Pier Marzocca – Chief Engineer

Pier Marzocca received the Ph.D. degree in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering in 2001 from Politecnico di Torino in Italy. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, USA. Prior joining Clarkson he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. He is also affiliated with the Center for Advanced Material Processing, Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Center for Air Resources Engineering & Science at Clarkson University, and the Institute for Sustainable Environment, and is also the Director of the Advanced Applied Aeroelastic Laboratory and of the Reliability Evaluation and Assessment Laboratory. Pier Marzocca is senior member of SAE, AIAA, ASME, ASEE, IEEE, and the Chair of the SAE Unmanned Aircraft System Committee, and the Clarkson University advisor for NASA Revolutionary Aerospace System Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) students program. He is also the recipient of a number of awards including the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineering. He is also a Deputy Editor in Chief of International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Science, Associate Editor of Journal of Thermal Stresses and Journal of Aerospace Engineering. Pier Marzocca is the author and/or co-author of over 200 papers on nonlinear aeroelasticity, structural dynamics, controls and testing on fixed wings and rotary blades. His research interests include unsteady aerodynamics, flow and aeroelastic control, aircraft, spacecraft and unmanned aerial vehicle technologies, space architecture, structural health monitoring, wind turbine technologies, solar cells and other energy systems reliability. Professor Marzocca’s research is funded by several government agencies, including NASA, AFOSR, ARMY, NSF, and NYSERDA, and private foundations and industries, including Intertek, GE, and Pratt & Whitney.