Gopal H. Gaonkar (born 1938) is a professor of engineering at Florida Atlantic University, Florida. His research interest is in Helicopter dynamics, Floquet theory and Large-Scale and parallel computing. Gaonkar is a recipient of American Helicopter Society's Fellow Award in 2005^[1] and a Journal Editor-in-Chief of the Technical Council of American Helicopter Society ^[2].

Born and raised in Hanehalli village, Gaonkar completed his high school (1955) from the A. H. School, Bankikodla. Gaonkar earned a B.E. degree (1960) in Civil Engineering from B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli, a M.E. degree (1963) in Civil Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai and a D. Sc. degree (1967) in Helicopter Engineering from Washington University, St. Louis. Prior to joining FAU, Gaonkar was a research professor at the University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville and a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Currently for the year 2009-2010, Gaonkar is a visiting professor at Washington University, St. Louis his alma mater.

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• The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• How to Modify a Helicopter... without a Helicopter
• Listing of AHS Technical Fellow Award