Wayne C. Durham honored as associate professor emeritus
Wayne C. Durham, of Blacksburg, associate professor of aerospace and ocean engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "associate professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Monday, Aug. 23.
The title of emeritus may be conferred on retired professors and associate professors, administrative officers, librarians, and exceptional staff members who have given exemplary service to the university and who are specially recommended to the board of visitors by Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger. Nominated individuals who are approved by the board of visitors receive an emeritus certificate from the university.
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty for 14 years, Durham was a dedicated teacher, counselor and adviser to many undergraduate and graduate students. In 1996, Durham installed a manned-flight simulator at Virginia Tech. He made significant contributions as a researcher in flight control, writing numerous publications and conference papers, and received a patent for "Computationally Efficient Control Allocation" for improved maneuverability of military tactical aircraft.
Durham is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He received his bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, a master's degree from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.
The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech is internationally recognized for its excellence in 14 engineering disciplines and computer science. The college's 5,600 undergraduates benefit from an innovative curriculum that provides a "hands-on, minds-on" approach to engineering education, complementing classroom instruction with two unique design-and-build facilities and a strong Cooperative Education Program. With more than 50 research centers and numerous laboratories, the college offers its 2,000 graduate students opportunities in advanced fields of study such as biomedical engineering, state-of-the-art microelectronics, and nanotechnology.
Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech has grown to become the largest university in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Virginia Tech's eight colleges are dedicated to putting knowledge to work through teaching, research, and outreach activities, and to fulfilling its vision to be among the top research universities in the nation. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg, and other campus centers in northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls 28,000 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 170 academic degree programs.
