Design Engineering Journey

Dr. Pidaparti received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette and currently, he is a Professor and distinguished faculty scholar in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. Previously, he has been on the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University as well as the Purdue University School of Engineering & Technology at Indianapolis. Dr. Pidaparti's research interests are in the broad areas of multidisciplinary design innovation, computational biomechanics and informatics, bioinspired materials and structures, and STEM education. Dr. Pidaparti has published over 300 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of several professional societies including Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science;Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society; Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics; and member of American Society of Engineering Education.

Pidaparti 博士於普渡大學（Purdue University, West Lafayette）獲得航空與太空科學的博士學位，目前是喬治亞大學（University of Georgia）工程學院的教授及傑出教學學者。之前，他曾在維吉尼亞聯邦大學（Virginia Commonwealth University）及普渡大學印第安納波利斯校區的工程與技術學院任教。Pidaparti 博士的研究興趣涵蓋多學科設計創新、計算生物力學與資訊學、生物啟發材料與結構，以及 STEM 教育等廣泛領域。Pidaparti 博士已在經過審核的期刊和會議論文集中發表超過 300 篇技術論文。他是多個專業學會的成員，包括美國科學促進會（American Association for the Advancement of Science）院士、皇家航空學會（Royal Aeronautical Society）院士、美國機械工程師學會（American Society of Mechanical Engineers）院士、美國航空與太空學會（American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics）副院士，以及美國工程教育學會（American Society of Engineering Education）成員。