About Dale M. Pitt

BSAE 1972, UMR
MSAE 1975, UMR
DSC1980, Washington University

After graduation Dale was employed at the United States Army Aviation System Command in St. Louis. While there, he received his master and doctorate degrees. In 1980 Dale took a job at McDonnell Aircraft Company (now Boeing) as a research engineer. Dale has authored 39 technical papers that describe his research endeavors. He has traveled internationally where he has lectures on Aeroelasticity and Smart Structures. Dale was recently awarded a patent for adaptive aircraft structures. His areas of research are: smart structures, structural health monitoring, aeroelasticity, and unsteady aerodynamics. Dale is active in professional engineering societies such as: the American Helicopter Society (Chairman of St. Louis Section), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Vice-Chairman of St. Louis Section). Dale is an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Washington University of St. Louis, where he has taught both graduate and undergraduate engineering courses.