The Academy of Distinguished Alumni of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Members

Name	Degree(s)	Inducted
George C. Alex	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1949	1997
David E. Anderson	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1954 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1958 PhD, aerospace engineering, Cal Tech, 1960 JD, George Washington University, 1969	1990
Gregory S. Babe	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU	2006
Rita A. Bajura	BA, chemistry, Mercyhurst College, 1963 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1979	2000
Edward P. Baldwin	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1940	1992
Jimmy P. Balsara	BE, chemical engineering, University of Karachi, 1961 MS, chemical engineering, Duke University, 1963 PhD, WVU, 1966	1993
John C. Benner	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1987 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1991	2023
Donald J. Bennett	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1964 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1966	2008
Richard W. Black	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1982	2015
Warren J. Boord	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1980 MS, mechanical engineering, John Hopkins University, 1993	2018
Darius N. Brant	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1961 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1963	1991
George E. Butterworth, III	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1974 MS, nuclear engineering, Purdue University, 1976	2004
Emily Calandrelli	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 2010 MS, MIT, 2013	2025
Harold M. Cather	BS, mechanical engineering, Texas A&M, 1917 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1923 ME, Texas A&M, 1939	1990
Carl H. Cather, Sr.	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1916 MS, mechanical engineering, University of Illinois, 1922	1990
Jack B. Chaddock	BS, Naval science, University of South Carolina, 1945 BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1948 MS, mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949 ScD, mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955	1996
Subrato Chandra	BS, aerospace engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1971 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1973 PhD, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1975	1991
William S. Clapper	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1969 MS, mechanical engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1981 MBA, University of Cincinnati, 1984	1993
Edmond R. Cokely	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1941 MS, aerospace engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945 MS, UCLA, 1958	1990
Ralph C. Cokeley	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1948 BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1948	1990
Marcus G. Comuntzis	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1942 SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950	1990
Douglas C. Cook	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1982 MS, aerospace engineering, University of Dayton, 1989	2008
James G. Couch	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1943	1994
Thomas A. Csencsitz	BS, engineering, Indiana Tech, 1966 MS, engineering, Georgia Tech, 1967 PhD, engineering, WVU, 1973 MD, WVU, 1975	1995
Thomas J. De Witt	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1970 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1972	2011
Richard Dennis	AS, Goddard College, 1977 BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1981 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1983	2025
David Doman	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1991	2010
Larry W. Dooley	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1963 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1966	1992
Honorary Member Jerome B. Fanucci	BS, aerospace engineering, Penn State University, 1944 MS, aerospace engineering, Penn State University, 1952 PhD, Penn State University, 1956	1990
Jerome P. Fanucci	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1975 MS, fluid dynamics, MIT, 1977 PhD, advanced structures technology, MIT, 1980	2007
Michael E. Fourney	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1958 MS, aerospace engineering, Cal Tech, 1959 PhD, aerospace engineering, Cal Tech, 1963	1991
William L. Fourney	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1962 MSTAM, WVU, 1963 PhD, University of Illinois, 1966	1990
Sean M. Frisbee	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU 1989 MS, aeronautical sciences, Embry-Riddle University	2012
Keith L. Funkhouser	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1982	2009
John F. Gardner	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1975 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1976	2001
Mridul Gautam	BS, mechanical engineering, GB Pant University, Pantnagar, 1982 MS, mechanical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1984 PhD, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1989	2016
Karl Gdovka	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU 1961	2007
David R. Gingras	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1991 MS, aerospace engineering, George Washington University, 1994	2022
Lowell T. Harmison	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1960 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1961 PhD, University of Maryland, 1965	1990
Lawrence Hays	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1941 MS, mechanical engineering, Case Western Reserve, 1947 PhD, mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech, 1995	2008
David V. Heebink	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1949 MS, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1955 PhD, Stanford University, 1960	1993
Daniel J. Holt	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1969 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1972 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1977	1990
Mark F. Horstemeyer	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1985 MS, mechanical engineering, Ohio State University, 1987 PhD, mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech, 1995	2012
Charles E. Jamison	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1965 MS, mechanical engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1967	1995
C. Neil Jubeck	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1960 MMS, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1981	1990
Malek A. Kabariti	BS, mechanical engineering, University of Texas, 1976 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1977	2014
Robert D. Kimble	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU MM, University of Maryland	2018
Kerri Knotts	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1994	2024
F. Adam Korona	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1997 MS, aerospace engineering, University of Maryland, 2002	2022
Jessica (Sosenko) Lamp	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1989 MBA, WVU, 1990 JD, WVU, 1999	2018
Harry L. Lemasters	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1965 MS, mathematics, WVU, 1966 MS, mechanisms, RPI, 1973	1994
W. Steven Lewellen	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1957 MS, aerospace engineering, Cornell University, 1959 PhD, engineering, UCLA, 1964	2008
David Linger	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU MS, aerospace engineering, University of Cincinnati MBA, Xavier University, 2009	2016
Richard E. Longhouse	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1964 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1970 PhD, aerospace engineering, North Carolina State, 1972	1999
Eric Loth	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1983 MS, aerospace engineering, Penn State University, 1985 PhD, University of Michigan, 1988	2008
Frank Loth	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1984 MS, aerospace engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1986 MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990 PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993	2016
Bret Marks	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1984 MS, aerospace engineering, University of Illinois	2012
Marvin Dale Martin	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU	2005
Honorary Member Jon A. McBride	BS, aerospace engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School DS (hon.), WVU, 1985	1990
Richard L. McCormick, Jr.	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1981	2010
Paul G. Migliore	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1967 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1969 MS, systems management, University of Southern California, 1972 PhD, WVU, 1979	2004
Thomas Lee Moore, II	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1983	2019
Fred N. Mudge	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1956 MBA, Bellarmine College, 1977	1995
Baxter R. Mullins, Jr.	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU MS, Southern Methodist University PhD, University of Texas	2005
Thomas V. Murphy	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1957 BS, business administration, WVU, 1952	1996
Leonard S. Nicholson	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1961 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1963	1992
David L. Nussear	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1989 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1992	1990
George K. Oss	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1958	1990
Tim Pawlak	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1982 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1993	2010
Kerri Phillips	BS, aerospace engineering/mechanical engineering, WVU, 2007 Ph.D., WVU, 2011 MS, John Hopkins University, 2015	2025
Augistine A. Pitrolo	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1952	1990
Robert J. Pokorski	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1982	2008
William G. Poulson	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1972 MBA 1982, University of Pittsburgh	2024
Honorary Member Jacky C. Prucz	BS, Israel Institute of Technology, 1972 MS, Israel Institute of Technology, 1979 PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985	2023
John M. Rackley	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1949	1997
Robert L. Rackley	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1964 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1966 PhD, WVU, 1969	1999
Mark F. Reeder	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1989 MS, mechanical engineering, Ohio State University, 1991 PhD, mechanical engineering, Ohio State University, 1994	2015
John J. Richard	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1950 MS, mechanical engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1963	1990
R. Allen Roach	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1988 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1991 PhD, aerospace engineering, WVU 1994	2022
James H. Rodman, Jr.	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1984 JD, Villanova University School of Law, 1991 EM, technology management, University of Pennsylvania, 2005	2013
Carlos Romero	BS, mechanical engineering, Central America University, 1982 MS, mechanical engineering, California State University, 1990 Ph.D., WVU, 1993	2025
John W. Rustenburg	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1959	2009
Charles M. Schaeffer	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1959	1998
Carolyn Conner Seepersad	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1996 MA/BA, philosophy, politics and economics, Oxford University, 1998 PhD, mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech, 2004	2019
Honorary Member Leon Z. Seltzer	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1940	1993
Loretta Romanoski Shaw	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1969 MSAAE, Ohio State University, 1971 MBA, Cleveland State University, 1995 MLIS, Kent State University, 2006	2022
Barrett L. Shrout	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1962	2010
Jeffrey Singleton	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1984 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1988	2025
Ojars Skujins	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1968 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1970 PhD, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1973	2011
W. Garth Smith	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1986	2019
Robert D. Snyder	BS, mechanical engineering MS, mechanical engineering PhD, WVU, 1965	2002
George E. Sutton	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1948 MS, mechanical engineering, University of Florida, 1957 PhD, Michigan State University, 1957	1996
Stefan Thynell	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1980 MS, NC State University, 1983 PhD, NC State University, 1986	2007
John S. Tomblin	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1990 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1991 PhD, WVU, 1994	2014
Terri L. Tramel	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1985 MS, aerospace engineering, University of California, Davis, 1989 PhD, aerospace engineering, University of Tennessee, 2001	2013
Thomas R. Vance	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1960 MS, theoretical and applied mechanics, WVU, 1966 PhD, engineering, WVU, 1968	2012
Charles M. Vest	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1963 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1964 PhD, University of Michigan, 1967	1990
Robert W. Walter	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1959 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1961	2001
Richard E. Walters	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1956 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1963	1997
Thomas E. Watson	BS, mechanical engineering, Virginia Tech, 1966 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1969	2013
George W. Weaver	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1948	1991
E. Richard White	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1972	2015
Chester L. Whitehair	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1959	2000
Honorary Member Donald Wiebe	BS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1949 MS, mechanical engineering, WVU, 1951	1991
F. David Wilkin	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1967 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1969 PhD, education administration, Harvard University	2003
Calvin F. Wilson	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1957	1998
James D. Wilson	BS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1968 MS, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1970 PhD, aerospace engineering, WVU, 1973	1990
Honorary Member Donald T. Worrell	BS, electrical engineering, WVU, 1949 MS, electrical engineering, WVU, 1946	1990

Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering

Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering

Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

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