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Robert F. Beck

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Robert F. Beck
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
AwardsSociety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Davidson Medal (2000)[1]
Georg Weinblum Memorial Lectureship (2008-2009)
Scientific career
FieldsMarine hydrodynamics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral advisorJohn Nicholas Newman[2]
Doctoral studentsArmin W. Troesch

Robert F. Beck (born 1943) is Richard B. Couch Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan.[3] He is the editor of the Journal of Ship Research.[4]

Education and career

Selected publications

  • Beck, R. F. (1994), "Time-domain computations for floating bodies", Applied Ocean Research, 16 (5): 267–282, doi:10.1016/0141-1187(94)90016-7

References

  1. ^ "Davidson Medal". sname.org. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  2. ^ "A Biography of J.N. Newman" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  3. ^ "Professor Robert F. Beck". umich.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  4. ^ "Journal of Ship Research". sname.org. Retrieved 2011-01-15.

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