Michael J. Salkind
President
Ohio Aerospace Institute

Michael Salkind was appointed President of the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) in January 1990. OAI is a consortium of nine Ohio universities, private industry, NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. Its mission is to facilitate collaboration among industry, universities, and federal laboratories to enhance Ohio and U.S. economic competitiveness through research, education, and technology adaptation.

Before his appointment, Dr. Salkind served as Director of Aerospace Sciences, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, in Washington, D.C., for 10 years. He was Chief of Structures at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., from 1976 to 1980. From 1964 to 1975, Salkind was with United Technologies Corporation as Chief of Advanced Metallurgy in its corporate research laboratory and then Chief of Structures and Materials at the Sikorsky Aircraft Division. He received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.

A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Salkind has published more than 40 articles and a book entitled Applications of Composite Materials. He has also served on the adjunct faculty of The Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, and Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.

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