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MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty
Raul Radovitzky

Raúl A. Radovitzky

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Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Associate Director, MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-316
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 252-1518
rapa@mit.edu
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/radovitzky/

Civil Engineer, 1991, University of Buenos Aires
S.M., 1995, Brown University
Ph.D., 1998, California Institute of Technology

Raúl Radovitzky was born in Argentina and educated at the University of Buenos Aires where he obtained his Civil Engineer degree in 1991. He received his S.M. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1998. He joined MIT Aero-Astro in 2001 as the Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor.

Professor Radovitzky’s research interests are in the development of advanced concepts and material systems for Blast Protection. To this end, his research group develops theoretical and computational descriptions of the blast event and its effects on structures and humans, including advanced computational methods and algorithms for large-scale simulation. The resulting models help us to improve our understanding of the various physical components of the problem and, thus, to guide the design of protective systems. To see his research activities, visit the Research section of this site.

Professor Radovitzky’s educational interests include integrating technology and pedagogy in the teaching of Computational Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Aerospace Structures, Mechanics of Materials, Numerical Methods and High-Performance Computing.

Professor Radovitzky is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, International Association of Computational Mechanics, American Academy of Mechanics, Materials Research Society, U. S. Association of Computational Mechanics, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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