Our People

The FRC Domain Initiative will provide a) Academic Experts across the board in Engineering of Materials and Manufacturing, b) Experimental and NDE Experts, c) Theoretical and Computational Experts, d) Statistical and Robust Design Experts, e) Design and Optimization Experts, f) Economic and Business Management Experts to provide metrics for measuring the economic contribution of the collaborative projects.

The Academic contributors to the FRC Domain will consists of World-class professors and visiting scholars together with faculty from collaborating universities and software and manufacturing Companies. They are the source of innovations. Together they provide unmatched core knowledge of the FRC theory and practice that will provide a rational basis to service our Industrial Members and Partners. The team members and their background are listed below. More specialists are being added by our colleagues in an intensive search.

(Photos, bio, contact information, specialties will be listed for each professional)

	Stephen W. Tsai D.Eng. Yale University Professor Research Emeritus Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University Bio
	Ajit D. Kelkar Ph.D. Old Dominion University Chairman Nanoengineering Department Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Greensboro Bio
	Alan T. Nettles Ph.D. Virginia Tech NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
	Alfred C. Loos Ph.D. University of Michigan Professor Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University Bio
	Anthony M. Waas Ph.D California Institute of Technology Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan Bio
	Doug Cairns Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lysle A. Wood Distinguished Professor Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Montana State University Bio
	George S. Springer PhD Yale University Paul Pigott Professor of Engineering (emeritus) Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University. Bio
	Jacob Fish Ph.D. Northwestern University Carleton Chaired Professor of Engineering Columbia University Bio
	James R. Hecht B.S. University of Dayton Director, Technical Sales Aerospace MAG IAS, LLC Bio
	Lawrence T. Drzal Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University Distinguished Professor Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Michigan State University Bio
	Pedro V. Marcal Ph.D. Imperial College, Univ. London Bio
	Richard M. Christensen D.Eng. Yale University Professor Research Emeritus Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University Bio
	Robert Rainsberger Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley XYZ Scientific Applications, Inc. Bio
	Steve Nolet B.S., M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology TPI Composites, Inc, Rhode Island
	Steven J. Maier Innovative Composite Engineering
	Su Su Wang Sc.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor Mechanical Engineering Department University of Houston Bio
	Tim Schmidt BSE Mechanical Engineering - Cooper Union Vice President Trilion Quality Systems Bio
	Tsu-Wei Chou Ph.D. Stanford University Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering University of Delaware Bio