Ross Dynamics Lab

Shane Ross, professor of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech, is an award-winning teacher and researcher. He has a B.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics (control and dynamical systems), both from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He's worked at the University of Southern California, NASA/JPL, UC San Diego, and Boeing.

Professor Ross teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in engineering mathematics and dynamics and his lab group specializes in applications of nonlinear dynamics, performing mathematical modeling, simulation, visualization, and experiments with applications including patterns of dispersal in oceanic and atmospheric flows, and transport across the air-water interface. He's authored 75 journal articles and has obtained $15 million in externally sponsored research projects, including an NSF CAREER award and an NSF IGERT to cross-train graduate students in biology and engineering.