George C. Nelson

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Current Assignment:
Graduate Research Assistant, Advanced Stuctures/Emerging Technologies Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Univeristy of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Hometown:
Ellsworth, Maine

Education:
BSME University of Maine,1995
MSME University of Kentucky, 1998
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Expected in 2001

Research Interests:
Smart Structures/Materials, Structural Dynamics, Controls, Orbital Telescope Mirrors

Masters Thesis
"Electron Gun Shape Control of Piezoelectric Materials"

Ph.D. Dissertation
"Design and Control issues of an Electron Gun Actuated Piezoelectric Wavefront Conjugating Mirror"

For more information contact me at:
859-257-3312 (lab) or
nelsong@engr.uky.edu