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Carl T. Herakovich - Engineering Professor, Football Player and Coach
Professor Emeritus, Director of Applied Mechanics, Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia (1987-98).

Founding Director - NASA Virginia Tech Composites Program, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech (1967-87).

Author of books and papers on mechanics and composite materials.

Quarterback, 1954 Indiana State Championship Football Team.

Leading scorer in nation,1958, 168 points 8 games, Rose Polytechnic Institute (now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology). Second, all-time points per game behind Barry Sanders.

Head Football Coach and Athletic Director, Rose-Hulman, 1962-64.

Known as “Rocky” during athletic career.

Education
BS, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1959); MS, The University of Kansas (1962); PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology (1968).

Books
Herakovich, C. T., Mechanics of Fibrous Composites, (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1998) Herakovich, C. T., Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM (Springer, 2016) Herakovich, C. T., A Concise Introduction to Elastic Solids (Springer, 2017)

Honors
2005 ASME Applied Mechanics Division Award (the Ted Belytschko Award) 1986 Frank J. Maher Outstanding Educator Award (Virginia Tech ESM Department) 2010 Alumni Recognition Award, Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department, Illinois Institute of Technology Indiana Football Hall of Fame (1985) Rose-Hulman (inaugural) Athletic Hall of Fame (1993) School City of Whiting (inaugural) Buckley Wall of Fame (2005) Leading collegiate football scorer in the nation (1958) (168 points, 21.0 ppg) Little All-American, Honorable Mention (1958) Quarterback and defensive halfback, Whiting High School,1955 Indiana State Football Championship team (“Ironman”)