Aerospace's Smith named board member of Nanjing journal

Edward C. Smith, professor of aerospace engineering, was appointed a member of the eighth editorial board of the Journal of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Smith, a faculty member since 1992, specializes in helicopter dynamics, including tailored composite rotor blades, active vibration control, rotor lag damping and aeromechanical stability, as well as shipboard helicopter operations, driveline dynamics and anti-icing systems. He serves as the director of Penn State's Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence. Smith received his bachelor of science from Penn State, and his master of science and his doctoral degree from the University of Maryland Center for Rotorcraft Education, all in aerospace engineering.