Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 4 No. 4 Winter 2019 | Page 18

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Goodyear, Caterpillar, and others, Sandu has
been involved in more than $12 million of
research funding, including more than $3.7
million directly supporting her work.
She currently advises two doctoral and four
masters students, and is a committee member
for current students including 14 doctoral,
nine MS, and one non-thesis MS. She has
advised 16 doctoral students to graduation, 19
MS students, and has served on committees
for 27 PhD, 37 MS, two non-thesis MS, and
four M. Eng. students who have graduated.
Sandu's service to her field, the university,
College of Engineering, and the depart-
ment show a long-standing and consistent
commitment.
and 2000, respectively.
Over the course of Sandu's career she has
published 77 journal papers in addition to
more than 95 peer-reviewed proceedings
papers, seven book chapters, three provisional
patents/disclosures, 46 invited presentations,
and her work has been cited more than 1,900
times.
Working on projects with sponsors includ-
ing the National Science Foundation, NASA,
"Since Corina came to Virginia Tech she has
exemplified the highest ideals of scholarship,
service, and commitment to her students,"
said Azim Eskandarian, department head and
Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champ Chair. "Her
engagement with her students is matched only
by her leadership within the university and
the mechanical engineering field. Her body
of work and the accolades she has received
reflect a consistency of excellence. In my
time as department head, her work has been
relentlessly guided by principles of excellence
whether she's teaching a class, designing a
new class, working on research, or working
for the betterment of the university or her
field through professional service. She is a
consummate professional whose research,
teaching, and involvement exemplify the goals
to which we all aspire."
The Robert E. Hord Jr. Professorship in
Mechanical Engineering was established with
a generous gift from the estate of Robert E.
Hord Jr. ('41). The professorship supports an
outstanding professor within the Department
of Mechanical Engineering for a renewable
term of five years. The department currently
has two faculty members who are designated
as Hord Professors.