Alison B. Flatau is an American aerospace engineer whose research involves smart materials and magnetostriction, changes in the physical shape of materials under magnetic fields, and in the application of nanowires built from these materials in controlling the flight of micro air vehicles.[1] She is a professor and department chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.[2]
Education and career edit
Flatau entered the University of Connecticut intending to study environmental engineering, but completed her degree in chemical engineering. Next, she spent four years as a research engineer at the National Small Wind Systems Test Site[3] in Colorado, a predecessor organization to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.[4] Returning to graduate study, Flatau studied mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, where she earned a master's degree and Ph.D.[2][5]
From 1990 to 1998, she was a faculty member in the Iowa State University Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, and from 1998 to 2002 she worked as a program director for the National Science Foundation, in the Dynamical Systems Modeling Sensing and Control Program.[6]
Since 2002, she has been a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. She was the university's associate dean of research from 2009 to 2015.[2] She became chair of Aerospace Engineering in 2022.[4]
Recognition edit
Flatau was named as an ASME Fellow in 2006,[5] and as a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2015.[7] She was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society in 2018.[5][8]
She was the recipient of the 2010 Aerospace Engineering Educator of the Year Award of Women in Aerospace,[5] of the 2010 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award,[5][9] and of the 2013 Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Prize of the ASME.[5][10]
References edit
- ^ "Alison Flatau", Women in Optics Planner, SPIE, 2012, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ a b c "Flatau, Alison B.", Faculty directory, University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ "Celebrating Women in Aerospace Engineering: Alison Flatau", Women's History Month, University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering, 10 March 2023, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ a b "Flatau Named UMD AE Chair", News story, University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering, 19 July 2022, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ a b c d e f Alison Flatau, IEEE Magnetics Society, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ "Alison B. Flatau", IEEE Xplore, IEEE, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ AIAA Fellow roster (PDF), AIAA, 2023, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ "Flatau Named Distinguished Lecturer", News story, University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering, 10 July 2018, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ "Dr. Alison Flatau to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award", News story, University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering, 15 October 2009, retrieved 2023-08-14
- ^ "Flatau Awarded ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Prize", News story, University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering, 7 January 2013, retrieved 2023-08-14
External links edit
- Alison Flatau publications indexed by Google Scholar