Dr. Seetha Raghavan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCF where she leads the Aerostructures laboratory. She completed her doctoral studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University and her MS in Aerospace Engineering from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France. She has 7 years of experience in the aerospace industry as a senior engineer involved in Aircraft Structural Analysis, Maintenance, Repair & Modifications and Non-destructive testing. She is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was recently honored by Women in Aerospace with the 2019 Aerospace Educator Award.