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George Lesieutre

George Lesieutre

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University

  • Education

    • Elgin High School 1976

      1973 - 1976

    • UCLA

      1983 - 1989
      Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      1977 - 1981
      SB Aeronautics & Astronautics

      Activities and Societies: Logarhythms, Outing Club (MITOC), Lacrosse, Rugby, IMs

  • Experience

    • LaSalle: Expedition II

      Aug 1976 - Apr 1977
      Voyageur

      Celebrating the American bicentennial with an authentic re-enactment of LaSalle's 1681-82 journey from Montreal to the Gulf of Mexico. https://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/a/gal4/LaSalleExpedition2.html

    • Rockwell International

      Jan 1981 - Jan 1983
      Stress & Dynamics Engineer

      Satellite Systems DivisionSeal Beach, CA

    • SPARTA

      Jan 1983 - Jan 1989
      Dynamics Systems Scientist

    • Penn State University

      Jan 2004 - now

      • Professor Emeritus

        Jul 2024 - now

      • Professor

        Oct 1989 - Jun 2024

      • Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering

        Jul 2016 - Dec 2022

      • Director, Center for Acoustics and Vibration (CAV)

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2018

      • Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering

        Jan 2004 - Jan 2016

    • AIAA

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2016

      • SciTech 2015 Forum General Chair

        Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

      • Board of Directors

        Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

    • The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
      Member, Materials Panel, NASA Technology Roadmap study

      https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13354/nasa-space-technology-roadmaps-and-priorities-restoring-nasas-technological-edge

    • The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

      Jan 2020 - Sept 2021
      Member, Study Committee on the Feasibility of Aircraft In-Cabin Wheelchair Restraint Systems

      https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/09/most-airplanes-could-accommodate-people-to-travel-seated-in-a-personal-wheelchair-but-follow-on-safety-feasibility-assessments-needed

    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

      Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
      Research Fellow

      On sabbatical leave from Penn State

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Private Pilot Certificate (Airplane Single Engine Land; Instrument Airplane)

      Federal Aviation Administration
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to George Lesieutre
      Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award SPIE Mar 2020 For notable and enduring contributions to the field, significantly impacting its early growth and direction. In particular, for pioneering developments in a breadth of adaptive structures technologies and applications to flight structures, including: shunted piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting and vibration control; key insights into and exploitation of electro-mechanical coupling; solid-state and rectifying actuators for flight control; and morphing structures.
    • Awarded to George Lesieutre
      SDM Lecture (Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) AIAA 2014 "Damping: The Turbulence of Solid Mechanics?"
    • Awarded to George Lesieutre
      Adaptive Structures Lecture AIAA Apr 2012 "The Journey to Flight"
    • Awarded to George Lesieutre
      4th place (Masters) USATF 50 Mile Championship USA Track & Field Oct 2009 Ultramarathon
    • Awarded to George Lesieutre
      Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA May 2009 For pioneering research in passive damping and adaptive structures, visionary leadership of a major aerospace engineering department, dedication to education, and sustained service to AIAA.
    • Awarded to George Lesieutre
      Outstanding Research Award Penn State Engineering Alumni Society (PSEAS) Mar 2000