He holds Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and master’s in Mathematics from Purdue University, and B.S./M.S. (Diploma Engineer) from Bucharest Polytechnic University (Romania). His current research is in the areas of tensegrity and membrane structures, rotary and fixed wing aircraft, energy harvesting, and coordination, requiring a strong background in mathematics. The research is aimed at understanding physical systems and designing engineering systems via thorough mathematical analysis, which may eventually generate ideas and fundamental results of larger generality than initially contemplated.