About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Leonard Meirovitch, a well-known researcher and educator, is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University (VPI&SU). He is the author of a very large number of journal publications in the areas of analytical vibrations, computational structural dynamics and control of structures and of the books Analytical Methods in Vibrations (Macmillan 1967), Methods of Analytical Dynamics (McGraw Hill, 1970), Elements of Vibration Analysis, first edition (McGraw Hill, 1975), Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics (Sijthoff & Nordhoff, 1980), Introduction to Dynamics and Control (Wiley, 1985) Elements of Vibration Analysis, second edition (McGraw-Hill, 1986), Dynamics and Control of Structures (Wiley-Interscience, 1990) and Principles and Techniques of Vibrations (Prentice Hall, 1997). Dr. Meirovitch is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the recipient of the VPI&SU Alumni Award for Research and Excellence (1981), the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Award (1983), the AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award (1984), the AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award (1987), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Award (1989), an Alexander von Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (Germany, 1991) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers J.P. Den Hartog Award (1999).

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