Peter LeVoci is an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering where he teaches aerodynamics. In addition to having served in the U.S. Navy as an instructor pilot and operationally as an anti-submarine warfare pilot, he was also a naval test pilot conducting experimental flight testing on prototype V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. After naval service, he entered his current occupation as a civilian test pilot where he conducts engineering flight tests for the certification of transport airplanes and helicopters, as well as small airplanes.
Dr. LeVoci received his BS in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1979, MS in Systems Analysis from the University of West Florida in 1983, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2004. He is also a 1988 graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School.