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Ronald W. Yeung |
Ronald Yeung receives
2004 Davidson Medal
Ronald Yeung (B.S.’68 ME; M.S.’70, Ph.D.’73
NA) received the prestigious 2004 Davidson medal from the Society
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) for his “outstanding
scientific accomplishment in ship research.”
Yeung, distinguished professor and former chairman (1989–96)
of naval architecture and offshore engineering, is recognized
worldwide as a leader in ship hydrodynamics. An early pioneer
in the field, he is the author of a widely quoted 1982 survey
paper, “Numerical methods in free-surface flows,”
that remains a classic today.
He took a faculty position at MIT in 1974, then returned to Berkeley
in 1982, and was advanced to the rank of distinguished professor
in 1994. In 1997, he spearheaded the formation of the Interdisciplinary
Graduate Group of Ocean Engineering at Berkeley.
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