Dr. Olivier Bauchau


olivier.bauchau@ae.gatech.edu
SST/Weber
212
US
Office: (404) 894-0042
Fax: (404) 894-2760

Instructor information

Education Université de l'Etat à Liège (Belgium): Ingénieur Civil Physicien degree awarded in July 1977. Thesis under Prof. B. Fraeijs de Veubeke entitled: ``Influence of Warping on the Natural Frequencies of Vibration of Box-Beams''. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA.): Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics degree awarded in June 1978. Thesis under Prof. T.H.H. Pian entitled: ``Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Structures Using the Equilibrium Finite Element Method''. Awardee of the Rotary Foundation of the ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 1977 - 78. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA.): Doctor of Philosophy degree in the field of Structural Dynamics awarded in July 1981. Thesis under Prof. J.W. Mar entitled: ``Design, Manufacturing, and Testing of High-Speed Rotating Graphite/Epoxy Shafts''. Grade point average 5.0/5.0. Experience Position chronology Jul. 82 - Aug. 83: Research Engineer at St. Gobain Recherches in Paris, France. Assignments included modeling of industrial processes in the glass industry. Sep. 83 - 89: Assistant Professor, then Sep. 89 - Aug. 95: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Mechanics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Sep. 95 - present: Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Faculty responsibilities including teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses, and conducting research in the fields of structural dynamics, multibody dynamics, experimental dynamics, and mechanics of advanced composite materials and structures. Consulting experience Engineering Consultant with United Technologies Research Center in Hartford, CT.; Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, CT.; NASA Ames Research Center in Moffet Field, CA; Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Inc. in Mountain View, CA. Fields of expertise Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of Theory of Structures, Strength of Materials, Advanced Structural Analysis, Design with Composite Materials, Aeroelasticity, Finite Element Methodologies, Engineering Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Machine Dynamics, and Engineering Laboratories. Conducting research in the areas of Finite Element Methods for Structural and Multibody Dynamics, Experimental Mechanics and Dynamics, and the Design and Manufacturing of Composite Materials and Structures.