We are pleased to share this recent announcement that ISTVS First Vice President Dr. Corina Sandu has been named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor by the Virginia Tech.
We congratulate Dr. Sandu on this award and thank her for her years of contributions to the work of the Society. From the announcement:
The professorship acknowledges and rewards faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who have shown exceptional merit in research, teaching, and/or service. Recipients hold the position for a five-year term.
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2003, Sandu has made significant contributions to research and scholarship in foundational theories and practical applications of multibody system dynamics and vehicle dynamics. She has advanced the science of uncertainty quantification for multibody systems, real-time parameter estimation, and off-road vehicle performance. She has built unique infrastructure for terramechanics studies and has developed specialized courses in multibody dynamics, terramechanics, off-road vehicle performance, and ground vehicle dynamics, for which she has extensively integrated research into course material. Sandu is the director of the Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems (TMVS) Laboratory.
ISTVS First Vice President Dr. Corina Sandu has been named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor by the Virginia Tech
The professorship acknowledges and rewards faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who have shown exceptional merit in research, teaching, and/or service. Recipients hold the position for a five-year term.
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2003, Sandu has made significant contributions to research and scholarship in foundational theories and practical applications of multibody system dynamics and vehicle dynamics. She has advanced the science of uncertainty quantification for multibody systems, real-time parameter estimation, and off-road vehicle performance. She has built unique infrastructure for terramechanics studies and has developed specialized courses in multibody dynamics, terramechanics, off-road vehicle performance, and ground vehicle dynamics, for which she has extensively integrated research into course material. Sandu is the director of the Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems (TMVS) Laboratory.
