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Web site: http://raphael.mit.edu/PERAIRE.bio.html
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1983, University of Barcelona
Ph.D., 1986, University of Wales
Doctor Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1987, University of Barcelona,
Specialization and Research Interests
Numerical analysis, finite element methods, computational aerodynamics
Teaching Interests
Computational mechanics, numerical methods for PDEs, dynamics
Positions Held at MIT
Professor, 1999-present; Associate Professor, 1993-1999; Director, Aerospace Computational Design Lab, 1993-present.
Honors and Awards
The Research Corporation Trust, UK Young Researchers Award, 1986; NASA Group Achievement Award, 1989; D.Sc, University of Wales, 1997; NASA Exceptional Achievement Award, 1997; IACM Young Researchers Award in Computational Mechanics, 1998; Raymond L. Bisplinghoff Faculty Fellow; Honorary Professor, School of Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea
Society Memberships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow; US Association for Computational Mechanics, Fellow; International Association for Computational Mechanics, Fellow; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Comments
Before joining MIT, Professor Peraire was a member of the faculty at the University of Wales and at Imperial College, London.