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Dr. Jack Vinson
H. Fletcher Brown Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
126 Spencer Lab.
Newark, DE 19716
E-mail: 00399@udel.edu
Dr. Vinson's full CV |
DEGREES
Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 1961
Post Graduate Course in Theory of Structures, Cambridge University
B.M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1952
Kansas City Junior College, Kansas City, Missouri, 1947
SERVICE
H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Delaware, 1979 - present.
Professor of Marine Studies, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 1971-present
Chairman, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Delaware, 1965 - 1979. (Promoted to Professor, 1966.)
Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics, University of Delaware, Department of Civil Engineering, 1964 -1965
Director, Center of Composite Materials, University of Delaware, 1974-1978
Associate Dean of Engineering for Development, 1985-1986
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
U. S. Air Force - 2 years
General Electric - 5 years
Dyna/Structures Inc. (Consultants) - 4 years
CONSULTING
Connecticut Innovations, Inc., 1994.
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE, 1978, 1982-83, 1995-96
Eurocomposites, Echternach, Luxembourg, 1989-1990
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1991-
Hercules, Inc., Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory, Cumberland, MD, 1964-1965, and 1991-1992
Martin Marietta Aero & Naval Systems, Baltimore, MD, 1990
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Oak Ridge, TN, 1990
STATE REGISTERED
Registered Professional Engineer, Delaware #3652
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books Authored
- Vinson, J.R., Structural Mechanics: The Behavior of Plates and Shells, Wiley Interscience John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1974
- Vinson, J.R. and Chou, T-W., Composite Materials and Their Use in Structures, Applied Science Publishers, Ltd. London, 1975
- Vinson, J.R. and Sierakowski, R.L., The Behavior of Structures Composed of Composite Materials, Martinus-Nijhoff, Inc. (now Kluwer Academic Publishers), Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1986 1st Printing-1986, 2nd Printing - 1986, 3rd Printing - 1987, 4th Printing - 1989 Tranlsated into Japanese 1988, Translated into Russian 1990.
- Vinson, J.R., The Behavior of Thin Walled Structures: Beams, Plates and Shells, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1989
- Vinson, J.R., The Behavior of Shells Composed of Isotropic and Composite Materials. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1992
- Vinson, J.R., The Behavior of Sandwich Structures of Isotropic and Composite Materials, Technomic Publishing Company, Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1999
- Vinson, J.R., The Behavior of Structures Composed of Composite Materials, 2nd Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht The Netherlands, 2001
Journal Articles & Proceedings
- Byon, O.I. Vinson, J.R. and Sato, S., Analysis of Various Thick-Walled Cross-Ply Composite Cylindrical Shells Subjected to Lateral Pressure, Composites, Part B 1996, pp. 651-655.
- Powers, B.M. and Vinson, J.R., High Strain Rate Properties of Cycom 5920/1583 Cloth Glass/Epoxy Composites, AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3, March 1997, pp 553-556.
- Walker, J.M., Ballistic Impact of Thin-Walled Composite Structures, AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 5 May 1997, pp. 875-878.
- Vinson, J.R., In-Plane Shear Strength Determination of Composite materials in Laminated and Sandwich Panels, Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 50, No. 11, part 2, November 1997, pp 5237-5240.
- Woldesenbet, E. and Vinson, J.R., Specimen Geometry Effects on High-Strain-Rate Testing of Graphite/Epoxy Composites, AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 9, September 1999, pp. 1102-1106.
- Hilton, H.H., Yi, S. and Vinson, J.R., Viscoelastic Damping Contributions to Dynamic Piezo-Electric Responses, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 45, 1999, pp 1531-1546
- Satapathy, N.R. and Vinson, J.R. Sandwich beams With Mid-Plane Asymmetry Subjected to Lateral Loads, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 2, No. 4, October 2000, pp. 379-390.
- Dee, A.T., Vinson, J.R. and Sankar, B.V., Through Thickness Stitching Effects of Graphite/Epoxy High-Strain-Rate Compressive Properties, AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 126-133.
- Woldesenbet, E. and Vinson, J.R., Fiber Orientation Effects on High Strain Rate Properties of Graphite/Epoxy Composites, Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2001, pp. 509-521.
- Vinson, J.R. Sandwich Structures, Applied Mechanics Reviews, May 2001, pp. 201-214.
- Aimmanee, S. and Vinson, J.R. Analysis and Optimization of Foam Reinforced Web-Core Composite Sandwich Structures and Materials.
- Thomsen, O.T. and Vinson, J.R., Analysis and Parametric Study of Non-Circular Pressurized Sandwich Fuselage Cross-Sections Using a High-Order Sandwich Theory Formulation, accepted for publication in the Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials.
- Preissner, E.C. and Vinson, J.R., Theory for Midplane Asymmetric Sandwich Cylindrical Shells, accepted for publication in the Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials.
SOCIETIES
American Academy of Mechanics - Founder Member
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Fellow
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1964-72
American Society for Composites-Founder Member, President, 1998-1999, Fellow
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Fellow
American Society for Testing Materials
HONORS & AWARDS
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992.
Fellow, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992.
Fellow, American Society for Composites, 2000
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Office of Naval Research National Award in Structural Mechanics, 1977.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Centennial Award
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1985 (University of Tokyo).
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Distinguished Speaker, 1987-88, and 1988-89.
Japan Society for Composite Materials Award for being Chairman of the U. S. Organizing Committee for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Japan - U.S. Conferences on Composite Materials (given in 1988).
Recipient, Technomic Award, American Society for Composites, 1998
COURSES TAUGHT
Mechanics of Sandwich Structures (MEEG-811)
Composite Materials (MEEG-617)
Mechanics of Materials (MEEG-313)
Composite Materials Structures (MEEG-616)
Plates & Shells in Aerospace Structures I (MEEG-818)
Plates & Shells in Aerospace Structures II (MEEG-819)
Structural Mechanics for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MEEG-411)
Introduction to Engineering (MEEG-125)
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