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Sandu named Robert E. Hord Jr.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors Nov. 18
approved the appointment of Corina Sandu as
the Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor in Mechani-
cal Engineering.
Sandu is also the associate department head
for graduate studies in the department. Her
appointment brings the number of faculty
who hold named or endowed professorships
to twelve. Four additional faculty are recog-
nized as John R. Jones III Faculty Fellows.
Sandu's original contributions to the field
of multibody system dynamics and vehicle
dynamics are widely recognized. She is a
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, and a Fellow of the Society of
Automobile Engineers. In 2019, she received
the SAE's Forest R. McFarland Award for the
second time, and she has been recognized for
her service to SAE's international publication
board. She earned the International Society
for Terrain-Vehicle Systems best paper award
in 2017, and an ISTVS collaborative small
research award in 2015. She also was the
recipient of the 2013 SAE Rodica Baranescu
Award for Technical and Leadership Excel-
lence in Commercial Vehicles Engineering.
Sandu earned her Engineering Diploma
from Bucharest (Romania) Polytechnic In-
stitute in the field of Mechanics in 1991. Her
MS and PhD in mechanical engineering were
earned from the University of Iowa in 1995