RAKESH KAPANIA REAPPOINTED TO THE NORRIS AND WENDY MITCHELL PROFESSORSHIP

BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 28 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Rakesh Kapania, Mitchell Professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been reappointed to the Norris and Wendy Mitchell Professorship in Aerospace Engineeringby the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

The Norris and Wendy Mitchell Professorship was established in 2006 with a generous gift from Norris and Wendy Mitchell.

Since 2021, when he was last reappointed to the professorship, Kapania has continued to distinguish himself by pursuing world-class research in several key areas, including unitized structures, multidisciplinary design of tru...