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  • Sathya V. Hanagud
  • Professor

Contact Information

  • Phone: 404.894.3040
  • Fax:
    • 404.894.9313
  • Office: SST/Weber 219

Degrees

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, 1953, University of Mysore
  • AIISc, Aerospace Engineering, 1958, Indian Institute of Science
  • Ph.D., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1963, Stanford University

Biography

Dr. Hanagud joined the faculty of the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the year 1970. Prior to his appointment at Georgia Institute of Technology, he worked at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) as a research scientist during the years 1963 to 1970. In the year 1967, he, along with other Stanford professors and a colleague founded the company Failure Analysis Associates now located in Menlo Park, California. The company was also responsible for assisting the formation of two acoustic emission technology firms. His research fields include structures, materials, structural dynamics, aeroelasticity and areas of design associated with these fields. Currently he is working in the areas of smart structures based vibration control, biomechanics, induced strain actuators, health monitoring of structures, active aeroelastic control and beneficial modifications of the musical instruments to improve their structural dynamic and acoustic response. Dr. Hanagud has published more than 170 technical papers, has advised and directed Ph.D. thesis of 25 graduate students and has advised 38 M.S. degree students. He has given numerous seminars/lectures at various universities, industries and different professional conferences around the world. Recently, his research work on the “development of a smart acoustic guitar” was cited in many newspapers and news magazines around the world including a feature article in the Wall Street Journal and in a publication of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Selected Publications

  • Dynamic Learning Rate Neural Network Training and Composite Structural Damage Detection” with H. Luo, AIAA Journal, p. 1522-1527, 1997.
  • “On the Feasibility of Using Thermal Gradients for Active Control of Interlaminar Stresses in Laminated Composites”, with T. Kim, D. Steadman and S.N. Atluri, J. Composite Materials, p. 1556-1573, 1997.
  • “A Helicopter with Adaptive Rotor Blades for Collective Control”, with R. Roglin, Smart Materials and Structures, p. 76-87, 1996.
  • “Delamination Modes in Composite Plates”, with H. Luo, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, p. 106-113, 1996.
  • “An Integral Equation for Changes in the Structural Dynamic Characteristics of Damaged Structures”, with H. Luo, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 1997.
  • “Control of Nonlinear Structural Dynamic Systems: Chaotic Vibrations”, with E.K. Hall, AJA J. Guidance Control and Dynamics, p. 470-476, 1993.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science, 1992
  • Georgia Tech Faculty Research Award
  • Outstanding Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering award

Research Interests