Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering

Dimitrios Michalaros

Dimitrios Michalaros is a MS student in the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics, pursuing the MSAA degree with thesis. He completed the BS degree in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University, in May 2023. Hobbies include playing and watching soccer, learning foreign languages, watching basketball and football, as well as reading history books.

Research

  • Design and static and dynamic aeroelastic analysis of spanwise and chordwise morphing wings, with bistable structural elements that define the shape of the wing
  • Implementing model order reduction in aeroelastic analysis of such bistable morphing wings