Wm. Michael Butler

Vehicle Design

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Frith First-Year Engineering Design Lab Director - 2015-2021
• ENGE Department Executive Committee Member (January 2020–2021)
• Engineering Education Undergraduate Committee Member - 2015 to present 
• Promotion & Tenure Committee Member - 2016 to 2020
• Faculty & Staff Search Committee Member - 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020-Chair
• Faculty Advisor for Engineering Ethics competition team

• 2019, Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2019, Nunally Outstanding Engineering Education Faculty Member Award
  

• 2021-Present: Professor of Practice, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2013-2021, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
  
• 2004-2013, Aeronautical Engineer Senior Staff, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Advanced Development Programs (AKA “Skunk Works”)
• 1998-2004, Aeronautical Engineer Staff, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Advanced Development Programs & Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
• 1994 - 1998, Aeronautical Engineer Senior, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Advanced Development Programs
• 1990-1994, Aeronautical Engineer, General Dynamics / Lockheed Fort Worth Division Advanced Design
• 1989-1990, Associate Aeronautical Engineer, General Dynamics Fort Worth Division Advanced Design