Colin Ratcliffe

Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

United States Naval Academy

590 Holloway Road

Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

(410) 293-6535

Fax (410) 293-3041

ratcliff@usna.edu

Education: 

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK, (BA, 1976)

Sidney Sussex College Cambridge, UK (MA, 1978)

Institute of Sound and Vibration research, Southampton University, UK (PhD, 1985)

Dissertation Dynamic Structural Modelling for Time Domain Analysis

Research Areas:

Non-destructive evaluation

Composite materials

Experimental vibration and modal methods

Professional Experience:

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, USNA, Jan 1992-Present

Officer, Royal Navy, Sep 1973-Dec1991