George A. Kardomateas
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Ph.D.
1985 Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, USA
M.Sc. 1982 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA,
USA
Diploma 1981
Ethnikon
Metsovion Polytechneion, Athens, Greece
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Professor Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA, USA 1997-Present
Associate Professor Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
GA, USA 1992-1997
Assistant Professor Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
GA, USA 1989-1992
Senior
Research Engineer General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI,
USA 1985-1989
Dr. Kardomateas has over twenty years of research experience in failure mechanics of both advanced (composite) and conventional (metallic) material and structural systems. He is the author (together with R.L. Carlson) of the book: “An Introduction to Fatigue in Metals and Composites”, published by Chapman and Hall, 1996, the editor of three volumes published by the Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), as well as the author of over ninety refereed journal papers, over one hundred conference proceedings papers and over twenty articles published as parts of books. Dr. Kardomateas is a Fellow of the ASME, an Associate Fellow of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and has served as Chairman of the Applied Mechanics Division Composites Committee of the ASME and as Program Representative for the ASME Aerospace Division Committee on Structures and Materials as well as Chairman of the Structures and Materials Behavior Discipline Committee of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Kardomateas has also served as an Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal and as a Contributing Editor of the International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics.
Dr. Kardomateas obtained a Ph.D. in the field of Fracture Mechanics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in September 1985 (thesis advisor: Prof. Frank A. McClintock). Following his Ph.D. studies, he assumed the position of Senior Research Engineer in the General Motors Research Laboratories and conducted industrial research in, among others, the failure modes observed in statically crushed composite beams, the adhesive joints for the members of vehicular space-frames, the fatigue life of flexible suspension composite components and the fatigue failure of spot welds. In January 1989, Dr. Kardomateas joined the academic faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 1992 and to the rank of Professor in 1997. Over the last seventeen years, Dr. Kardomateas has been the principal investigator and project director of Academic Grants sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Rotorcraft Technology Center as well as of Research Contracts sponsored by the US Air Force Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Sikorsky Aircraft and General Motors Corp. in the field of fracture/fatigue/structural behavior in both advanced composite and conventional metallic materials and structures.
Moreover, Dr. Kardomateas has chaired numerous sessions in both national and international conferences, has organized three National Symposia on the “Failure Mechanics of Advanced Composite and Sandwich Structures”, and has reviewed numerous papers for journals as well as proposals for the NSF (National Science Foundation) and the NRC (National Research Council).
Mail: Professor George A. Kardomateas, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150, USA
Phone: (404) 894-8198; FAX: (404) 894-2760; Email: george.kardomateas@aerospace.gatech.edu