AAE Professor Anastasios (Tasos) Lyrintzis named Associate Head of the School

Head of School, Professor Tom I-P. Shih, has announced that Professor Tasos Lyrintzis will serve as Associate Head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, effective fall 2010.

Head of School, Professor Tom I-P. Shih, has announced that Professor Tasos Lyrintzis will serve as Associate Head of the Graduate Program, effective fall 2010. Professor Marc Williams will continue in his role as Associate Head for the Undergraduate Program.

Professor Lyrintzis is a Faculty Scholar and serves as chair of the School’s Graduate Program. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a Purdue University Faculty Scholar, an AIAA Associate Fellow, an American Society of Mechanic Engineers (ASME) Fellow, and a Boeing Welliver Fellow.

Prof. Lyrintzis has participated in the development of the award-winning (American Helicopter Society, Howard Hughes Award, and NASA Group Achievement Award) TRAC (Tiltrotor Aeroacoustic Codes) system of codes from NASA Langley Research Center.