Inman earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Grand Valley State University, followed by a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University. He began his academic career at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he served as a department chair.[5] In 1992, he joined Virginia Tech as the Goodson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures.[6]
In his earlier years, Inman was a musician. He played drums for the West Michigan rock band 4 U and Him, which performed regularly at southeast Michigan venues including the Westgate Bowl, Seaway Bar in Holland, and the Shamrock Lounge for several years.[7][8]
Research and Career
Inman is the Kelly Johnson Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan.[9] He also holds adjunct appointments at Virginia Tech in Mechanical Engineering and at the University of Bristol as Brunel Chair in Intelligent Materials and Structures.[10]
He began his career teaching physics at Grand Rapids Educational Park (1970–1976) and later held research and teaching roles at Michigan State University and Bell Laboratories. From 1980 to 1992, he served in various academic and leadership positions at the State University of New York, including professor and chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.[11]
Inman joined Virginia Tech in 1992, where he directed the Mechanical Systems Laboratory and later the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures.[12] He held the Samuel Herrick and George R. Goodson endowed professorships and held joint or affiliate appointments in mathematics, aerospace, and ocean engineering. He moved to the University of Michigan in 2011.[13]
Publications
Inman has published extensively, including over 425 journal articles, more than 690 conference papers, and several books, such as Engineering Vibration and Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting. He has also contributed to the development of educational materials and software manuals in the field of mechanics and vibration.[14]
Awards and honors
Inman received the ASME 2015 Rayleigh Lecture Award from the ASME unit Noise Control and Acoustics Division (NCAD) in the year 2015.[15] He got the Structural Dynamics and Materials Award in January 2014 from the AIAA.[16] He also received the honorary professorship from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, awarded October 2009. In September 2009, he received the Structural Health Monitoring Lifetime Achievement Award.[17] He also got the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Virginia Tech, in the same year.[18] He received the Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award from the Michigan State University in 2008.[19] He also got the ASME/Boeing Structural Materials Best Paper Award in April 2008. He got the ASME J.P. Den Hartog Medal in 2007. Inman received the ASME Best Paper Award in structural Dynamics and control, awarded in March 2007.[20] In the same year, he got DE Michele Award of the Society for Experimental Mechanics.[21] He received the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorship in May 2004 from the University of Bristol, UK, for visiting during AY 2004-05 and lecturing on smart Structures.[22] He got the SPIE 2003 Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award, in March 2003.[23] Inman received the H. C. Pusey Best Paper Award in November 2002. He also received the President’s Award for Research Excellence (Virginia Tech), awarded May 2001. He got the ASME AIAA SDM Best Paper Award in April 2001. He received the ASME/Boeing Structural Materials Best Paper Award in April 2000. In the same year, he got the ASME 2000 Adaptive structures and Material Systems Prize. He also awarded as the ASME Distinguished Lecturer, 1995–2004.
Inman received the Fellowships from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2016), National Institute of Aerospace (2004), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2002), International Institute of Acoustics and Vibrations (1999), American Academy of Mechanics (1997), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1990) and also he received the Young Presidential Award by Ronald Reagan and administered by the National Science Foundation.[24]
Books
Inman has published many books and chapters. Here are some of his notable contributions.
Inman, D. J., 2017. Vibration with Control, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, New York, NY.[25]
Inman, D. J., Engineering Vibration, Pearson, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1994, 1996 (7th printing in 1999); 2nd Edition, 2000 (9th printing in 2006); Korean edition, January 2003; 3rd Edition, 2007, 4th Edition, 2013.[26]
Erturk, A.. and Inman, D. J., 2011. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 416 pp. ( ISBN978-0-470-68254-8)[27]
Soutas-Little, R. W., Inman, D. J., and Balint, D., 2009. Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Computational Edition, Thompson International, Florence, KY.[28]
Soutas-Little, R. W., Inman, D. J., and Balint, D., 2007. A Matlab Manual for Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Computational Edition, Thompson International, Florence, KY.[29]
Soutas-Little, R. W., Inman, D. J., and Balint, D., 2007. A Mathcad Manual for Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Computational Edition, Thompson International, Florence, KY.[30]
Soutas-Little, R. W., Inman, D. J., and Balint, D., 2007. A Mathematica Manual for Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Computational Edition, Thompson International, Florence, KY.[31]
Soutas-Little, R. W., Inman, D. J., and Balint, D., 2007. A Maple Manual for Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Computational Edition, Thompson International, Florence, KY.[32]
Soutas-Little, R. W., Inman, D. J., and Balint, D., 2007. Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Computational Edition, Thompson International, Florence, KY.[33]
Inman, D. J., 2006. Vibration with Control, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, New York, NY.[34]
Inman, D. J. and Cudney, H. H., 2000, Structural and Machine Design Using Piezoceramic Materials: a Guide for Structural Design Engineers, Final Report NASA Langley Grant NAG-1-1998[35]
outas-Little, R. W. and Inman, D. J., 1999. Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.[36]
Soutas-Little, R. W. and Inman, D. J., 1998. Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.[37]
Inman, D. J., 1989. Vibrations: Control, Measurement and Stability, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.[38]
↑Ji, Hongli; Qiu, Jinhao; Xia, Pinqi; Inman, Daniel (February 2012). "Analysis of energy conversion in switched-voltage control with arbitrary switching frequency". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 174: 162–172. Bibcode:2012SeAcA.174..162J. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2011.11.004.
↑Soutas-Little, Robert W.; Inman, D. J.; Balint, Daniel S. (2008). Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics - Computational Edition 1st Edition. Thomson Learning. ISBN978-0534548858.
↑Soutas-Little, Robert W. (2007). A MATLAB Manual for Engineering Mechanics: Statics - Computational Edition 1st Edition. Thomson Learning. ISBN978-0495295938.
↑Inman, Daniel J. (January 2007). A Mathcad Manual for Engineering Mechanics: Statics - Computational Edition 1st Edition. CL-Engineering. ISBN978-0495295945.
↑Soutas-Little, Robert W.; Inman, D. J.; Balint, Daniel S. (2007). Engineering Mechanics: Statics-Computational Edition 1st Edition. Thomson. ISBN978-0534549213.
↑A Maple Manual for Engineering Mechanics: Statics Computational Edition. ASIN0495296066 .
↑Soutas-Little, Robert W.; Inman, D. J.; Balint, Daniel S. (2007). Engineering Mechanics: Statics-Computational Edition 1st Edition. Thomson. ISBN978-0534549213.
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