Na próxima segunda-feira, dia 02 de março, às 10:00, no Auditório Lacaz Neto, o ITA realizará sua Aula Magna, que marca o início do ano letivo de 2015. Nesse dia, a Embraer e o ITA anunciarão a criação da Cátedra Embraer (um tipo de Endowment Chair, comum em universidades estrangeiras), que objetiva trazer nomes de renome internacional no campo aeronáutico para passar um tempo no Instituto.
O primeiro nome escolhido pelo ITA e pela Embraer é do Prof. Dr. Carlos Cesnik, que ministrará esta Aula. O ITA e a Embraer acreditam que não poderia haver melhor escolha para este início da cátedra: O Prof. Carlos Cesnik é engenheiro aeronáutico formado pelo ITA (Turma de 1987, formado com Magna com Lauda), ex-engenheiro da Embraer, ex-professor do Departamento de Aeroastro do MIT e atualmente professor da Universidade de Michigan, sendo um dos mais respeitados especialistas em aeroelasticidade no mundo. Nessa Aula, o Prof. Cesnik vai discorrer sobre os principais desafios futuros, científicos e tecnológicos, do setor aeronáutico, com ênfase nos novos conceitos de aeronaves e nos principais indutores da mudança técnica no setor. Esta aula poderá ser acompanhada presencialmente no próprio Auditório ou via Web, no endereço itv.netpoint.com.br/ita/.
Sumário do currículo do Prof. Cesnik.
Carlos Cesnik is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, and Director of the Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the AIAA and serve as its Deputy Director for Structures. Prof. Cesnik is a member of AIAA's Structural Dynamics Technical Committee and the Adaptive Structures Technical Committee, and a member of the AHS Dynamics Technical Committee. He has over 220 archival journal papers, conference papers, and technical reports, and several invited lectures, in the areas of fixed and rotary wing aeroelasticity, smart structures, structural mechanics, and structural health monitoring.
Previously to his appointment as a tenured associate professor at the University of Michigan, Prof. Cesnik was the Boeing Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and then Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. He has also worked as a research engineer at Embraer and has extensive experience in aeroelasticity, finite element modeling, and structural and design optimization. His research interests focus on active aeroelastic structures, computational aeroelasticity, and structural health monitoring. He has a patent for a wing-morphing concept for cannon-launched UAV. This work was selected for the 2002 ASME-Boeing Structures & Materials Award "on the basis of originality and significance to the filed of Aerospace Engineering." Prof. Cesnik is currently Associated Editor for the AIAA Journal, and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management and the Structural Durability and Health Monitoring.
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology
- PhD Aerospace Engineering '94
- MS Aerospace Engineering '91
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
- MSE Aeronautical Engineering '89
- BSE Aeronautical Engineering '87
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Fellow)
- Royal Aeronautical Society (Fellow)
- American Helicopter Society (AHS)
POSITIONS HELD AT MICHIGAN
- Professor, 2008-present
- Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program, 2008-2012
- Associate Professor, 2001-2008
- Director, Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory, 2001-present