- Donald A. Danielson
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Professor Emeritus
Mail Code: MA/Dd
Department of Applied Mathematics &
Space Systems Academic Group
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2622
Email: dad (at) nps.edu
Web: www.nps.navy.mil/faculty/dad
- EDUCATION:
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PhD - Harvard, 1968
MS - Harvard, 1965
BS - MIT, 1964
NPS EXPERIENCE:
- 1985 - present: Associate and Full Professor of Mathematics
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
- 1979 - 1985 - Visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego
- 1968 - 1979 - Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Virginia
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Applied Mathematics
- Orbital Dynamics
- Computational Mechanics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Use theory and software to model dynamics of fluids and structures. Improve analytical and numerical techniques for prediction of satellite orbits
AWARDS:
- Commendation by the Army for modeling the mechanical behavior of helicopter rotor blades
- Patent for Fiber Optic Hydrophone
- Naval Postgraduate School Certificates of Recognition for Outstanding Research Achievement
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
- Space Systems Academic Group
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Semianalytic Satellite Theory, Naval Postgraduate School Technical Report NPS-MA-95-002, Monterey, CA, 1995
- Fast Interpolation for Global Positioning System Satellite Orbits, Proceedings of AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, July 29-31, 1996
- Buckling of Ship Grillages, Naval Postgraduate School Technical Reports, Monterey, CA, 1996 and 1997
- The Naval Space Command Automatic Differential Correction Process, Proceedings of AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Aug. 16-19, 1999
- Research in the Structural Dynamic Response of the RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter, Naval Postgraduate School Technical Reports, 1996-2001
- Vectors and Tensors in Engineering and Physics, 2nd Edition, Westview Press, 2003
- Buckling of Stiffened Plates with Bulb Flat Flanges, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 41, pp. 6407-6427, 2004.
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
- Keywords: Buckling/Vibration/Explosions of Structures, Satellite Orbits
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