Gopal Gaonkar

Gopal H. Gaonkar (born 1936) is a professor of engineering at Florida Atlantic University. Gaonkar is a recipient of American Helicopter Society's Fellow Award in 2005,^[1] was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Helicopter Society, and a member of the AHS Technical Council.^[2]

G. H. Gaonkar
Born	1936 India
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute KLE Technological University
Occupation	Professor of Engineering
Known for	Helicopter dynamics, floquet theory, parallel computing
Spouses	Ann Gaonkar
Awards	2005 American Helicopter Society's Fellow Award
Scientific career
Fields	Helicopter Engineering
Institutions	Florida Atlantic University Indian Institute of Science Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Washington University in St. Louis

Born and raised in Hanehalli village, Gaonkar completed his high school (1955) from the Anandashram High School, Bankikodla. Gaonkar earned a B.E. degree (1960) in Civil Engineering from B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology (Now known as KLE Technological University), Hubli a M.E. degree (1963) in Civil Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai and a D.Sc. degree (1967) in Helicopter Engineering from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Prior to joining FAU, Gaonkar was a research professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research interests are in Helicopter dynamics, Floquet theory and Large-Scale and parallel computing.

During the year 2009–2010, Gaonkar was a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis, his alma mater. He is married to Anasuya Gaonkar, and has two children. He has six grandchildren.