Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations Lab

AE Alumni Board Funds First Endowed AE Fellowship

Aerospace Engineering at Illinois is pleased to announce that full funding has now been achieved for the department's first endowed graduate fellowship.

Prof. Scott White highlighted in 'Bloomberg Businessweek'

AE Prof. Scott R. White and his research have been featured on magazine's website.

AE Students Awarded Rockwell Collins Scholarships

Three AE students have received scholarships of $5,000 each, thanks to the philanthropy of Rockwell Collins, Inc.

AE Students Compete in NASA Lunabotics Competition

AE students are members of a University of Illinois team competing in the Third Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition, hosted by NASA.

Tanaka Wins CDC Best Student Paper Award

AE graduate student Takashi Tanaka won the 2011 Best Student Paper Award from the Conference on Decision and Control of IEEE.

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Faculty Researchers:	Location:	Phone:	Website:
Professor L. A. Bergman	Room B420 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory	217-244-8819	www.ae.illinois.edu/lndvl/

Description of Research:

Co-directed by Prof. L. A. Bergman (Aerospace Engineering) and Prof. A. F. Vakakis (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and Aerospace Engineering). Recent experiments conducted in this laboratory have focused on the rapid targeted transfer of energy between potentially complex subsystems and nonlinear energy sinks ("energy pumping") under various kinds of excitations and on the effects of mechanical joints on the global dynamics of built-up structures. Both programs complement analytical and numerical investigations being carried out by the same research group and involve undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and international visitors. Support for student participation and/or equipment purchases has come from AFOSR, ONR, NSF, Sandia National Laboratories, and NASA.