B.S. (Engineering Mechanics), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1975.
M.S. (Engineering Mechanics), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1977.
Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1979.

Assistant Provost, The University of Akron, 1994-present.
Associate dean, College of Engineering, The University of Akron, 1987-1994.
Associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1985-present.
Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1982-85.
Assistant professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1979-82.

Member: ASME, AIAA, SIAM, American Physical Society, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi.
Chairman, ASME Akron Section, 1988-89.

NSF Traineeship, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1965-67.
SAE Ralph R. Teeter Award, 1975.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Outstanding Professor Award, 1987.
College of Engineering, Best Professor, Pi Eta Sigma, 1990.
College of Engineering, Best Professor, Pi Eta Sigma, 1991.
College of Engineering, Outstanding Teacher Award, Chemstress Teaching Award, 1991.

Vibrations, applied mathematics, nonlinear mechanics, perturbation methods, acoustics, and hydrodynamic stability.