PHONE:
(662) 325.7294

EMAIL:
masoud@ae.msstate.edu

Masoud Rais Rohani received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1991 and joined the Aerospace Engineering faculty in the same year.

• Aircraft Structures
  • Tutorial Page of Aerospace Structures (TuPAS)
• Structural Mechanics
  • Virtual Laboratory for the Study of Mechanics (VLSM)

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate

• Engineering Mechanics I, Static (EM 2413)
• Mechanics of Materials (EM 3213)
• Astrodynamics, Propulsion, and Structures (ASE 2013)
• Aircraft Structures I (ASE 3213)
• Aircraft Structures II (ASE 4223)
• Aircraft Structures III (ASE 4223)
• Structural Dynamics (ASE 4233)
• Composite Materials (EM 4133)
• Introduction to Finite Element Method (EM 4123)

Graduate

• Structural Dynamics (ASE 6233)
• Composite Materials (EM 6133)
• Introduction to Finite Element Method (EM 6123)

Areas of Research:

• Composite Structures
• Structural Reliability
• Computational Design and MDO

Funding Agencies:

• NSWC-Carderock Division, 2002-Present
• NASA Langley Research Center, 1994-Present
• Hearin Foundation, 1998-2001
• NASP Joint Program Office, Virginia Space Grant Consortium, 1991-1992

Sample Journal Publications:

• Martinez, M. P., Messac, A., and Rais-Rohani, M., "Manufacturability-Based Optimization of Aircraft Structures Using Physical Programming, "AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 517-542.
• Rais-Rohani, M. and Marcellier, P., "Buckling and Vibration Analysis of Composite Sandwich Plates with Elastic Rotational Edge Restraints, "AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 5, May 1999, pp. 579-587.
• Rais-Rohani, M. and Hicks, G.A., "Multidisciplinary Design and Prototype Development of a Micro Air Vehicle," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 36, No. 1, January 1999, pp. 227-234.

Sample Conference Proceedings:

• Rais-Rohani, M., and Singh, M. N., "Efficient Response Surface Approach for Reliability Estimation of Composite Structures," Proceedings of the 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6, 2002.
• Rais-Rohani, M. "On Development, Application and Effectiveness of a Computer Based Tutorial in engineering Mechanics (Statics)," Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, 2001. (Winner of best instructional paper award, college of engineering, MSU, 2002)
• Clements, T. M., Rais-Rohani, M., "Design Optimization of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Wing with Stability Approximations," Proceedings of the 41st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 3-6, 2000.

Honors and Awards:

• Alumni Association's Award for Outstanding Upper Level Teaching, Mississippi State University, May 2002
• Hearin Professor of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2000-2001
• John Grisham Master Teacher Award, Mississippi State University, 2000-2001
• Hearin Professor of Engineering, 1999-2000
• Outstanding Faculty Member of the Month, Golden Key national honor society, Mississippi State University, September 1997
• John Grisham Teaching Excellence Award, Mississippi State University, 1996
• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA Langley Research Center, 1994
• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA Langley Research Center, 1993
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• NASA Certificate of Appreciation, 1992
• Tau Beta Pi
• Sigma Gamma Tau
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Gamma Beta Phi

Professional Memberships:

• Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Senior Member
  • Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Technical Committee, 1995-1998
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Member