Messac elected to A.I.A.A. board of directors
Achille Messac
Achille Messac, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University, has been elected to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics board of directors.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral graduate in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, he also holds MIT bachelor's and master's degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. He began his professional career in 1981 with the internationally recognized Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass.
His new book, "Optimization in Practice with MATLAB — For Engineering Students and Professionals," was published by Cambridge Press Inc., UK, in March.
Messac is one of two academics elected by the A.I.A.A.'s international membership to serve on the board.
With more than 30,000 individual members from 88 countries, and 95 corporate members, A.I.A.A. is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. For more, please see www.aiaa.org.
