R. A. Burdisso

Prof. Ricardo Burdisso received his Engineering Degree from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina in 1981. He joined the Structural Mechanics Group of the same university and worked in the seismic structural analysis of nuclear power plants.

In 1983 he moved to the U.S. where he obtained his Ph.D. at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1986. His Ph.D. dissertation was concerned with the stochastic analysis of systems under multiple correlated seismic inputs.

Dr. Burdisso spent the academic year 86-87 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at VPI & SU. During this time he carried out research in probabilistic structural optimization as well as in the optimal location of transducers for shape control of large space structures. During the next two years he worked at an aerospace consulting firm performing structural integrity and dynamic analysis of Navy aircraft. Dr. Burdisso joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at VPI & SU in 1989 as a Research Scientist working in the area of active control of structurally radiated sound. In the Fall of 1992, Dr. Burdisso accepted an Assistant Professor position in the same Department.

Dr. Burdisso's current research activities are in the area of passive and active control of structural vibrations and their sound radiation as well as the development of adaptive control algorithms. He has published over thirty papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. In 1992, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded Dr. Burdisso the Robert F. McGrattan Award for the best paper in the Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology for his work on the analysis of piping systems. In the area of active noise control, he was awarded a patent on the Active Control of Inlet Noise from turbofan engines in 1994. Dr. Burdisso was the Technical Chairman of the First International Conference on Recent Advances in Active Control of Sound and Vibration.