Carlos E. S. Cesnik

Professor

PHONE: (734) 764-3397
FAX: (unsecured) 734-763-0578
EMAIL: cesnik@umich.edu
Websites: Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory
Michigan/AFRL collaborative Center in Control Science

Carlos Cesnik is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan and Head of the Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory (http://gust.engin.umich.edu). He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, member of AIAA's Structural Dynamics Technical Committee and the Adaptive Structures Technical Committee. He has over 120 archival journal papers, conference papers, and technical reports, and several invited lectures, in the areas of fixed and rotary wing aeroelasticity, smart structures, structural mechanics, and structural health monitoring. Previously to his appointment as a tenured associate professor at the University of Michigan, Prof. Cesnik was the Boeing Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and then Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. He has also worked as a research engineer at Enbraer and has extensive experience in aeroelasticity, finite element modeling, and structural and design optimization. His research interests focus on active aeroelastic structures, computational aeroelasticity, and structural health monitoring. He has a patent for a wing-morphing concept for cannon-launched UAV, and has been selected to the 2002 ASME-Boeing Structures & Materials Award "on the basis of originality and significance to the filed of Aerospace Engineering" associate with such work. Prof. Cesnik is currently Associated Editor for the AIAA Journal and the Journal of Fluids and Structures.

Specializations & Research Interests
Aeroelastic Structures; active aeroelastic tailoring, active vibration and noise reductions in helicopters, computational aeroelasticity of highly flexible wings, coupled nonlinear aeroelasticity and flight dynamic response in HALE aircraft. Structural health monitoring; guided-wave modeling, transducer design, signal processing.

Education
Ph.D., School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) (1994)
M.S. Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) (1991)
Masters, Aeronautical Engineering from Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) (1989)
Engineering Degree in Aeronautics from Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) (1987)

Society Memberships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow)
American Helicopter Society (AHS)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Academy of Mechanics (AAM)

Honors and Awards
ASME-Boeing Structures & Materials Award (2002)
Gerogia Tech Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award (2002)
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2001)
Boeing Career Development Professorship (1996)
Sigma Xi Doctoral Thesis Award (1995)
Top Graduate Student from the College of Engineering, Georgia Tech (1994)
1987 Neiva Award ("Prê­mio Neiva") (1988)
Magna Cum Laude Award, Institute Technologico de Aeronautica (1987)

Teaching Interests
Solid Mechanics (AE215)
Aerospace Structures (AE315)
Mechanics of Composites (AE516)
Structureal Dynamics (AE543)
Aeroelasticity (AE544)

Positions Held at Michigan
Professor, 2008-present
Associate Professor, 2001-2008
Head, Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory, 2001-present

Patent
Casiez, T.D., Cesnik, C.E.S., Drela, M., Jenkins, S.N., Spearing, S.M., 2001, U.S. Patent No. 6260798:High-G Compact Folding wing.