ANN ARBOR—World-renowned helicopter aeroelastician Peretz Friedmann has been appointed the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
Friedmann, who left UCLA’s engineering faculty after 26 years of service to assume this endowed position, has focused his research on the aeroelasticity of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, structural dynamics, active vibration and flutter suppression, and structural optimization with aeroelastic constraints.
Among his many accolades, Friedmann received the 1996 Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is also a Fellow of AIAA and has published extensively.
He earned a B.Sc. degree and an M.Sc. in aeronautical engineering from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a D.Sc. in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The professorship to which Friedman was appointed was established by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation in 1997 to honor the memory of its namesake, a Michigan graduate who earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in 1982.

Peretz FriedmannAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsTechnion-Israel Institute of TechnologyFrancois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation