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Morris Driels

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Emeritus Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Monterey, CA 93943

Phone: 831-656-3383

Email: mrdriels (at) nps.edu

 

EDUCATION:

PhD - City University, London, 1973

BS - Surrey Univ, 1969

 

NPS EXPERIENCE:

Associate Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Department

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

  • 1989 - present - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, NPS

  • 1986 - 1989 - Professor of Mechnical Engineering, Texas A&M Univ

  • 1983 - 1986 - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Univ of Rhode Island

  • 1973 - 1973 - Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Univ of Edinburgh, Scotland

 

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Automatic control and systems modeling

  • Weaponeering and targeting

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Funded research in excess of $2M for sponsors such as UK Ministry of Defense, National Science Foundation, IBM, Intel, NASA, Toshiba, Digital Equipment Corporation, Texas Instruments, LTV, Bell Helicopters, Westinghouse, US Army, US Navy, US Air Force

  • Current research is sponsored by Joint Technical Coordinating Group and the U.S. Army at around $150,000/year. Collaborative projects with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, and AMSAA (US Army) Ft. Belvoir, MD

  • Research focused on conventional weapon effects targeting and weaponeering

 

AWARDS:

  • Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Member

  • American Society of Mechanical Eningeers, Member

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member