213-C Randolph Hall
460 Old Turner St
Blacksburg, VA 24061
460 Old Turner St
Blacksburg, VA 24061
- AOE 3034 - Vehicle Vibration and Control
- AOE/MATH 4404 - Applied Numerical Methods
- AOE 5034/ESM 5304 - Mechanical and Structural Dynamics
- Structures and Materials
- Structural Dynamics and Control
- Adaptive Structures
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
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Reviewer for
- ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
- ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
- AIAA Journal
- Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
- 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