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"This book is an engineering history of the Gamera Human Powered Helicopter, which was creatively designed, skillfully built, and courageously flown by the students of the University of Maryland"--

Vengalattore T.. Nagaraj is Research Scientist in the University of Maryland Department of Aerospace Engineering. He holds a B.E. in civil engineering from the University of Mysore, India, a M.E. in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Loughborough University of Technology, U.K. He is a Member of the Vertical Flight Society.

Inderjit Chopra is Distinguished University Professor and Alfred Gessow Professor in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD). He is also Director of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at UMD. He pursues multidisciplinary research in rotorcraft aeromechanics with a focus on structural dynamics, vibratory loads, aeroelasticity; smart structures; and micro air vehicles, with a balance between analysis and experimental testing. He is a Fellow of the AIAA, and ASME. He is a Technical Fellow and Honorary Fellow of the Vertical Flight Society, and holds an Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Darryll J. Pines serves as president of the University of Maryland as well as the Glenn L. Martin Professor of Aerospace Engineering. Formerly the Nariman Farvardin Professor of Engineering and Dean of UMD's A. James Clark School of Engineering, where he has been on the faculty since 1995, Pines amassed a record of academic leadership and research accomplishments that have dramatically elevated the school's rankings and stature nationally and internationally. In 2019, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his “inspirational leadership and contributions to engineering education.” He is a Fellow of the AIAA, and ASME. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.