Research Expertise

•	Designing micro air vehicles
•	Fracture mechanics
•	Structural analysis
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Education

•	D.Sc.	:	Mechanical Engineering, Kharkov Aviation Institute, Ukraine, 1993
•	Ph.D.	:	Mechanical Engineering, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia, 1983
•	M.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, Kharkov Aviation Institute, Ukraine, 1976
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Courses Taught  (since 2000)

•	AME 324	:	Aerospace Structures
•	AME 413a/b	:	Mechanical Engineering Design Lab {supervised projects]
•	AME 420a/520	:	Aircraft Conceptual Design
•	AME 422a/522	:	Aerospace Engineering Design
•	AME 427	:	Stability and Control of Aerospace Vehicles
•	AME 460	:	Mechanical Vibrations
•	AME 550	:	Advanced Dynamics
•	NATS 102	:	Beyond Earth, Space & Time (Aeronautics: Sci & People)
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Employment

•	8/95-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Visiting Research Associate Professor 8/95-2/98; Research Associate Professor 2/98-8/99; Assistant Professor 8/99-8/05; Associate Professor 8/05-date
•	3/07-7/07	:	SUPAERO - École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Toulouse, France (sabbatical): Visiting Professor
•	6/93-8/95	:	Buria Aircraft, Inc., Kharkov, Ukraine: Vice Chief-Designer
•	9/86-8/95	:	Aircraft Construction Department, Kharkov Aviation Institute, Ukraine: Associate Professor
•	2/85-10/85	:	School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, George Washington University: Visiting Scholar
•	9/83-9/84	:	Aircraft Construction Department, Kharkov Aviation Institute, Ukraine: Assistant Professor
•	9/76-9/83	:	Aircraft Design and Testing Laboratory, Kharkov Aviation Institute, Ukraine: Research Analyst
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Honors and Awards

•	2nd place overall and 1st place in indoor flight performance in the 4th International Micro Air Vehicle Competition, Pensacola, Fla, 2009
•	Three major awards at the 1st U.S.-Asian Demonstration and Assessment of Micro Aerial and Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology, Agra, India, 2008
•	2nd Place in 10th International Micro Air Vehicle Competition, Provo, Utah, Faculty Advisor, 2006
•	1st Place in 1st US-European Micro-Aerial Vehicle Technology Demonstration and Assessment, Faculty Advisor, 2005
•	2nd Place in 8th International Micro Air Vehicle Competition, Tucson, Arizona, Faculty Advisor, 2004
•	1st Place in 4th International Micro Aerial Vehicle Meeting in Toulouse, France, Faculty Advisor, 2004
•	3rd Place in 7th International Micro Air Vehicle Competition, Gainesville, Florida, Faculty Advisor, 2003
•	Faculty Fellowship Award, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 2002
•	Certificate of Appreciation, Professional Internship Program, Tucson Unified School District, 2001
•	The George Washington University Certificate of Appreciation, Awarded for Outstanding Research, 1985
•	Honorary Inventor of the USSR, 1982
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Professional Societies

•	AIAA	:	The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
•	ASME	:	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Publications  

•	R. Y. Krashanitsa, D. Silin, S. V. Shkarayev, and G. Abate, "Flight Dynamics of Flapping-Wing Air Vehicle", International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, Vol. 1, pp. 35-49, 2009.
•	Krashanitsa, R., Luo, H., Chen, W., and Shkarayev, S., "Method for damage assessment in ceramics after an impact", International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 2009 (accepted).
•	S. Shkarayev, J.-M. Moschetta, and B. Bataille, "Aerodynamic Design of Micro Air Vehicles for Vertical Flight", Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 45, pp. 1715-1724, 2008.
•	R. Krashanitsa, G. Platanitis, D. Silin, and S. Shkarayev, "Autopilot Integration into Micro Air Vehicles", Chapter 3, Introduction to the Design of Fixed-Wing Micro Air Vehicles Including Three Case Studies (T. J. Mueller, J. C. Kellogg, P. G. Ifju, and S. V. Shkarayev, eds.)AIAA, Reston, Virginia, pp. 109-149, 2007.
•	M. Aki, M. Waszak, and S. Shkarayev, "Development of Micro Air Vehicles with In-Flight Adaptive Wing," Chapter 6, Introduction to the Design of Fixed-Wing Micro Air Vehicles Including Three Case Studies (T. J. Mueller, J. C. Kellogg, P. G. Ifju, and S. V. Shkarayev, eds.), AIAA, pp. 241-275, 2007.
•	S. Shkarayev and R. Krashanitsa, "Probabilistic Method for the Analysis of Widespread Fatigue Damage in Structures", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 27, pp. 223-234, 2005.
•	W. Null and S. Shkarayev, "Effects of Camber on the Aerodynamics of Adaptive-Wing Micro Air Vehicles", Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 42, pp.1537-1542, 2005.
•	R. Krashanitsa, and S. Shkarayev, "Theoretical Study of the Dynamic Response of Bars Composed of Dissimilar Materials," Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 40, pp. 73-84, 2004 [in Russian]; reprinted in English as "Theoretical Study of the Dynamic Response of Bars Composed of Dissimilar Materials", Materials Science, Vol. 40, pp. 795-808, 2004.
•	S. Shkarayev, "Theoretical Modeling of Crack Arrest by Inserting Interference Fit Fasteners", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 25, pp. 317-324, 2003.
•	S. Shkarayev, S. Savastiouk, and O. Siniaguine, "Stress and Reliability Analysis of Electronic Packages with Ultra-Thin Chips", Journal of Electronic Packaging, pp. 98-103, 2003.
•	M. P. Savruk and S. Shkarayev, "Analogy of Stress Singularity Problems for Material with Linear and Bilinear Behaviours," Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 39, pp. 45-53, 2003 [in Russian]; reprinted in English as "Similarity of Stress-Singularity Problems for Materials with Linear and Bilinear Behaviors", Materials Science, Vol. 39, pp. 807-819, 2003.
•	S. Shkarayev and S. Mall, "Computational Modeling of Shot-Peening Effects on Crack Propagation Under Fretting Fatigue", Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 38, pp. 495-506, 2003.
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Research Grants  

•	Integrated Analysis of In-Flight Collision Avoidance System NSF, 09/01/2009- 08/31/2012.
•	Autonomous Micro Air Vehicles with Agile Maneuverability and Sensing Capabilities, US Army RDECOM, International Technology Office-Pacific. 10/2008-10/2009.
•	Wind Tunnel Upgrade at the University of Arizona, Air Force Office of Scientific Research 05/2009-10/2010.
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Consulting  (since 2002)

•	The Boeing Company
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