Expert Details

Flow-Induced Vibration

ID: 718016 Canada

Since 1963, Expert' work expertise has been concentrated on flow-induced vibration analysis, first in industry, and then in academic research. The special problems he studied were related to the energy-generation industries (including nuclear), heat exchangers, and offshore technology.

Expert studied piping system vibration as part of his PhD research and has since continued to work in this area. He has worked on problems involving stability and vibration of piping systems including random vibration of pipes and shells due to turbulence.

The study of vibration has been the backbone of Expert' training in undergraduate and graduate studies. It is from this general area that he has focused on his specialties of flow-induced and piping system vibration.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1963	Degree: PhD	Subject: Mechanical Engineering	Institution: Cambridge
Year: 1958	Degree: BEng	Subject: Mechanical Engineering	Institution: McGill

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1967 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Thomas Workman Professor Of Mechanical Engineering	Department: Mechanical Engineering
Responsibilities: Available upon request.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1963 to 1967	Employer: Atomic Energy of Canada	Title: Research Officer	Department:
Responsibilities: Available upon request.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a Fellow of ASME, CSME, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the U.K., the American Academy of Mechanics, and the Royal Society of Canada. He has more than 200 papers in flow-induced vibrations and instabilities of structures, published in international refereed journals. He also wrote a book on fluid-structure interactions.

Licenses / Certifications
He holds his P.E. license in Quebec and has a C.E. license in the U.K. (C.E. means "Chartered Engineer"; it is equivalent for U.K. of a Professional Engineer status).

Professional Appointments
He is the Professor Emeritus Editor for the Journal of Fluids and Structures.

Awards / Recognition
He was awarded the CANCAM Prize; the ASME Fluid Engineering Award; Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Publications and Patents Summary
He has more than 200 papers in flow-induced vibrations and instabilities of structures, published in international refereed journals. He also wrote a book on fluid-structure interactions.

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
French	Good
Greek	Good
Spanish	Reading: Good Speaking: Weak

Fields of Expertise

flow-induced vibration, piping system vibration, vibration, nonlinear dynamic response, chaotic behavior, buckling, fluid flow, steam condenser, piping system noise, offshore structure, nuclear reactor, gas-liquid heat exchanger, elastic vibration, dynamics, heat exchange condenser