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Mccormick

Michael E. McCormick, Ph.D., Sc.D., P.E.

Corbin A. McNeill Professor Emeritus of Ocean Engineering - U. S. Naval Academy
and
Research Professor of Civil Engineering (Retired) - Johns Hopkins University

Areas of Specialization:

  • Ocean Wave Energy Conversion
  • Offshore Mechanics
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Mechanics (FLUENT, ALGOR)
  • Seakeeping Analysis of Floating Bodies and Vessels

 Education:

  • ScD, Engineering Science, Trinity College, Dublin
  • PhD, Civil Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University of America
  • MSE, Applied Mechanics, Catholic University of America
  • BA, Mathematics and Physics, American University

Professional Experience:

  • Full Time
    • David Taylor Model Basin, Washington, D. C.
      • Physicist (Hydromechanics, Hydroelasticity) - three years
      • Mechanical Engineer (Hydroacoustics, Hydroelasticity) - one year
    • Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
      • Instructor (Mechanical Engineering) - one year
      • Visiting Scholar (Engineering) - one year
    • Catholic University, Washington, D. C.
      • Instructor (Mechanical Engineering) and Research Engineer - one year
      • Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering) - two years
    • Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
      • Assistant Professor (Engineering Mechanics) - three years
    • U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
      • Associate Professor (Ocean Engineering) - six years
      • Professor (Ocean Engineering) - twenty-one years:
        1. NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND Research Professor - two years
        2. NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND Professor - nine years
        3. Corbin A. McNeill Professor of Engineering - two years
      • Chairman, Dept. of Naval Systems Engineering - two years
      • Director of Ocean Engineering - six years
      • Corbin A. McNeill Professor Emeritus - present
      • Chairman, Human Rights Committee - two years
      • Member, Gender Issues Committee - one year 
      • Member, Board of Admissions - two years 
    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
      • Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering - one year (part-time)
      • Research Professor of Civil Engineering - nine years (part-time), ten years (full-time),
      • Director, Part-Time Engineering - one year
      • Chair, Undergraduate Part-Time Engineering Programs - seven years
      • Chair, Master of Civil Engineering Program - two years
      • Member, Center for Environmental & Applied Fluid Mechanics - present
      • Doctoral Student Graduates – 5
  • Part Time
    • Energy Research and Development Administration/U. S. Department of Energy
      • Technical advisor in Ocean Energies, Solar Energy Division. - four years (part time)
    • Maryland Department of Natural Resources,
      • Technical Advisor, Shore Erosion Control - one year
    • State of Maryland,
      • Governor’s Commission on Shore Erosion - one year.
    • ACS, Inc. and Lockheed-Martin Corporation, Bowie, Maryland, Environmental Solutions Division
    • Consultant - Computational Fluid Mechanics- two years
    • Murtech, Inc., Glen Burnie, Maryland, Engineering Consultant, January, 2005 to present
      • Shore Protection, Wave-Powered Desalination, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Environmental
      • Engineering, Coupled Motions of Floating Bodies
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U. S. Dept. of Energy) - Technical Committee 114 (Marine
      Energy Resources), February, 2011 to 2012
    • Stevens Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Hoboken, NJ – Visiting Doctoral Advisor – 1
      - Doctoral Student
    • University of Maryland, Dept. of Civil Engineering, College Park, MD– Visiting Doctoral Advisor – 1
      - Doctoral Student

Editorships

  1. Past Editor, Wiley-Interscience Ocean Engineering Book Series (17 books)
  2. Past Co-Editor, Wiley-Interscience Alternative Energy Book Series (7 books)
  3. Co-Editor, Ocean Engineering, a Pergamon Journal (30 years)
  4. Past Editor, Marine Technology Society Journal (1 year)
  5. Co-Editor, Pergamon Book Series in Ocean Technology (11 books)

Honors

  1. Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
  2. Fellow, Marine Technology Society
  3. Life-Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  4. Life-Member Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society)
  5. Sigma Xi (scientific honor society)
  6. U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Award for Research Excellence
  7. U. S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
  8. U. S. Navy Superior Civilian Service Award

Patents

  1. Electrolytic Drag Reduction, U. S. Patent No. 395,008, May 18, 1976
  2. Counter-Rotating Wave Energy Conversion Turbine, U. S. Patent No. 4,271,668, June 9, 1981
  3. Buoy Systems and Methods for Minimizing Beach Erosion and Other Applications for Attenuating Water Surface Activity, U. S. Patent No. 8647014, Issued Feb. 11, 2014 – with Robert C. Murtha
  4. Automatic Hydraulic/Pneumatic Flow Rectifier for Bi-Directional Pumps, U. S. Patent No. 8,650,869, Feb.18, 2014
  5. Modular Sand Filtration-Anchor System and Wave Energy Water Desalination System Incorporating the Same, Patent No. 8,778,176. July 15, 2014 - R. C. Murtha and M. Washington
  6. Articulated Bed-Mounted Finned-Spar-Buoy Designed for Current Energy Absorption & Dissipation, U.S. Patent No. 8814469, Aug. 26, 2014 – with Robert C. Murtha
  7. Articulated-Raft/Rotary-Vane Pump Generator System, U. S. Patent No. 8,866,321, Oct. 21, 2014 – with Robert C. Murtha
  8. Modular Sand Filtration-Anchor System and Wave Energy Desalination System and Methods of Using Portable Water Produced by Wave Energy Desalination - with Robert C. Murtha and Mark Washington. U. S. Patent No. 10,029,927, July 24, 2018.

Publications

Books - Authored

  1. Ocean Engineering Wave Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1973
  2. Ocean Wave Energy Conversion, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1981. Re-Issued by Dover Publications in 2007
  3. Ocean Engineering Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, January, 2010, Second Edition (Paperback), 2014

Books - Edited

  1. Anchoring Systems, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England 1979 - Co-Edited with R. Bhattacharyya
  2. Wave Energy Utilization, American Society of Civil Engineers, with Y. C. Kim, 1987
  3. Civil Engineering in the Ocean 6, American Society of Civil Engineers - Co-Edited with M. J. Briggs. September, 2005

Books Chapters and Book Sections

  1. Encyclopedia of Earth Science, Volume III - "Applied Geology", Sections on "Fixed Structures in Waves", "Hydromechanics" and "Ocean Engineering", 1984
  2. Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, by Robert Granger, Section Entitled "Motions in Water Waves", Scientific Illustrators, Incorporated, Evansville, Indiana Illustrators, Incorporated, 1988.
  3. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources - Section on "Hydrodymechanics", Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
  4. Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences - Section on “Wave Energy”, Academic Press, co-authored with D. R. B. Kraemer, 2001 and 2018.

Journal Papers

  1. "Hydroelastic Instability of a Control Surface", Journal of Ship Research (SNAME), Vol. 6, No. 1, June, 1961 - co-authored with D. A. Jewell
  2. "A Note on Rudder Flutter", Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME), Vol. 33, No. 3, Sept, 1966
  3. "An Analysis of the Formation and Motion of Turbulent Patches in the Transition Boundary Layer", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 35, No. 2, June, 1868
  4. "Axisymmetric Vibrations of a Fluid Filled Cylindrical Shell Submerged in a Heavy Fluid", Journal of Hydronautics (AIAA), Vol. 4, No. 1, January, 1970
  5. "On the Added-Mass of a Pulsating Cylinder", Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME), Vol. 37, No.3, Sept., 1970
  6. "On turbulence Induced Vibrations with Velocity Dependent Damping", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 37, No. 4, Dec., 1970
  7. "Effects of a Flexible Surface on Surface Shear-Stress beneath a Turbulent Boundary Layer", Journal of Hydronautics, Vol. 6, No. 1, January, 1972 - co-authored with B. Johnson and W. Lee
  8. "Drag Reduction of a Submersible Hull by Electrolysis", Journal of Naval Engineering (ASNE), April, 1973 - co-authored with R. Bhattacharyya
  9. "An Analysis of a Stationary Wave Energy Converter", Journal for Industry (ASME), Vol. 97, No. 3, August, 1975 - first published as ASME Paper74-WA/Oct-2.
  10. "Planing Characteristics of Fast-Water Buoys", Journal of Waterways and Harbor (ASCE), Vol. 99, No. WW4, November, 1973. With David Folsom.
  11. "An Experimental Study of a Wave-Energy Conversion Buoy", Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 9, No.3, March, 1975, co-authored with Bernard Carson and Douglas Rau, pp. 39-42.
  12. "An Analysis of Power Generating Buoys", Journal of Hydronautics (AIAA), Vol. 8, No. 3, July, 1974
  13. "A Modified Linear Analysis of a Wave Energy Conversion Buoy", Ocean Engineering. Vol. 3, No. 4, May, 1976
  14. "Wind-Wave Power Available to a Wave Energy Conversion Array", Ocean Engineering. Vol. 5, No. 3, June, 1978
  15. "A Surveillance Aspect of Ship Wave Measurements", Naval Engineers Journal (ASNE), Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 85-88, February, 1981, co-authored with R. Bhattacharyya
  16. "An Experimental Study of Wave Power Conversion by a Heaving, Vertical, Circular, Cylinder", Journal of Applied Ocean Science, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1981, co-authored with J. P. Coffey and J. B. Richardson
  17. "An Experimental Study of Water-Wave Focusing by Lens Shaped Structures", Journal of the Marine Technology Society, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1981, co-authored with R. J. Kastner and L. Glover
  18. "An Analysis of Optimal Wave Energy Conversion by Two Single-Degree-of-Freedom Devices", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 109, No. 2, 1983
  19. "Oceanography Applied to Renewable Ocean Energy Resources", Journal of the Marine Technology Society, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1985, co-authored with R. Cohen
  20. "Ocean Wave Energy Conversion", Sea Technology, Vol. 27, No. 6, June, 1986
  21. "A Normal Mode Analysis of the Critically Damped Motions of Hinged-Barges in Regular Long-Crested Seas", Journal of Ship Research (SNAME), Vol. 31, No. 2, 1987
  22. "Hydrodynamic Coefficients of a Monolithic Circular Offshore Structure", Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 18, No. 2, Feb., 1989, pp. 199- 216.
  23. "An Analysis of Offshore Structural Dynamics with Non-Proportional Damping", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, (ASCE), WW6, No. 4, Nov., 1989, pp. 775-792.
  24. "An Experimental Study of the Performance of the Counter-Rotating Wave Energy Conversion Turbine", Journal of Energy Resources Technology, (ASME), Vol. 111, No. 3, Sept., 1989, pp. 167-173, Co-authored with S. Surko.
  25. "A Theoretical Analysis of a Self-Propelled Backward-Bent Duct Wave Energy Conversion System", Journal of Energy Resources Technology, (ASME), Vol. 113, June, 1991, pp. 94-100.
  26. "An Experimental Study of the Forward Drift of the Backward-Bent Duct Barge", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, (ASCE), Vol. 117, No. 1, January, 1992, Co-authored with W. Sheehan.
  27. "Equilibrium Shoreline Response to Breakwaters", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 119, Nov./Dec., 1993, pp. 657-670.
  28. "On the Hydrodynamic Design of Active Panels o Marine Vehicles", Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (ASME), Vol. 117, Nov., 1995. Co-authored with Sarah E. Mooring.
  29. "Hydroelastic Considerations in Ship Panel Design", Naval Engineers Journal (ASNE), Vol. 109, No. 5, September, 1997. Co-authored with Rameswar Bhattacharyya and Sarah E. Mouring.
  30. "On the Use of Wind-Wave Spectral Formulas to Estimate Wave Energy Resources", Journal of Energy Resources Technology (ASME), Vol. 120, No. 4, December, 1998, pp. 314-317.
  31. "A Generic Deep-Water Wave Spectral Formula", Oceanic Engineering International (ECOR), Vol. 2, No. 2, 1998, pp 48-53.
  32. "Utilization of a Hinged-Barge Wave Energy Conversion System", International Journal of Power and Energy Systems (IASTED), Vol. 19, No. 1, 1999, pp. 9-14.
  33. “Application of the Generic Spectral Formula to Fetch-Limited Seas”, Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3, Fall, 1999, pp. 27-32.
  34. “An Analysis of the Motions of Grounded Ships”, Intl. Jl. of Offshore and Polar Engineering, V. 11, No. 2, June, 2001. (with Patrick Hudson)
  35. “Polynomial Approximation for Fresnel Integrals in Diffraction Analysis”, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 44, pp. 261-266, Jan. 2002. (with David R. B. Kraemer)
  36. “Wave-Powered Desalination”, Sea Technology, Vol. 42, No. 12, December, 2001, pp. 37-40.
  37. “Empirical Formula for the Breaking Height Index”, Ocean Engineering International (ECOR), Vol. 7, No. 2, 2002. Co-authored with Jeffrey Cerquetti.
  38. “Ocean Wave Utilization”, Marine Technology Society Journal, Winter Issue, Vol. 36, No. 4,December, 2002, pp. 52-58. Co-authored with David R. B. Kraemer
  39. .“Hydroelastic Instability of Low Aspect Ratio Control Surfaces”, Jl. of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (ASME), Vol. 126, No. 1, pp. 84-89, 2004, with Luca Caracogilia.
  40. “Long-Wave Approximation of the Added-Mass and Radiation Damping if a Heaving Vertical Cylinder”, Journal of Ocean Technology (Natl. Research Council of Canada), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 59-66, 2006. Co-Authored with David R. B. Kraemer.
  41. “Renewable Sea Power”, Mechanical Engineering (ASME), May, 2009. Co-Authored with R. C. Ertekin.
  42. “Comparison of Theoretical High-Frequency Added-Mass Expressions and Experimental Data for a Heaving Rectangular Strip”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (ASME), In Print. Co-Authored with Patrick J. Hudson.
  43. “Wave Energy Conversion for Shore Protection”, Marine Technology Journal, Vol. 47, No. 4, July/August 2013, Co-Authored with R. C. Murtha and J. Steinmetz.
  44. “Comparative Study of a Finned- and Smooth-Cylinders of Finite Length for Energy Attenuation”, Jl. Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (ASME), Vol. 140, No. 1, Oct. 2017, Co-Authored with A. Spicer Bak.
  45. “Empirical Deep-Water Heave Added-Mass and Radiation-Damping Expressions for 2-D Rectangular-Sectioned Floating Bodies”, Ocean Engineering (Elsevier Journal) – V. 164, pp. 529-535, 2018 September. Co-authored with R. C. Murtha and M. E. McCormick, II.

Proceedings

  1. "Drag Reduction of a Deep Submergence Vehicle", Proceedings, OCEANS'73 (IEEE), Seattle, Washington, September, 1973. Co-authored with R. Bhattacharyya.
  2. "Time-Dependent Shear Stress beneath a Shoaling Wave", Proceedings, International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement (ASCE), New Orleans, Louisiana, September, 1974, co-authored with John Fisher and Bruce Johnson, pp. 799-816.
  3. "A Parametric Study of a Wave-Energy Conversion Buoy", Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, Paper OTC 2125, Houston, Texas, May, 1974
  4. "A Pneumatic Wave-Energy Converter for Offshore Structures", Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, Paper OTC 2259, Houston, TX, May, 1975
  5. "Ocean Energy Sources", Proceedings, Air Pollution Control Conference (Alternate Forms of Energy), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October, 1976
  6. "An Overview of the Oceans as Energy Sources", Proceedings, Energy from the Oceans Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, January, 1976, co-authored with R. Cohen
  7. "Salinity Gradients, Tides and Waves as Energy Sources", Proceedings, Energy from the Oceans Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, January, 1976
  8. "Waves, Tides and Salinity Gradients", Proceedings, Environmental Management of the Coastal Zone, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August, 1976
  9. "Wave Energy Conversion in a Random Sea", Proceedings, 13th Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (ISES), San Diego, California, August, 1978
  10. "Waves, Salinity Gradients and Ocean Currents: Alternative Ocean Energy Resources", Proceedings, 6th OTEC Conference, Washington, DC, June, 1979
  11.  "Ocean Wave Energy Concepts", Proceedings, OCEANS '79 (IEEE), San Diego, California, September, 1979
  12. "Review of the Wave Energy Conversion Project - The Sea of Japan", Proceedings, 7th Ocean Energy Conference, Washington, D. C., June, 1980, co-authored with Y. Masuda
  13. "Performance Evaluation of Generic Wave Energy Systems", Proceedings, 8th Ocean Energy Conference, Washington, D. C., June, 1981, co-authored with three others
  14. "Hydroelectric Ocean Energy Conversion Systems", Proceedings, Energy in a Man-Built Environment Conference (ASCE), Vail, Colorado, August, 1981.
  15. "Wave Energy Conversion in Restricted Waters by a Heaving Cylinder/Linear-Inductance System", Proceedings OCEANS 81 (IEEE/MTS), Boston, Massachusetts, September, 1981, co-authored with D. Johnson and R. Hebron
  16. "Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Testing Leading to an Optimized Bi-Directional Wave Energy Converter", Proceedings, AIAA Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, December, 1981 - Co-Authored
  17. "Air Driven Counter Rotating Wave Turbine: Modeling and Test Development", Proceedings, Fifth Miami International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources, Miami Beach, Florida, December, 1982 - Co-Authored (also published as Chapter V, pp. 255-270 in the book ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES by Elsevier Publishing Company of Amsterdam)
  18. "Pneumatic Wave Energy Conversion", Proceedings, United States/China Energy Resource & Environment Symposium, Peking, P. R. China, November, 1982 - Co-Authored with Eugene Burcher
  19. "Evolution of an Ocean Engineering Mechanics Course", Proceedings, National Meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education, Rochester, New York, June, 1983
  20. "National and International Advances in Wave Energy Conversion", Proceedings, Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New Orleans, February, 1984
  21. "Wave Induced Orifice Flows", Proceedings, American Towing Tank Conference, Washington, D. C., August, 1986 - Co-Authored with Michael Gallet
  22. "A Comparative Study of Two Capture Chamber Geometries", Proceedings, Utilization of Ocean Waves Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1987, pp. 66-79. Co-Authored with Alan Altera
  23. "An Experimental Study of a Front Facing Capture Chamber", Proceedings, OCEANS 86 (MTS/IEEE), Washington, D. C., September, 1986, co-authored with J. C. Canvin
  24. "Experiences in Pneumatic Wave Energy Conversion in Japan", Proceedings, Utilization of Ocean. Waves Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1987, pp. 1 to 34. Co-Authored with Y. Masuda.
  25. “Present and Future Ocean Wave Energy Activities”, Proceedings, Coastal Zone ’87 (ASCE), Seattle, May, Co-Authored with L. Slotta, L. Lewis and Y. Kim.
  26. "The Backward Bent Duct Buoy--An Improved Floating Type Wave Power Device", Proceedings, OCEANS 88 (MTS/IEEE), Baltimore, Vol. 3, September, 1988, pp. 1067-1072. Co-Authored with Y. Masuda, T. Yomazaki and Y Outa.
  27. "Performance of the Counter-Rotating Wave Energy Conversion Turbine System", with S. Surko, Extended Abstracts, Energy from Ocean Waves-- Euromechanics Colloquium 243, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, Sept., 1988.
  28. "Sea Test Results of the Backward Bent Duct Buoy and Its Application for Various Uses", with Y. Masuda, T. Yomazaki and Y. Outa, Extended Abstracts, Energy from Ocean Waves -- Euromechanics Colloquium 243, University of Bristol, Bristol England, Sept. 1988.
  29. "Status of USA Ocean Energy Recovery Activities", Proceedings, 21st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Costa del Sol, Spain, June, 1988, Paper 154. Co-Authored with 3 others.
  30. "Introduction and Global Overview of Wave Energy", Special Proceedings on Ocean Resource Technology, OCEANS'89 (MTS, IEEE), Pacific Gas and Power, Seattle, September 20, 1989.
  31. "An Experimental Study of a Backward-Bent Duct Barge Wave Energy Conversion System", Proceedings, MTS '91 Conference, New Orleans, November, 1991.
  32. "A Cost-Effective Design Study of a Nearshore Pneumatic Wave Energy Conversion System", Proceedings, MTS'92 Conference (Marine Technology Society), Paper 1-2-4, Washington, D. C., October, 1992. Co-Authored with R. H. Mayer.
  33. "An Experimental Study of a Bidirectional Radial Turbine for Pneumatic Wave Energy Conversion", Proceedings, OCEANS'92 Conference (IEEE), Newport, RI, October, 1992, pp. 866-870. Co-Authored with J. Rehak and B. Williams.
  34. "An Experimental and Analytical Study of the Shoreline Response to Non-Parallel Breakwaters in Oblique Waves", Proceedings, 2nd International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis (ASCE), New Orleans, July, 1993, pp. 251-263. Co-Authored with R. Gordon.
  35. "A Theoretical Analysis of the Planar Motions of Single-Point Moored Ships in a Steady Current", Proceedings, Marine Technology Society '94 Conference, Washington, September, 1994, Paper 2-3-2. Co-Authored with S. E. Mouring.
  36. "An Experimental Study of the Damped Planar Motions of Towed Ships", Proceedings, Marine Technology Society '94 Conference, Washington, September, 1994, Paper 1-10-1. Co-Authored with S. E. Mouring and B. J. Andrews.
  37. "Recent Advances in Wave Energy Utilization", Proceedings, American Towing Tank Conference, College Station, TX, Nov. 1995. Co-Authored with D. Hayden, pp. 125-134.
  38. "Ocean Wave-Powered Desalination", Proceedings, International Association for Hydraulic Research Congress, San Francisco, August 1997, Paper D-26-4. Co-authored by Young C. Kim.
  39. "Sea Waves Power Converter", Proceedings, Waterpower '97 (ASCE), Atlanta, Georgia, August 1997, Paper 64-5. Co-authored by E. McQuade, P. McCabe, K. Wiley and D. Levy.
  40. "The Elms Cliffs: Characteristic of Cliff Erosion on the Chesapeake Bay", 4th Marine and Estuarine Shallow Water Science and Management Conference, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 16 March 1998, Poster Presentation.
  41. "Prototype Studies of a Hinged-Barge Wave-Energy Conversion System", Proceedings, Ocean Community Conference '98 (MTS), Vol. 2, pp. 708-712. Co-Authored with P. McCabe and David R. B. Kraemer.
  42. “Large Scale Experimental Study of the McCabe Wave Pump”, Proceedings, European Wave Energy Conference (EU), Patras, Greece, Paper H1. Co-Authored with J. Murtagh and P. McCabe (1998).
  43. “A Study of the Stability of the Elms Cliffs on the Chesapeake Bay”, Proceedings, Sand Rights ‘99: Bringing Back the Beaches, Sand Diego, CA. Co-authored with David R. B. Kraemer.
  44. “Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Results of the Motions of a McCabe Wave Pump”, Proceedings, 4th European Wave Energy Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, December, 2000. Paper H1. Co-Authored with David R. B. Kraemer and Clifford O. G. Ohl.
  45. “A Low-Cost Wave-Sediment-Towing Tank”, Proceedings, WAVES2001 (ASCE), San Francisco, September, 2001, Paper 171. Co-Authored with P. Hudson, M. Applegate and S. Browne.
  46. “Alternative Wave-Induced Force and Moment Expressions for a Fixed, Vertical, Truncated, Circular Cylinder in Waters of Finite Depth”, Proceedings OMAE2004 (ASME), Vancouver, Sept., 04, Paper 51330, Co-authored with Jeffrey Cerquetti
  47. “Shore Protection by Point-Absorbers”, Proceedings, Civil Engineering in the Oceans VI (ASCE), pp. 232 - 245, Baltimore, October, 2004, Co-authored with Aaron D. Lazarus and Christina Speight.
  48. “The Effect of Wavelength on the Response of Floating Bodies”, Proceedings, Civil Engineering in the Oceans VI (ASCE), pp. 120 - 131, Baltimore, October, 2004, Co-authored with David R. B. Kraemer.
  49. "Analysis of a Wedge Wave-Maker in a Tank of Finite Depth”, OMAE2006 (ASME), Hamburg, Germany, June 5-9, 2006, Paper OMAE6-92622. Co-authored with David R. B. Kraemer.
  50. “Conceptual Design Considerations in Wave-Energy Conversion”, COPRI Meeting, Memphis, November, 2010, with J. Cerquetti.
  51. “Physical Modeling: Studies of Diffraction Focusing Wave Energy Conversion Devices”, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Symposium, Boulder, CO, February, 2011, with R. C. Murtha
  52. “The Antenna Buoy: A Wave-Energy Conversion Technique Applied to Coastal Protection”, Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Warwick, RI, 10 June 2012.
  53. “Comparative Study of Fin-Buoy and Can-Buoy Wave Energy Attenuator Geometries”, Jl. Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE) – Proc., MTS Buoy Conference, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., July, 2016. Co-authored with R. C Murtha and M. E. McCormick, II.
  54. “Sea Trials of the Articulated Wave Energy Conversion System (AWECS)”, 2019 Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS) - Poster Session. 2 April 2019. co-authored with Robert Murtha and Charles Dolbey.

Technical Reports

  1. "Hydroelastic Instability of a Control Surface", David Taylor Model Basin Report 1442, December, 1961,-  Co-Authored with David A. Jewell
  2. "A Simplified Analysis of the Hydroelastic Instability of a Three-Dimensional Hydrofoil", David Taylor Model Basin Report 1555, August, 1963
  3. "Turbulent Boundary-Layer Induced Vibrations of Ribbon", David Taylor Model Basin Technical Note AVL-136-942, August, 1966
  4. "An Analysis of the Formation and Motion of Turbulent Patches in the Transition Boundary-Layer", General Dynamics/Electric Boat SUBIC Report U417-67-014, April, 1967
  5. "On the Added-Mass of a Pulsating Cylinder", Chesapeake Instrument Corporation Report 69R-001, August, 1969
  6. "Axisymmetric Vibrations of a Pressurized Cylindrical Shell Subject to Random Edge Loading", Chesapeake Instrument Corporation Report 69R-005, August, 1969
  7. "Axial and Radial Vibrations of a Liquid Filled Cylindrical Shell Submerged in a Heavy Fluid", Chesapeake Instrument Corporation Report 69R-002, August, 1969
  8. "Axisymmetric Vibrations of a Submerged Liquid Filled Cylindrical Shell Subject to a Random Edge Load", Chesapeake Instrument Corporation Report 69R-006, 1969
  9. "Internal Pressure Fluctuations of an Axially-Excited Line Array Module", Chesapeake Instrument Corporation Report 70R-001, January, 1970.
  10. "Drag Reduction of a Marine Vehicle by Electrolysis", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-1-74, January, 1974, co-authored with R. Bhattacharyya.
  11. "Analysis of Motion Prediction of a 100-Ton SES Vessel", Sea Systems, Incorporated, Report, June, 1975, co-authored with R. Bhattacharyya and C. M. Remoll.
  12. "A Friction-Plate Study of the Drag Reduction of the Hydron Coating in Salt Water", Sea Systems, Incorporated, Report, December, 1975
  13. "Preliminary Design of a Gravity-Feed Water Tunnel", Sea Systems, Incorporated, Report, March, 1976
  14. "Wave Forces on a Rigid Screen Barrier/Breakwater", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-15-78, October, 1978.
    15. "A Conceptual Design of a Counter-Rotating Wave Energy Conversion Turbine", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-19-78, November, 1978.
  15. "A Conceptual Design of a Counter-Rotating Wave Energy Conversion Turbine", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-19-78, November, 1978.
  16. "Sea of Japan Wave Energy Conversion Data Analysis", U. S. Naval Academy Report EW-12-80, August, 1980.
  17. "Data Analysis by the United States of America", Report on the First IEA Kaimei Wave Power Project, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan, Section 4.4, February, 1983
  18. "On the Modeling of Ocean Moorings", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-13-81, October, 1981
  19. "A Theoretical and Experimental Study of the McCabe Wave Energy Pump", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-15-82, June, 1982
  20. "The Determination of the Directional Spectrum from Cross-Correlation Wave Measurements", U. S. Naval Engineering Report EW-14-83, April, 1983
  21. "Optimal Wave Energy Conversion by Two Single-Degree-of-Freedom' Devices", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-27-82, November, 1982
  22. "On the Correlation Functions Associated with Deep Water Wave Spectra", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-23-83, August, 1983
  23. "McCabe Wave Pump Desalination System Design", U. S. Naval Academy Engineering
    Report EW-17-86, May, 1986
  24. "Hydrodynamic Coefficients of Monolithic Offshore Structures", U. S. Naval Academy Report EW-18-87, September, 1987.
  25. "Decision-Making Methodology for Subsea Cable System Design", with R. H. Mayer, U. S. Naval Academy Engineering Report EW-91-5, April, 1991
  26. "Refraction and Orientation Effects on Single Breakwater Salients", U. S. Naval Academy Report EW-13-9, June 1991
  27. "On the Probabilities Associated with Iceberg Scour in the Coastal Zone", U. S. Naval Academy Report EW-15-91, August, 1991, Co-authored with Robert H. Mayer.
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