[5] Inman is currently working as Kelly Johnson Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
He worked as an assistant professor (1980–1984) at the State University of New York in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
[6] He worked as a professor and chairman (1989–1992) at the State University of New York in the department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
He joined as an adjunct professor (1989–1992) at the University of Southern California Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences.
He worked as the director of center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (1997–2011)[8] at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and also a George R. Goodson Endowed Professor (1998–2011) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
He joined as an adjunct professor (2000–2011) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Department of Mathematics.
Inman was an affiliate (2004–2011) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.
He worked as an affiliate (2005–2011) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering.