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Kawai Kwok is an Associate Professor in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, where he also earned his M.S. degree. Additionally, he has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. His research interests include deployable spacecraft and aircraft concepts, multifunctional composite materials, in-space manufacturing and assembly, high-throughput characterization, structural stability, and viscoelasticity. Kwok has received several awards for his research contributions, including the NSF CAREER Award in 2022 and the ASCE Journal Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2016. He was also honored with the NASA Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Engineering Award in the same year. His expertise lies at the intersection of aerospace engineering and material science, focusing on innovative solutions for complex aerospace challenges.
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