A Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Aerospace Engineering Program at the University of Houston. His technical expertise is in the areas mechanical design, automation and optimization of mechanical and aerospace systems. He has authored or co-authored over 100 journal and proceeding articles, 3 book chapters, and two books. He has organized several invited session, workshops and short-courses at national and international conferences and he is in the editorial board of three international journals and several conference committees.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue Univ., 1994.
M.S. in Mathematics, Purdue Univ., 1993
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ., 1989
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National Tech. Univ., of Athens, Greece, 1987.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Professor, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Houston, Sept.. 2004 pres
Director, Aerospace Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Univ. of Houston, Aug 1999 pres.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Houston, Sept.. 1999 Aug. 2004..
Bill D. Cook Scholar, College of Engineering, Univ. of Houston, Jan. 1998 Dec. 2002
Co-Director, Dynamic Systems Control Laboratory, Univ. of Houston, Aug. 1995 pres.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Houston, Aug. 1994 Aug. 1999.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Feedback Control Systems Analysis and Design; Modeling. Identification and Control of Mechanical and Aerospace Systems; System Optimization and Optimal Control; Design Integration for Engineering Systems.

AWARDS AND HONORS

1. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004.
2. University Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award, Assoc. Prof. rank, University of Houston, 2003
3. W. T. Kittinger Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2003
4. ASME Professor of the Year, University of Houston, 2003.
5. Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 1999
6. Herbert Allen Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Young Engineer, ASME South Texas Section 1999
7. Rotary Stellar Award, Rotary National Foundation for Space Achievement, 1999
8. Technical Educator of the Year, Clear Lake Council of Technical Societies, 1998.
9. University Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award, Assist. Prof. rank, University of Houston, 1998.
10. ENRON Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1998.
11. Outstanding Achievement Award, 1997-1998 FIRST Robotics Competition, Pasadena ISD, 1998.
12. AIAA Technical Educator of the Year Award, AIAA Houston Section, 1998.
13. Bill D. Cook Scholar Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 1998.
14. Ralph R. Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1998.
15. ASME Professor of the Year, University of Houston, 1997.
16. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1997.
17. ASME Professor of the Year, University of Houston, 1996.
18. Scholarship, Summer School on Control Theory, Center for Research in Mathematics, University of Montreal, 1992.
19. Whos Who in Science and Engineering, 1994-present.

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Book Chapters