T. Francis Ogilvie

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering-Center for Ocean Engineering

Room 5-228
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-4330
Email: tfo@mit.edu

Education:

BA Cornell University, 1950 (major in physics)
MS University of Maryland, 1957 (aeronautical engineering)
PhD University of California (Berkeley), 1960 (engineering science)

Employment:

1951-1962 and 1964-1967:
David Taylor Model Basin (now David Taylor Research Center). Various positions, from junior physicist to Head, Free-Surface- Phenomena Branch. Approximately one year as Acting Head, Seaworthiness and Fluid Dynamics Division.
1962-1964:
Liaison Scientist, London Branch Office, Office of Naval Research
1967-1970:
Associate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, The University of Michigan
1970-1973:
Professor of Fluid Mechanics, The University of Michigan
1973-1981:
Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Chairman of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, The University of Michigan
1982-1994:
Professor of Ocean Engineering and Head of the Department of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1994- 1996
Professor of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996-
Professor Emeritus of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other Professional Experience and Activities:

Professorial lecturer, American University, 1961-1967
Visiting Professor of Naval Architecture, Osaka University, Japan, 1976
Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Manchester University, England, 1976
Consultant to the Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1967-1977
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers:
Member, 1958-present
Member, Executive Committee, 1978-1980; 1983-84
Member of Council (elected), 1977-1982
Member, Journal of Ship Research Committee, 1965-1976
Member, Hydrodynamics Committee, 1973-1977
Member, Ship/Wave Analysis Panel, 1965-present; chairman, 1972-1977
Member, Ship Production Committee, 1983-1989
Member, Committee on Education, 1974-1975, 1979-1994
Member, Awards Committee, 1991-1994
T&R Representative, Great Lakes/Great Rivers Section, 1977-1981
Service on NAS-NRC Committees:
Evaluation of Research on Human Surrogates in Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1978
Research Needs to Reduce Maritime Collisions, Rammings, and Groundings, 1979-1982
Future Aircraft Carrier Technology, 1990-1991
National Needs in Shipbuilding Technology and Education, 1994-1995
Member, USCG Academy Advisory Committee, 1979-1982

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa, 1949
Meritorious Civilian Service Award, US Department of the Navy, 1955
Sigma Xi, 1960
Meritorious Public Service Award, US Department of Transportation, 1982
Fellow, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1983
William H. Webb Medal, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1989
Honorary doctorate, National Technical University of Greece, 1996

Selected Publications:

"The Flexural Response of a Submerged or Floating Body to an Underwater Explosion: Part II, Experiments with Floating Box Models," DTMB Report C-519, Feb. 1953 (with G. Chertock, A. E. Hirsch). CONFIDENTIAL
"The Theoretical Prediction of the Longitudinal Motions of Hydrofoil Craft," DTMB Report 1138, Nov. 1958 [Abridged version: J. Ship Research, 3:3 (1959) 29-40]
"Propagation of Waves Over an Obstacle in Water of Finite Depth," PhD thesis, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Calif., 1960
"Compressibility Effects in Ship Slamming," Schiffstechnik, 10 (1963) 147-154
"First- and Second-Order Forces on a Cylinder Submerged Under a Free Surface," J. Fluid Mechanics, 16 (1963), 451-472
"Recent Progress Toward the Understanding and Prediction of Ship Motions," Proc. Fifth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Bergen, Norway, 1964, ACR-112, pp. 3-79, ONR
"Nonlinear, High-Froude-Number Free-Surface Problems," J. Engrg. Math., 1 (1967) 215-235
"Rational Strip Theory of Ship Motions: Part I," Rep. No. 013, Dept of Naval Archit. and Marine Engrg., The Univ. of Michigan, 1969 (with E. O. Tuck)
"On the Computation of Wave-Induced Bending and Torsion Moments," J. Ship Research, 15 (1971) 217-221
"Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Theory for Finite-Span Planing Surfaces," J. Ship Research,16 (1972) 3-20 (with Y. T. Shen)
"The Chertock Formulas for Computing Unsteady Fluid Dynamics Force on a Body," Zeit. angewandte Math. u. Mech., 53 (1973) 573-582
"On Nonlinear Wave Resistance Theory," Proc. Internat. Seminar on Wave Resistance, 1976, pp. 57-73, Soc. of Naval Architects of Japan, Tokyo
"Current Problems in Ship Hydrodynamics," J. Kansai Soc. Naval Architects (Japan), 162 (1976) 1-17
"Singular-Perturbation Problems in Ship Hydrodynamics," Advances in Applied Mechanics, 17 (1977) 91-188
"Panel Discussion on the Education of Engineers for the Ocean Industry: Future Trends," Marine Technology, 14 (1977) 223-233 (with I. Dyer, C. N. Payne)
"Integral-Equation Solutions for Time-Dependent Free-surface Problems," J. Society of Naval Archit. of Japan, 143 (1978) 43-53 (with Y.S. Shin)
"Second-Order Hydrodynamic Effects on Ocean Platforms," Proc. Internat. Workshop on Ship and Platform Motions, Berkeley, CA, 1983