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-Dec 1991