2013 – present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2006 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
August 2005 – August 2006 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
May 2002 – May 2005 Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
May 2000 – May 2002, Graduate Research Assistant, Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory (AVDL) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University
Inflatable satellite structures
Intelligent material systems
Modeling and control of nonlinear mechanical systems
Morphing aircraft
Piezoelectric actuated devices
Shape-memory alloy actuated robotics