Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SATURDAY, June 26, 1993 TAG: 9306260127 SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-7 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY SOURCE: DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
The grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research establishes a center for optimal design and control at Tech and provides funding for four years.
The center features an interdisciplinary research team with core participants at Tech and N.C. State University.
The University Research Initiative is a Department of Defense program to support basic research at U.S. academic institutions. Usually, about 10 percent of the proposals are funded.
Tech's research project is devoted to the development of the new and advanced applied mathematics needed to design, control and optimize aerospace systems such as deformable wings and wind tunnel test facilities.
John A. Burns, director of the new Tech center, will work on the project with Eugene M. Cliff, professor of aerospace and ocean engineering, and Max D. Gunzburger, professor of mathematics.
by CNB