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Robert E. Ball

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Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Monterey, CA 93943

Phone: 831-601-3819

Email: reball (at) mac.com

Web: www.aircraft-survivability.com

 

EDUCATION:

PhD - Northwestern Univ, 1962

MS - Northwestern Univ, 1959

BS - Northwestern Univ, 1958

 

NPS EXPERIENCE:

  • 1998 Retired from NPS in November

  • 1994–98 Distinguished Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  • 1978–94 Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  • 1970–78 Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics

  • 1967–70 Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

  • 2002–pres Consultant to SURVICE Engineering

  • 1998–2000 Employed by DENMAR CALIFORNIA

  • 1994–95 Consultant to the Institute for Defense Analyses

  • 1983–94 President, Aerospace Educational Services, Inc., Monterey

  • 1969–83 Consultant to Anamet Labs, San Carlos, CA

  • 1967–70 President, Structural Analytics, Inc.

  • 1965–67 Director of Solid Mechanics, Dynamic Science Corp, Monrovia, CA

  • 1964–65 Member of Technical Staff, Dynamic Science Corp, Monrovia, CA

  • 1962–64 Member of Technical Staff, National Engineering Science Co, Pasadena

 

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Aircraft Combat Survivability

  • Structures and Structural Dynamics

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Survivability

  • Structures and Structural Dynamics

 

AWARDS:

  • 2018 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) annual Professor Robert E. Ball Young Professional Award For Combat Survivability named in recognition of Robert E. Ball's lifetime contribution of educating the next generation of survivability professionals.

  • 2007 AIAA "Summerfield Book Award"

  • 2001 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) "Combat Survivability Lifetime Achievement Award"

  • 2000 DoD DDOT&E/LFT "Art Stein Memorial Cup for Excellence"

   • 1996 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) "Survivability Award"

 

BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Fellow (1993) AIAA

  • Chairman, Survivability Technical Committee, AIAA 1989–1992

  • Chairman of the National Research Council’s Committee on Weapons Effects on Airborne Systems, May 1991 to November 1992

  • Member NDIA

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Book: Robert E. Ball, The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design, AIAA, 1985

  • Book: Robert E. Ball, The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design, Second Edition, AIAA, 2003