Ronald W. Yeung
Ronald W. Yeung | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | Harbin Engineering University, Honorary Professorship (2010)[1] Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Naval (SOBENA), International Award (2008)[2] Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Davidson Medal (2004)[3][4] Georg Weinblum Memorial Lectureship (2002-2003)[5][6] Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Marine hydrodynamics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | John V. Wehausen |
Ronald W. Yeung (born 1945) is a Distinguished Professor of Hydromechanics and Ocean Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.[7] He is one of the pioneers in the field of numerical ship hydrodynamics.
Education and career
Ronald W. Yeung (Queen's College, Hong Kong, GCE ‘64) received his B.S. (1968), M.S. (1970), and Ph.D. (1973) degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to his Ph.D. studies, for two years, he staffed at Litton Ship Systems, Culver City, CA (a division of Litton Industries) as a naval architect, and was involved in the design of several classes of naval vessels. During this period, he also taught part-time as a UCLA Extension instructor at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. From 1973 to 1982, he was an Assistant, then Associate Professor with tenure, in the Ocean Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the principal of a consulting firm: R. W. Yeung, Consulting Naval Architect and Ocean Engineer, established in 1973. He joined the engineering faculty of UC Berkeley in 1982 and since 1996, he has been a Distinguished Professor of Hydromechanics and Ocean Engineering. He is the faculty leader in Ocean Engineering, which is a major field of graduate study. The Ocean Engineering Program awards degrees at the M.S., M.Engrg,, and Ph.D. levels within the department of Mechanical Engineering.
Professor Yeung teaches fluid mechanics, marine hydrodynamics, ocean-environment mechanics, and computational methodologies for marine problems. A dedicated mentor, he has supervised more than 70 graduate theses, including 19 PhD's. His students have won eleven domestic and international Best-Paper Prizes. He has published over 150 articles and serves on five editorial boards of professional journals. His recent research interests have been on safety issues of marine vehicles, “green ship” by design, and renewable energy from tidal current and ocean waves.
Selected publications
- Yeung, R. W. (1982), "Numerical Methods in Free-Surface Flows", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 14: 395–442, doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.002143
- Yeung, R. W. (1981), "Added Mass and Damping of a Vertical Cylinder in Finite-Depth Waters", Applied Ocean Research, 3 (3): 119–133, doi:10.1016/0141-1187(81)90101-2
References
- ^ "Honorary Professorship, HEU". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ "SOBENA Internatiional Award". Retrieved 2011-02-21.
- ^ "Davidson Medal". sname.org. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "The SNAME 2004 Davidson Medal" (PDF). berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "R. W. Yeung honored as Georg Weinblum Lecturer". berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "25th Georg Weinblum Lecture" (PDF). sname.org. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Prof. R. W. Yeung". berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-15.