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CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Reese is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
and was selected as Terzaghi Lecturer in 1976; he received the Terzaghi Award
in 1983. He received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals from
the Offshore Technology Conférence in 1985 and was elected to membership in
the National Academy of Engineering in 1975. He is a registered professional
engineer in Texas and Louisiana.
James F. Wilson earned an A.B. degree from the College of Wooster, a
B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1956, and a Ph.D. degree
in applied mechanics from The Ohio State University, where he was a Ford
Foundation Fellow and a Freeman Scholar. He worked in research and development for several companies and government agencies before joining the faculty
at Duke University in 1967.
During his academie career, Dr. Wilson was a NASA-ASEE Faculty Fellow,
a lecturer at three NATO Advanced Study Institutes, and a Visiting Scholar
at Colorado State University and the University of Melbourne, Australia. He
has been active in national committees for the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and
received national awards for innovative experimental research (ASME, 1977),
and the year’s best state-of-the-art civil engineering journal publication (ASCE,
1987). He is a Life Fellow in ASME and a retired Fellow of the National Academy
of Forensic Engineers. As a registered professional engineer, he regularly serves
as an expert witness, testifying on structural failures, product performance, and
vehicle accident reconstruction.
He is author or coauthor of over 200 works, which include technical reports on
forensic engineering, refereed symposium papers and journal articles, two books
on structural dynamics, a three-volume work on experiments in engineering,
and two U .S. patents. His experimental research on robotics was highlighted in
the 1989 BBC documentary, Nature's Technology.
During Dr. Wilson’s career at Duke University, he has taught courses in
applied méchantes, structural dynamics, and experimental Systems, and was
the major research advisor for over 35 graduate students, including postdoctoral
fellows. He also served as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department
of C ivil and Environmental Engineering. As Professor Emeritus since 1998, Dr.
\\ ilson continues to pursue his research and writing interests and Consulting
practice.
CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Reese is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
and was selected as Terzaghi Lecturer in 1976; he received the Terzaghi Award
in 1983. He received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals from
the Offshore Technology Conférence in 1985 and was elected to membership in
the National Academy of Engineering in 1975. He is a registered professional
engineer in Texas and Louisiana.
James F. Wilson earned an A.B. degree from the College of Wooster, a
B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1956, and a Ph.D. degree
in applied mechanics from The Ohio State University, where he was a Ford
Foundation Fellow and a Freeman Scholar. He worked in research and development for several companies and government agencies before joining the faculty
at Duke University in 1967.
During his academie career, Dr. Wilson was a NASA-ASEE Faculty Fellow,
a lecturer at three NATO Advanced Study Institutes, and a Visiting Scholar
at Colorado State University and the University of Melbourne, Australia. He
has been active in national committees for the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and
received national awards for innovative experimental research (ASME, 1977),
and the year’s best state-of-the-art civil engineering journal publication (ASCE,
1987). He is a Life Fellow in ASME and a retired Fellow of the National Academy
of Forensic Engineers. As a registered professional engineer, he regularly serves
as an expert witness, testifying on structural failures, product performance, and
vehicle accident reconstruction.
He is author or coauthor of over 200 works, which include technical reports on
forensic engineering, refereed symposium papers and journal articles, two books
on structural dynamics, a three-volume work on experiments in engineering,
and two U .S. patents. His experimental research on robotics was highlighted in
the 1989 BBC documentary, Nature's Technology.
During Dr. Wilson’s career at Duke University, he has taught courses in
applied méchantes, structural dynamics, and experimental Systems, and was
the major research advisor for over 35 graduate students, including postdoctoral
fellows. He also served as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department
of C ivil and Environmental Engineering. As Professor Emeritus since 1998, Dr.
\\ ilson continues to pursue his research and writing interests and Consulting
practice.