Wereley, Norman M.
Minta Martin Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Director, Composites Research Laboratory (CORE)
InnoVital Systems Faculty Fellow
Keystone Professor
Director, Aerospace Engineering Honors Program
Director, Composites Research Laboratory (CORE)
InnoVital Systems Faculty Fellow
Keystone Professor
Director, Aerospace Engineering Honors Program
Aerospace Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
Maryland Robotics Center
3179 Glenn L. Martin Hall
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)
- M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1987)
- B.Eng., McGill University (1982)
HONORS AND AWARDS
- CAMX Oustanding Technical Paper Award (2024)
- Editor-in-Chief, SAMPE Journal (2023)
- American Helicopter Museum Achievement Award (2020), First Organ Transplant Flight via VTOL Drone
- Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award, Clark School of Engineering (2017)
- Making a Difference Award, Office of Community Engagement, University of Maryland (2016)
- ASME Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award (2016)
- Marvin C. Demler Award for Exceptional Service to AIAA National Capital Section (2015)
- Member, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society (2015)
- SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)
- SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Product Implementation Award (2013)
- Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2012)
- ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Prize (2012)
- American Helicopter Society (AHS) Best Paper Award in Crash Safety (2012)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Best Paper Award in Structural Dynamics and Control (2012, 2004)
- AHS Harry T. Jensen Award, Boeing Active Crash Protection Team (2011)
- Editorial Board, Advances in Materials Research (2011 – present)
- AIAA Sustained Service Award (June, 2011)
- A. James Clark School of Engineering Faculty Service Award, U. Maryland (May, 2010)
- Member, AIAA Region I Engineer of the Year Honor Society (March, 2010)
- AIAA National Capital Section Engineer of the Year Award (April, 2009)
- Associate Editor, AIAA Journal (2009-2014)
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2008)
- Associate Editor, Smart Materials and Structures, (Jan. 2008 – present)
- Techno-Sciences Inc. Faculty Fellow (Nov. 2007 – April 2012)
- Editor, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (2007 – 2024)
- American Helicopter Society Grover E. Bell Award, Smart Structures Program of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center (2002)
- Invention of the Year Finalist (2002), Office of Technology Commercialization, U. Maryland
- Fellow, Institute of Physics (2001)
- Associate Technical Editor, J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (1999-2006)
- Associate Editor, J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (1997-1998) Army Young Investigator Award (1997)
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation (1997)
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (1998)
- Broken Propeller Award (1994), AIAA Student Chapter, U. Maryland
- Quality Performance Award for Technical Excellence and Leadership, Infrared Materials Producibility Program, BDM Federal, Inc. (1992)
- Best Presentation in Linear Systems at the 1991 American Control Conference
- Best Presentation in Multirate and Periodic Systems at the 1990 American Control Conference
- Vertical Flight Foundation GE Aircraft Engines Fellowship (1989-90)
- William L. Steward Jr. Award, MIT (1987)
- Captain, McGill University Rugby Team (1980-81, 1981-1982)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Summer Fellowship (1982)
- Greville Smith Scholar (1978-1979, 1979-1980)
- McGill University Scholar (1978-1979)
- Fairweather Memorial for Scholarship, Citizenship & Sportsmanship, RCS (1978)
- Governor General of Canada’s Medal, Rothesay Collegiate School (1978)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Fellow and Lifetime Member, Society for Advancements in Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
- Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Fellow, Canadian Soeciety for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
- Fellow, Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
- Fellow, SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
- Fellow, Vertical Flight Society (VFS), Lifetime Member & Technical Fellow
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Member