Ferdinand P. Beer. Born in France and educated in France and
Switzerland, Ferd received an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an
Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva.
He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and taught for four years at Williams
College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following
his service at Williams College, Ferd joined the faculty of
Lehigh University where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held
several positions, including University Distinguished Professor
and chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Mechanics, and in 1995 Ferd was awarded an honorary Doctor of
Engineering degree by Lehigh University. E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Born in Philadelphia, Russ holds a B.S. degree
in civil engineering from the University of Delaware and an Sc. D. degree
in the field of structural engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He taught at Lehigh University and Worcester Polytechnic
Institute before joining the faculty of the University of Connecticut where
he held the position of Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department
and taught for twenty-six years. In 1991 Russ received the Outstanding
Civil Engineer Award from the Connecticut Section of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. Phillip J. Cornwell. Phil holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering
from Texas Tech University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University. He
is currently a professor of mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology where he has taught since 1989. His present
interests include structural dynamics, structural health monitoring,
and undergraduate engineering education. Since 1995, Phil has spent
his summers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he
is a mentor in the Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School and does
research in the area of structural health monitoring. Phil received an
SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992, the Dean’s Outstanding
Scholar Award at Rose-Hulman in 2000, and the Board of
Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award at Rose-Hulman in 2001. |