LTC Andrew T. Bellocchio, Ph.D., PE Associate Professor Academy Professor Civil and Mechanical Engineering andrew.bellocchio [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications LTC Andy Bellocchio is a native of Vestal, NY. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Aviation through the United States Military Academy in 1997. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Point. He earned both a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His military education includes completion of the Aviation Officer Basic Course, Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course, Aviation Captain’s Career Course, Combined Arms Service and staff School, Command and General staff College Intermediate Level Education, Airborne school, and Air Assault school. LTC Bellocchio is a Senior Aviator in rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. He holds aircraft qualifications in the OH-58C Kiowa, UH-60 Black Hawk, C-12 Huron, C-182 Skylane, RC-12X Guardrail, and KA-300 Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (MARSS). LTC Bellocchio has served as Platoon Leader and Assistant S-3 in 2-10 Aviation (Assault) and company Executive Officer for Echo Company, 1-52 Aviation (ATC) with the 10th Mountain Division. While stationed in South Korea, LTC Bellocchio served as 2d Infantry Division’s Assistant Division Aviation Officer and commanded HHC, 2d Aviation Brigade. From 2006 to 2009, he taught in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering. Following West Point, LTC Bellocchio led a military transition team (MiTT) to Mosul, Iraq. Over the next 4 years, he served as the S3 Operations Officer for the 306 MI (Aerial Exploitation Battalion), Task Force ODIN-Enhanced, and the 116th MI Brigade (Aerial Intelligence). He has one operational deployment to SFOR6 in Bosnia, one combat tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and two combat tours in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. Among LTC Bellocchio’s military awards are the Bronze Star (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), and Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Cluster). LTC Bellocchio currently serves as an Academy Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering. He has previously taught aeronautical engineering, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, ballistics, and design. Additionally, he has course directed cadet capstone research in mechanical engineering and led interdisciplinary projects for the Academy. His active research is in aircraft reliability, structural health monitoring, and thermal-fluid applications. He is married to the former Katie Ramey of Russellville, AK. They have two daughters. Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering - Georgia Institute of TechnologyM.S., Aerospace Engineering - Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.S., Mechanical Engineering - U.S. Military Academy Research Interests Aircraft reliability and sustainment, structural health monitoring, thermal-fluid applications Current Research Rotorcraft maintenance operating periods, tactical air-launched balloon design Selected Publications Doshi, Nathan, Emmett Lepp, Christopher Sowinski, Thomas Matarazzo, Andrew Bellocchio, and Danny Parker. 2024. “Evaluating Damage-Sensitive Features for Stiffness Loss Detection in an Aircraft Component Using ML Classifiers.” In Society for Experimental Mechanics IMAC XLII. Orlando, FL: Society for Experimental Mechanics. https://sem.org/imac. Bellocchio, Andrew. 2023. “Maintenance Operating Periods in Multi-Domain Operations.” Canadian Army Journal Summer (Special Edition: Cutting through the Haze): 43–50. https://natoassociation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cutting-through-t…;Bellocchio, Andrew, and Danny Parker. 2022. “The Maintenance Forecast.” Army AL&T Magazine, 2022. https://asc.army.mil/web/news-the-maintenance-forecast/. Sasek, Adam, and Andrew Bellocchio. 2021. “Railguns: An Overview.” In Proceedings of ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Vol. 12. Virtual, Online. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-72949. Beigh, Matthew, Andrew Bellocchio, James Burgess, and Daniel Schrage. 2020. “Modeling a Maintenance Free Operating Period Strategy for Future Vertical Lift.” In Proceedings of 76th Annual Forum of the Vertical Flight Society. Virtual. https://vtol.org/store/product/modeling-a-maintenance-free-operating-pe…;Forden, C., Y. Trinidad, R. Von Chance-Stutler, Andrew Bellocchio, J. Bluman, and M. Lanzerotti. 2020. “Spin Stabilization of an Air Ambulance Litter.” In Proceedings of ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 12. Virtual. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2020-23386. Bass, John, Nicolas Courtois, Francis Marois, Dino Mehanovic, Richard-Alexandre Peloquin, David Rancourt, Étienne Bouchard, et al. 2019. “Preliminary Design of a Highly Efficient VTOL System Based on Tethered Fixed-Wing Aircraft.” In Proceedings of the Vertical Flight Society 75th Annual Forum, 1–15. Philadelphia, PA: The Vertical Flight Society. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4050/F-0075-2019-14481. Bellocchio, Andrew. 2018. “A Framework to Enable Rotorcraft Maintenance Free Operating Periods.” Doctoral, Georgia Institute of Technology. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59909. Beigh, Matthew, and Andrew Bellocchio. 2018. “Analysis of a Maintenance Free Operating Period Sustainment Strategy for Future Vertical Lift Family of Systems, U.S. Army Technical Report.” West Point, New York. Byers, L., Andrew Bellocchio, and B. Crawford. 2010. “Applying Physics to an Undergraduate Design for an Unmanned Aerial System.” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 38 (4): 339–51. https://doi.org/10.7227/IJMEE.38.4.6.