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Cristina Riso joined the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in January 2022. Her research group investigates dynamic aeroelastic phenomena in next-generation aerospace vehicles using novel computational models and analysis methods. Current research efforts focus on advancing the fundamental understanding of new fixed-wing vertical lift configurations to support design. Cristina Riso came to Georgia Tech from the University of Michigan, where she was a Research Fellow at the Airbus-Michigan Center for Aero-Servo-Elasticity and worked on flexible aircraft active aeroelasticity in the Structures Research Laboratory. She holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Sapienza University of Rome. She is a member of the AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee, the VFS Dynamics Technical Committee, and the AIAA Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop Large Deflection Working Group. Her research lab collaborates with the Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE).
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