Pinar Acar
Assistant Professor
- Thrust Area Specialty: Design Materials & Manufacturing
213A Goodwin Hall
635 Prices Fork Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
635 Prices Fork Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Research Interests
- Computational Multi-Scale Modeling of Materials
- Optimization
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Reduced Order Modeling
- Machine Learning
See Dr. Acar's publications and research on Google Scholar and Researchgate.
- 2018-Present, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2017, Research Fellow, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
- 2014-2017, Graduate Research Assistant, Multi-Scale Structural Simulations Laboratory, University of Michigan
- 2023 - NSF CAREER Award
- 2023 - Frontiers of Materials Award from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
- 2022 - Best Paper Award at AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
- 2021 - Dean's Awards for Excellence: Outstanding New Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2020 - AFOSR Young Investigator Award
- 2016 - Amelia Earhart Fellowship, Zonta International Foundation
- Ph.D. - Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2017
- M.Sc. - Aerospace Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2012
- B.Sc. - Astronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2010