Marina Ruggles-Wrenn
Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn is an American aerospace and mechanical engineer known for her research on advanced materials for extreme environments in aerospace applications. She is a professor of aerospace engineering in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Air Force Institute of Technology.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Ruggles-Wrenn was a mechanical engineering student at the Polytechnic Institute of New York, graduating in 1981. She went to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for graduate study, earning a master's degree in 1983 and completing her Ph.D. in 1987.[2]
After working as a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1987 to 2003, she joined the Air Force Institute of Technology faculty as an associate professor in 2003. She was promoted to full professor in 2009.[1]
Recognition
[edit]Ruggles-Wrenn was named an ASME Fellow in 2003.[3] In 2014 the National Aeronautic Association gave her their Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Trophy, "for dedicating over 27 years of her professional life to advancing the state-of-the-art in aerospace structures, design, and materials".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dr. Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn, Professor of Aerospace Engineering", Directory, Air Force Institute of Technology, retrieved 2022-04-25
- ^ "Marina Ruggles-Wrenn", Speakers, HT-CMC/10th: 10th International Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites, September 2019, retrieved 2022-04-25
- ^ ASME Fellows List (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2022-04-25
- ^ Dr. Marina Ruggles-Wrenn Selected as Recipient of the 2014 Stinson Trophy (PDF), National Aeronautic Association, January 23, 2015, retrieved 2022-04-25
- Living people
- American aerospace engineers
- American mechanical engineers
- American women engineers
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory people
- Air University (United States Air Force) faculty
- Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers