DCAMM seminar No. 669 will be presented by
Professor Ronald W. Yeung, Ph.D.
American Bureau of Shipping Inaugural Chair in Ocean Engineering
Fluid Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, and Computations,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley, USA
Abstract:
The ocean environment is crucial to coastal and non-coastal states. It provides natural resources and climatic balance to many nations. Ocean engineers are educated to analyze, design, and construct systems that operate in this often-hostile and unpredictable environment. In this presentation, a plenary view is given on the Ocean Engineering Major Field of Study at The University of California at Berkeley. Recent and current research topics at the Computational Marine Mechanics Laboratory (CMML) facility of the speaker are described. These include: optimal configuration design of multi-hulls for powering minimization; fluid dynamics of fins and keels in relation to rolling motion prediction of ships, and renewable energy extraction from ocean currents and ocean waves.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Professor Ronald W. Yeung (Ph.D. 1973, University of California, Berkeley) taught at MIT's Ocean Engineer- ing Department from 1973 to 1982. Prior to his Ph.D. work, he staffed as a naval architect at Litton Ship Systems, CA and was involved in the design of several classes of naval vessels. He joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1982 and has been a Distinguished Professor of Hydromechanics and Ocean Engineering since 1996. An elected Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) since 1998, he has contributed broadly to research in marine fluid mechanics and offshore hydrodynamics. Among the major awards he has received were: Fulbright-Hayes Senior Scholar of the Australian-American Education Foundation (1981), three Best- Paper Awards of ASME-OMAE Conferences from 1991 to 2009; Distinguished US Scientist Award of the von Humboldt Foundation of Germany (1988, 1998); The 2002-2003 Georg Weinblum Lecturership of the German Schiffbaugesellschaft and U.S. Naval Studies Board. In 2004, he was awarded the SNAME Kenneth Davidson Gold Medal for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments in Ship Research. He was the recipient of the 2006 Bill Zimmie Award of the University of Michigan. The same year, he was named the Pi-Tau Sigma Professor of the Year at UC Berkeley for Excellence in Teaching. He was honored as the “2008 International Researcher Award" by the Brazilian Society of Marine Engineers (SOBENA). He was conferred a Honorary Professorship at China’s Harbin Engineering University in 2010. A special OMAE (2012) symposium was held in honor of his work and research mentorship in Rio de Janeiro. He is the Inaugural Faculty Holder of the American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering.
Danish pastry, coffee and tea will be served 15 minutes before the seminar starts.
All interested persons are invited.