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  • Dewey H. Hodges
  • Professor

Contact Information

  • Phone: 404.894.8201
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  • Office: SST/Weber 200-C

Degrees

  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1969, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • M.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1970, Stanford University
  • Ph.D., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1973, Stanford University

Biography

Dr. Hodges became Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1986. From 1970–1986 he was a research scientist at the U.S. Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate at Ames Research Center. During those years he also served as a Lecturer at Stanford University and in 1984 was a guest research scientist at the DLR in Braunschweig, Germany. Dr. Hodges has published over 250 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings in the fields of rotorcraft dynamics, structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, structural mechanics and stability, computational mechanics, and optimal control. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures and as a member of the AHS Dynamics Committee. He has served as a member of the AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee, the chairman of the Stability Committee of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division, an Associate Editor of AIAA Journal, an Associate Editor of Vertica, an Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, and a member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Solids and Structures and the International Journal for Engineering Analysis and Design.

Selected Publications

  • Hodges, Dewey H.; and Pierce, G. Alvin: An Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002 (CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2003).
  • Simitses, George J.; and Hodges, Dewey H.: Fundamentals of Structural Stability, Elsevier, New York, 2006.
  • Hodges, Dewey H.: Nonlinear Composite Beam Theory, AIAA, Washington, D.C., 2006.
  • Hodges, Dewey H.; Saberi, Hossein; Ormiston, Robert A: "Development of Nonlinear Beam Elements for Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analyses," Journal of the American Helicopter Society, vol. 52, no. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 36 - 48.
  • Hodges, Dewey H.; and Yu, Wenbin: "A Rigorous, Engineer-Friendly Approach for Modeling Realistic, Composite Wind-Turbine Blades," Wind Energy, vol. 10, no. 2, 2007, pp. 179 - 193.
  • Chang, Chong-Seok; and Hodges, Dewey H.: "Parametric Studies on Ground Vibration Test Modeling for Highly Flexible Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, vol. 44, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2007, pp. 2049 - 2059.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Fellow of the AIAA
  • Fellow of the American Helicopter Society
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics
  • NASA Technology Utilization Awards (2 times)
  • U.S. Army Commendations (6 times)
  • U.S. Army Research and Development Achievement Award, andDirector’s Award for Technological Achievement,
  • Sigma Xi Research Awards (3 times).

Research Interests

Theoretical, applied, and computational mechanics with focus on:
  • Aeroelasticity and rotorcraft dynamics
  • Structural mechanics and structural dynamics (including FEM)
  • Classical and multibody dynamics
  • Computational optimal control