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Contact Info
Administrative Contact
Jean Sofronas
617.258.5548
Financial Coordinator
Claudia A Forero-Sloan
617.715.5266
Specialization and Research Interests
Numerical simulation, Computational mechanics and aerodynamics, Finite Elements
Teaching Interests
Aerodynamics, computational mechanics, numerical methods for partial differential equations, dynamics
Academic Degrees
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1983, University of Barcelona Ph.D., 1986, University of Wales Doctor Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1987, University of Barcelona
Society Memberships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow; International Association for Computational Mechanics, Fellow;
Positions Held at MIT
Department Head, 2011-2018; Professor, 1999-present; Associate Professor, 1993-1999; Director, Aerospace Computational Design Lab, 1993-2011.
Awards & Honors
2015
T.J. Hughes Medal, US Association for Computational Mechanics
2015
Catalan Civil Engineers Association, Ildefons Cerdá Medal
2013
SEMNI Prize, Spanish Society for Numerical Methods in Engineering
2011
H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT,
2005
Honorary Professor, School of Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea
2003
Raymond L. Bisplinghoff Faculty Fellow, MIT AeroAstro
1998
IACM Young Researchers Award in Computational Mechanics
1997
D.Sc, University of Wales
1997
NASA Exceptional Achievement Award
1989
NASA Group Achievement Award
1986
The Research Corporation Trust, UK Young Researchers Award