Gopal H. Gaonkar (born 1936) is a professor of engineering at

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, Florida. His research interest is in Helicopter dynamics,

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and Large-Scale and parallel computing. Gaonkar is a recipient of American Helicopter Society's Fellow Award in 2005, was the Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of the American Helicopter Society'', and a member of the AHS Technical Council.Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of the American Helicopter Society''
Born and raised in Hanehalli village, Gaonkar completed his high school (1955) from the A. H. School, Bankikodla. Gaonkar earned a B.E. degree (1960) in Civil Engineering from B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology (Now known as

KLE Technological University KLE Technological University, formerly known as B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology (BVBCET), colloquially the BVB College, is a private university in Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka, India. It was upgraded to a university under th ...

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, a M.E. degree (1963) in Civil Engineering from

VJTI Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) ( Marathi : ''वीरमाता जिजाबाई टेक्नॉलोजिकल इन्स्टिट्यूट)'' is a state funded college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, I ...

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and a D.Sc. degree (1967) in Helicopter Engineering from

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. Prior to joining FAU, Gaonkar was a research professor at the University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville and a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the

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. During the year 2009–2010, Gaonkar was a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis, his alma mater. He is married to Anasuya Gaonkar, and has two daughters. He has four grandsons and two granddaughters.

References

The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System

How to Modify a Helicopter... without a Helicopter

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