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MEMBER
NEWS
DOSSIER: Corina Sandu, Ph.D.,
of Virginia Tech
A proud native of Romania, Corina Sandu,
Ph.D., graduated with an engineer diploma
from the mechanics faculty at the
University " Politehnica " Bucharest, in the
Romanian capital, in June 1991.
She worked as a design engineer for
Power Modules and Control Elements
Company and as an instructor for a
mechanisms laboratory in her old
department before coming to the U.S. for
her graduate studies in December 1992.
Sandu earned an M.S. in mechanical
engineering (with an emphasis on real-time
simulation of ground vehicle dynamics) at
the University of Iowa in August 1995. She
continued on in the mechanical
engineering department there to pursue a
Ph.D., graduating in December 2000
focusing on multibody dynamics and
terramechanics while modeling the M1A1
Abrams Main Battle Tank.
In 2003, she joined Virginia Tech as an
Assistant Professor. She currently is Robert
E. Hord Jr. Professor in the Mechanical
Engineering Department, Associate
Department Head for Graduate Studies,
and Director of the Terramechanics,
Multibody, and Vehicle Dynamics
Laboratory.
" While I enjoy all aspects of my work, the
most rewarding aspect is seeing my
students become successful professionals, "
she told Update.
14 June 2021
Visiting the Tatra Trucks during the ISTVS conference in
Prague, 2019.
As head of graduate studies, Sandu has
read hundreds of applications for the
graduate programs in her department.
" Many students interested in vehiclerelated
research comment about always
being passionate about vehicles or working
on their parents' car in the garage from an
early age. This was not my case. What I
realized early on in my education was that I
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