Bio
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Joseph C. Slater is a professor in, and the dean of, the `College of Engineering`_ at `Tennessee Technological University`_.

His research interests are dynamics, finite element modeling, control, and model identification and validation. He has worked in the fields of UAV control, turbomachinery dynamics, fatigue, aeroelasticity, spacecraft dynamics and control, and vibration damping.

He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the department of `Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering`_ at the `State University of New York at Buffalo`_. He is a Fellow of `ASME`_, an Associate Fellow of `AIAA`_, and a member of the `Tau Beta Pi`_, `Sigma Gamma Tau`_, and `Phi Eta Sigma`_ honor societies. He is a past member of the `AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee`_ and the AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Program Committee, and a past Associate Editor of multiple professional journals.

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.. _Mousai: https://pypi.org/project/mousai/
.. _vibrationtesting: https://pypi.org/project/vibrationtesting/
.. _vitae: https://pypi.org/project/vitae/
.. _vibration_toolbox: https://pypi.org/project/vibration-toolbox/
.. _Python: https://www.scipy.org/
.. _LaTeX: https://texfaq.org/FAQ-latex2e.html
.. _Numpy: http://www.numpy.org
.. _AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Program Committee: https://info.aiaa.org/tac/pc/GSPC/default.aspx
.. _Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: http://www.mae.buffalo.edu/
.. _Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: http://www.cs.wright.edu/mme
.. _Phi Eta Sigma: http://www.phietasigma.org/
.. _SEM: http://www.sem.org
.. _Shock and Vibration: http://www.iospress.nl/html/10709622.php
.. _AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee: https://info.aiaa.org/tac/adsg/SDTC/default.aspx
.. _Dr. Daniel J. Inman: http://www.me.vt.edu/people/faculty/inman.html
.. _ASME: http://www.asme.org/
.. _Tau Beta Pi: http://www.tbp.org
.. _Sigma Gamma Tau: http://www.engr.wichita.edu/ae/sgt/sgthome.html
.. _AIAA: http://www.aiaa.org
.. _State University of New York at Buffalo: http://wings.buffalo.edu/
.. _Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2WEH0xEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
.. _`*`: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html
.. _`ORCID`: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-9279
.. _`ResearchGate`: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joseph_Slater
.. _`College of Engineering`: https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/
.. _`Tennessee Technological University`: https://www.tntech.edu/