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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
   
   
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