Brian Lattimer

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• 2019-Present, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2015-2019, Vice President, R&D, Jensen Hughes
• 2015-2019, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2012-2015, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2009-2015, President, FIre Science Solutions, LLC
• 2007-2012, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2003-2007, Senior Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc. – Fire Science and Engineering
• 1998-2003, Project Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc. – Fire Science and Engineering
• 1996-1998, Staff Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc. – Fire Science and Engineering
• 1992-1996, Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech

• 2024 - Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair in Mechanical Engineering
• 2024 - Society of Fire Protection Engineers Fellow
• 2023 - ASME Fellow
• 2015 – Harmathy Award – Paper of the Year in Fire Technology journal for student-led article
• 2014 – Best Video Award Finalist, Humanoids 2014, Two Configurations of Series Elastic Actuators for Linearly Actuated Humanoid Robots with Large Range of Motion
• 2014 – Best Video Award Finalist, Humanoids 2014, Humanoid Balancing on Unstable Terrain Using Whole-Body Momentum Control and Series Elastic Actuation
• 2014 – Best Paper for 11th IAFSS Conference (won by student Patrick Summers)
• 2013 – Virginia Tech Engineering College Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research
• 2006 – Bigglestone Award, Paper of the Year in Fire Technology journal
• 1999 – Bigglestone Award, Paper of the Year in Fire Technology journal
• 1996 – Torgersen Award, Virginia Tech Engineering Ph.D. Research Project of the Year

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1996
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1993
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1992