Graduates, AGRC, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland

AGRC Graduates 1985-2007

UM Graduates in Academics (Faculty):

Chang-Ho Hong (PhD 85) Professor Choong-Nam University		David Flemming (PhD 95) Assoc. Professor Florida Institute of Tech
Yong Hyup Kim (PhD 89) Professor Seoul National University		Farhan Gandhi (PhD 95) Professor Penn State
James Milke (PhD 91) Associate Professor University of Maryland		Nikhil Koratkar (PhD 2000) Associate Professor RPI
Ed Smith (PhD 92) Professor Penn State	no image available	Yang Mao (PhD 2002) Associate Professor Northwest University, China
Gil Crouse (PhD 92) Associate Professor Auburn University	no image available	Z. Xie (PhD 2003) Associate Professor Northwest University, China
Ranjan Ganguli (PhD 94) Associate Professor IISc Bangalore		Karthik Duraisamy (PhD 2005) Lecturer Glasgow University
Anne Spence (PhD 94) Assistant Professor UMBC

Graduates in Rotorcraft Industry:

Sikorsky	Boeing	Bell
1. David Matuska (MS, 83) 2. John Bate (MS 86) 3. Chris Van Buten (BS 86) 4. Mark Scott (MS 88) 5. Mike Torok (PhD 89) 6. James Wang (PhD 91) 7. Ashish Bagai (PhD 95) 8. Vinit Suhasrabudhe (PhD 97) 9. Alan Coyne (MS 97) 10. Cliff Smith (PhD 99) 11. Andy Bernhard (PhD 00) 12. Dan Griffin (MS 01) 13. Mat Tarascio (MS 01) 14. Jinsong Bao (PhD 04) 15. Robin Preator (MS 04) 16. Ben Hein (MS 05) 17. Eric Parsons (MS 05) 18. Michael Brigley (MS 06) 19. Jayant Sirohi (PhD 01) 20. Lin Leo (PhD 03	1. Brahamananda Panda (PhD 85) 2. Hieu Ngo (MS 87) 3. Alan Stemple (PhD 89) 4. Antonio Llanos (MS 89) 5. Dan Newman (MS 89) 6. Steven Ingle (MS 90) 7. Curtis Walz (MS 94) 8. M. Daghir (MS 94) 9. Joseph Orso (MS 94) 10. Josh Ellison (MS 04) 11. Justin Kearns (MS 05) 12. Dan Clingman (MS 06) 13. Lynn Gravatt (MS 06)	1. Brian Schweissow (MS 85) 2. Bob idol (BS 85) 3. D. K. Samak (MS 87) 4. David Platz (MS 94) 5. Melanie Hurt (MS 96) 6. J. S. Park (MS 03) 7. Chehab Mustafa (MS 03) 8. Taeoh Lee (PhD 99) 9. Marc Gervais (PhD 04)

Graduates in NASA/Army/Navy:

Ames: NASA/Army/Consultants

Navy: David Taylor/Pax River

1. Bimal Aponso (MS 83)
2. Joon Lim (PhD 88)
3. Hyensoo Yeo (PhD 99)
4. Theodore Colin (PhD 00)
5. Mahindra Bhagwat (PhD 01)
6. Preston Martin (PhD 01)
7. Randy Cheng (PhD 01)
8. Anubhav Datta (PhD 04)
Langley: Army/Consultants
1. Mark Nixon (PhD 93)
2. Kevin Noonan (MS 85)
3. Jinwei Shen (PhD 03)
4. Jayana Sitaraman (PhD 03)
5. Beatrice Roget (PhD 04)
6. Ugrina Sandra (PhD 06)
7. Terry Ghee (MS 90)

1. David Haas (PhD 89)
2. Neipei Bi (PhD 91)
3. Judah Milgram (Ph 97)
4. Mark Kammeyer (MS 86)
5. John Vorwald (MS 86)
6. Randy Barber (MS 86)
7. Steve Wunder (MS 88)
8. William Pogue (MS 89)
9. Chris Bruner (MS 89)
10. Joe Leifner (MS 89)
11. Darryl Lenhardt (MS 89)
12. Nancy Mueller (MS 89)
13. Steve Dirlik (MS 90)
14. Jody Smith (MS 92)
15. Andy Baker (MS 95)
16. Divyang Shukla (MS 00)
17. William Facey (MS 03)
18. Youngjoon Kim (MS 04)
19. Danial Everson (MS 05)
20. Eric Silberg (MS 06)
21. Kristi Kleinhesselink (MS 07)
22. Sean Roark (MS 07)

Some RCOE Graduates in Key Positions: Industry, Government and Academia

• COL Keith Robinson, PM, Armed Scout Helicopter
• Dr. Mike Torok, Chief Engineer Maritime Programs, Sikorsky
• COL(Ret) Andy Dull, Manager Lockheed Martin
• Dr. Mark Nixon, Director U.S. Army Research Laboratory Vehicle Technology Directorate
• Dr. Ed Smith, Professor, and Director Rotorcraft Center of Excellence at Penn State
• Dr. & Col (Ret) Shmuel Fledel, Senior Vice President Maintenance & Engineering,
   El Al Israel Airline
• Dr. Jinseok Jang, Principal Researcher & Head of Rotorcraft Program, Agency for Defense
   Development, Korea
• Ms Kelly McCool, Chief Engineer VH-71 (Presidential Helicopter) Program
• Col (Ret) Lazar Alon President & CEO AIMS Ltd
• Dr. James Wang, Manager International Business Acquisition, Sikorsky
• Mr. Chris Van Buiten, Technical Fellow & Director of Technology & Innovation, Sikorsky
• Mr. Bimal Aponso, Chief NASA Aerospace Simulation Operations Branch
• Mr. Philippe Benquet, Program & Key Account Director, Thales Avionics, France
• Mr. David Matuska, Manager Engineering System Safety, Sikorsky
• Mr. Mark Scott, Chief Design Group, Sikorsky
• Dr. Andy Bernhard, Brach Chief Fleet Management Engineering, Sikorsky
• Dr. David Haas, Head Surface Aviation Group, David Taylor, Navy
• Mr. Dan Newman, Program Manager DARPA, Formerly Head Design Office, Boeing
• Dr. Farhan Gandhi, Professor Penn State
• Dr. Berend G. van der Wall, Head Simulation in Wind tunnel, DLR
• Mr. Carl Ockier, Head of Civil Flight Test, Eurocopter, Germany
• Mr. Mat Tarascio, Specialist Business Development/Strategic Planning, Sikorksy
• Dr. Chang-Ho Hong, Professor and Department Head Aerospace Engineering, Choong-Nam
National University
• Dr. Vineet Suhasrabudhe, Senior Engineer Handling Qualities, Sikorsky
• Dr. Cliff Smith, S-76/Special Projects Group Leader, Sikorsky
• Dr. Stephen Turnour, Manager Flight Mechanics, Robinson Helicopters
• Dr. Gopal Kamath, Head Composite Program, National Aerospace Laboratories,
   Bangalore, India

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