Professional Activities
Prof. Hodges serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Journal of Fluids and Structures, and Nonlinear Dynamics. He also served as an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal, as a member of the AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee, multiple terms as a member of the AHS Dynamics Committee, on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Solids and Structures and as an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Read more…
Honors & Awards
Prof. Hodges has received several awards in his professional career. These include his election to Fellow in three professional societies: the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Helicopter Society (AHS), and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). In addition he has been awarded a NASA Technology Utilization Award (1975), two NASA Tech Brief Awards (1976 and 1990), a U.S. Army Commendation Medal (1977), the prestigious U.S. Army Research and Development Achievement Award (1979), the Director’s Award for Technological Achievement (1984), six Official U.S. Army Commendations (1980-1986), two SAIC Technical Paper Awards (1990 and 1998), three Sigma Xi Research Awards (1990, 1995, 2003), and the Sigma Xi Sustained Research Award (2011). Read more…
Seminars
Prof. Hodges has given invited seminars in universities, industry, and government labs in the United States and Europe over the last 40 years. Read more…
Consulting
Prof. Hodges has a wide variety of experience in consulting over the last 25 years. This includes:
complex derivations involving beam theory for finite element implementation (including equations for RCAS and GEBT)
- multi-body simulations
- short-courses on dynamics and beam theory
- serving as an expert witness in court.
